Arborist

Recruiter
M&Y Maintenance and Construction
Location
Lancashire
Salary
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Posted
21 Mar 2019
Closes
26 Mar 2019
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
M&Y Maintenance and Construction is now recruiting an Arborist to work with our Grounds Maintenance team in Oldham.
About the role
The main purpose of this role is to assist with all aspects of tree work including pruning, felling and planting of trees whilst delivering advice to residents, colleagues and clients.
The ideal candidate will possess the following Units:
Level 2 award in chainsaw maintenance and cross-cutting (formally CS30)
Level 2 award in felling and processing trees up to 380mm (formally CS31)
Level 2 award in accessing a tree using a rope and harness (formally CS38.1)
Level 3 award in aerial tree rescue operations (formally CS38.2)
Level 3 award in aerial cutting of trees with a chainsaw using free-fall techniques (formally CS39)
The successful candidate will have the ability to work confidently at heights for long periods of time as well as the ability to use chainsaws, wood chippers and stump grinders and other relevant equipment associated with the job. You will be able to work efficiently and effectively both on your own and in a team whilst working within the Health and Safety at Work guidelines. You will be able to carry out routine machinery maintenance and show willingness to undertake training and development if required.
A basic DBS check and a full UK driving licenses is required for this post.
About M&Y Maintenance and Construction
M&Y Maintenance and Construction provides responsive repairs, planned works, renewables and new build services to clients across the North West. We are proud of our reputation as an established, award winning, reliable and responsive maintenance provider.
We employ over 200 permanent employees across our state of the art head office in St Helens and our local depots in Oldham and Poulton-le-Fylde.
M&Y Maintenance and Construction is a wholly owned commercial subsidiary of Regenda Ltd.
About the Regenda Group
The Regenda Group is a great quality, forward thinking housing business, building, managing and maintaining the homes people need. We own or manage around 13,000 properties across the region, including social rented housing, housing for older people, supported housing, private rented property, shared ownership and housing for sale.
The Regenda Group is made up of Regenda Homes and its wholly-owned subsidiaries M&Y Maintenance and Construction, Redwing Living, McDonald Property Rentals, Petrus Community, Alder Training, Positive Footprints and Centre 56.
Our mission is to provide a comprehensive range of multi-tenure housing products and services that reflect the dynamic nature of the housing market, the diversity of our customers and a rapidly changing world.
About our mission
Our mission is to:
  • Provide a comprehensive range of multi-tenure housing products and services that reflect the dynamic nature of the housing market, the diversity of our customers and a rapidly changing world.
  • Offer products and services tailored to specific markets - each with the Regenda hallmarks of product excellence, cost competitiveness and an unremitting focus on first class customer service.
  • Strengthen our financial position and provide additional services such as employment training, support and care that meet the individual requirements of our customers, helping to enhance their quality of life.
About our values
Our values are the operating principles that guide our conduct and our relationship with customers, partners and stakeholders:
  • Customer focus
  • High performance
  • Efficiency and value for money
  • Teamwork
  • Ambition and dynamism
  • Openness and honesty.
About our offer
M&Y offers a competitive reward package, including competitive rates of pay, contributory pension scheme, enhanced annual leave and a range of salary sacrifice benefits. We believe in coaching, growing and developing our employees, with a wide variety of learning and development opportunities on offer.
We are also able to offer a working environment where there's a real buzz where staff are motivated to achieve success and make a real difference.
About applying
This is a great time to join an ambitious, thriving organisation. If you think you've got what it takes to join our team then take action - apply now!
Interview / assessment date: To be confirmed