We are delighted to be offering an exciting opportunity for a Forestry Consultant to join the consultancy team at Maydencroft Limited.

We are a close-knit group of Forestry, Ecological, Arboricultural, and Nature Recovery consultants working as an integral part of a larger organisation which includes arborists, foresters, estate managers, landscape operatives and farmers.

Location:

We are looking for a consultant based in (or able to relocate to) Surrey or Sussex.

The workplace:

The role will be largely remote with occasional working from our Dorney office (nr Windsor) and Hertford offices.

Role responsibilities:

• Management of our clients woodland
• Woodland consultancy to our public, charitable and commercial clients
• Woodland surveys and condition reports
• Project development and managing woodland interventions
• Responding to client enquiries and undertaking initial site and remote client meetings in order to fully understand their brief and budgets
• Supporting the work of our consultancy division to advise clients on appropriate new or replacement tree planting schemes and the creation of new woodlands.
• To support our consultancy division to complete any other relevant documentation as required.
• To support, and lead where necessary, the delivery of other land management projects.
• Potential managerial responsibilities of your team
• Overseeing the production of risk assessments and method statements (RAMS), review the risk register and check risk controls
• Present tenders and PQQs alongside the bid writing team to the Senior Management Team for verification prior to submission
• Advising clients for their budget allocations
• Assist with new areas of business such as new services or geographic location

Core skills and requirements:

• A forestry degree or equivalent with a sound knowledge of lowland forestry.
• Experience in working with mostly ancient, broadleaf woodlands
• Excellent communication skills and report writing
• An understanding of state funded woodland grant schemes and an awareness of blended finance opportunities
• An awareness of mixed landscape grant schemes.
• A thorough understanding of UKFS, forestry H & S requirements and legal requirements
• Willingness to work towards the LANTRA professional tree inspection qualification
• An understanding of carbon capture, natural capital, woodland resilience and ongoing tree health issues would be useful.

Benefits:
We have 25+ company benefits and perks which include:

• Long service awards
• Increase in annual leave days with length of service up to a maximum of 5 additional days.
• Employee discounts and cashback on every day health expenses!
• Gift voucher scheme
• Company events and competitions
• Cycle to work scheme
• Supported training opportunities for CPD
• Refer a friend bonus scheme
• Company sick pay
• Flexible working

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £30,000.00-£37,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person