Arboricultural Officer

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated Highways team as an Arboricultural Officer, where your skills and passion will help shape the landscape of M25 for years to come. With a further 15 years remaining on this major project, you will enjoy the perfect balance of long-term stability and the chance to make a meaningful impact every day.

You will be part of a forward-thinking, sustainability-focused team that values innovation, professional growth, and collaboration. From day one, you will have the scope to develop your expertise, take ownership of your work, and contribute to a project that truly makes a difference to local communities. If you are looking for a role that offers security, professional development, and the excitement of working on something that will leave a lasting legacy, this is your opportunity to thrive.

What You’ll Be Doing

In this varied and rewarding role, you will play a key part in safeguarding and enhancing Surrey’s natural environment. Your work will combine hands-on inspections with strategic planning, giving you the opportunity to see the direct impact of your efforts.

You will:

• Carry out annual walked and driven surveys of individual trees and woodlands, helping to protect and preserve Surrey’s green assets.

• Commission and oversee contractors delivering essential tree works, ensuring high standards and environmental care.

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records through our tree inspection database.

• Provide expert guidance on tree root protection zones for construction and development projects.

• Contribute to the creation and delivery of landscape improvement schemes, working closely with our Landscape Supervisor.

• Offer advice and direction to our supply chain to ensure safe and responsible working practices.

• Monitor hazardous third-party trees, liaising with landowners where action is required.

• Support Ash Dieback management in line with established internal processes.

• Provide input into environmental assessments, influencing the development of high-quality, sustainable landscapes.

Who We’re Looking For – Key Requirements

We’re seeking a motivated and knowledgeable professional who shares our passion for protecting and enhancing the environment. You will bring:

• Proven experience in tree inspection and management, with a sound understanding of arboricultural techniques and industry best practice.

• A current LANTRA Professional Tree Inspection award.

• A minimum NQF Level 3–4 qualification in Arboricultural Management (or equivalent).

• Strong tree and fungi identification skills.

• Membership of the Arboricultural Association or Institute of Chartered Foresters.

• A full, valid driving licence.

• (Desirable) Experience working in a highways environment.

• Basic knowledge of mapping software (e.g., ArcGIS or similar).

• Competence in Microsoft Office applications.

We welcome individuals who are adaptable, eager to learn, and committed to delivering high standards in their work. If you’re looking for a role where your expertise can make a visible and lasting difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Behavioural Competencies 

• Inspiring: Champions curiosity and continuous improvement, role modelling change and managing risks to achieve project outcomes.  
• Energising:  Role models positive and energised project focussed attitudes towards   and continuous improvement. 
• Challenging: seeks and advocates improvements to add value and drive continuous performance.  
• Challengeable: Encourage a culture of skilled challenging and seek to understand and explore challenge to enable improvement. 
• Influencing: Builds commitment and consensus, and role models CPS leadership behaviours to deliver our goals.

Why Work for Us?

At Connect Plus Services (CPS), you’ll be part of a world-class team maintaining and operating the M25, Europe’s busiest motorway. As a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, AtkinsRealis, and Egis, we play a vital role in keeping millions of journeys moving safely and efficiently.

A Career Like No Other

Working on the M25 offers unrivalled experience, challenges, and opportunities that no other highways project can provide. You’ll be exposed to cutting-edge technology, large-scale infrastructure, and complex engineering solutions, making every day dynamic and rewarding.

Long-Term Stability & Growth

With 15+ years remaining on this project, we offer career stability, professional development, and progression opportunities. Whether you’re looking to build new skills or take the next step in your career, we invest in your growth.

A Supportive & Inclusive Team

At CPS, your contributions matter. We foster a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative work environment where safety, innovation, and teamwork drive everything we do.

About us

CPS is a joint venture between Balfour Beatty, AtkinsRealis, and Egis.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business.

To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion.

Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence ‘Employer Recognition Scheme’ and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at:  https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

Note to all internal CPS employees:

If you are interested in applying, please submit your application through your parent company’s careers portal by entering the job title in the search bar. If your employing company is not advertising this role, please submit your CV and the role title to recruitment@connectplusm25.co.uk