Arborist Team Leader

**Arborist Team Leader - City of Melbourne Trees**:
**Job no**: 494629

**Work type**: Full time

**Location**: Melbourne - CBD & Inner Suburbs

**Categories**: Trades and Services

**Arborist Team Leader - City of Melbourne Trees**

Work on the most iconic trees in Australia - World Heritage listed trees within the City of Melbourne
- Be part of a team that can leave a long-lasting positive impact on Melbourne's Street scape and environment
- Start/finish at the depot 7:00am to 3:06pm
- Opportunities for career development and further training (Cert V Arboriculture)
- Competitive salary and use of vehicle
- Permanent role working on prestigious contract
- Overtime available

Citywide deliver the full scope of tree maintenance services, from tree selection and planting to delivering scheduled maintenance and reactive requests, Citywide maximise the life of trees and parkland. We are currently recruiting for an experienced **Arborist** to lead a team, that undertakes the full scope of tree maintenance services including detailed condition audits, pruning, tree removal, travel tower work (EWP), electrical line clearance, climbing, chipper operation and stump removal.

This is a great opportunity for a self-motivated leader to gain exposure on the most blue-ribbon contract in Australia, managing Heritage listed and world renowned Elms and Carlton Gardens, trees within the iconic Fitzroy Gardens and the Shrine of Remembrance. The work is vast and varied from ground and formative pruning, EWP powerline, climbing, use of specialised equipment including EWPs, tipper/chipper trucks, front end loaders, spiderlifts, etc.

As the **Team Leader** you will be actively involved in day-to-day tree maintenance works, as well as directing and managing operational activities and training/mentoring staff.

**Primary Responsibilities**:

- Ensure duties are carried out taking into account safety of employees, contractors and the public
- Participate in the completion of work with teams in the field (>75%)
- Train staff in all aspects of arboriculture
- Accurately report daily performance
- Assist with coordination of operational and day to day activities
- Observe and report on broader issues that may impact on service delivery
- Demonstrate initiative and/continuous improvement
- Support a high-performance team culture through effective leadership, coaching and performance feedback.
- Ensure maintenance of fleet, logbooks and vehicle inspections
- Identify and resolve work problems on site
- Ensure duties are carried out taking into account safety of employees, contractors and the public
- Report staff performance issues to supervisor

**Required Skills**:

- Interest in tree management/maintenance
- Excellent work ethic
- A positive attitude
- Ability to work safely & promote safety in the workplace
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Experience dealing with customers, clients and members of the general public.
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills

**Desirable skills and qualifications but not essential**:

- Previous leadership experience
- Industry experience
- Certificate III in Arboriculture
- Current MR licence
- Certificate II ESI
- Tree climbing experience and qualifications

**In return we offer**:

- Work in one of the world's most liveable cities, maintaining heritage and world heritage trees, iconic public places including the Shrine, Carlton Gardens, Royal Park, Fitzroy Gardens and the iconic Elm lined Royal Parade while having a positive impact on the maintenance and development of the City of Melbourne's streetscapes and environment.
- Full training
- The job security that comes with our list of long-term contracts
- The chance to make an impact in a rapidly expanding company
- The opportunity to further develop your skills in a strong, supportive environment
- A workplace that focuses on safety first
- A company with a culture of teamwork and respect
- Uniform, PPE and tools provided

**About Citywide**

Citywide is a company with a clear purpose and mission - we shape liveable cities by delivering the full scope of civil infrastructure, open space and environmental services to government and private enterprise. Collectively, our services positively impact more than 14 million Australians every day.