Arborist Tree Care & Arboriculture

About the Role

Eram Talent, a leading talent acquisition company, is seeking an experienced Arborist for a full-time position in Saudi Arabia. This role is crucial for the specialized care, assessment, management, and long-term conservation of trees across the Botanic Gardens. The Arborist will ensure trees are maintained to high standards of health, structural integrity, safety, and aesthetic quality.

Role Responsibilities

The Arborist will be responsible for comprehensive tree care and management, including preventative measures and risk assessment. Key duties include:

• Conducting routine and specialized tree inspections, maintenance, and health assessments throughout the Botanic Gardens.
• Undertaking and/or supervising appropriate tree pruning, including formative, corrective, structural, crown-cleaning, and other arboriculture pruning techniques.
• Monitoring tree health and identifying signs of disease, pests, structural defects, environmental stress, nutrient deficiencies, and physiological decline.
• Recommending and implementing appropriate preventative and corrective tree-care measures.
• Conducting systematic tree risk assessments to identify structural defects, potential failures, hazardous trees, and risks to visitors, staff, infrastructure, and botanical collections.
• Recommending appropriate risk-management measures, including pruning, monitoring, support systems, access restrictions, treatment, or removal where necessary.
• Maintaining appropriate documentation of tree-risk assessments, recommendations, interventions, and follow-up inspections.
• Developing and implementing comprehensive tree care and preventative maintenance programmes.
• Developing long-term tree succession and replacement plans to ensure continuity, resilience, and sustainability of the garden's tree collection.

Expertise and Support

This position also involves providing specialist arboriculture expertise to support various garden functions. This includes contributing to botanic collections, landscape planning, conservation objectives, visitor safety, and tree-related education and interpretation programmes.

Required Experience

Candidates should possess 2-5 years of experience in arboriculture or a related field. The role requires a strong understanding of tree health, structural integrity, and risk assessment.

Work Type

This is a full-time position based in Saudi Arabia.

Application Process

Eram Talent is seeking qualified professionals for this Arborist role. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.