Principal Arboricultural Consultant

WSP
Belfast
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: OtherSkills: ["Client relationship building","Mentoring","Leadership","Health and safety awareness","Commercial awareness"]

Lead complex arboricultural commissions and provide strategic technical advice across the UK’s nationally significant infrastructure and development projects. You’ll review Arboricultural Impact Assessments and Tree Protection Plans, manage client relationships, programmes, budgets, and risks, and support tenders and fee proposals. Join a national arboriculture team, mentor and develop consultants, and help drive quality, best-practice delivery standards, and technical excellence.

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Principal Arboricultural Consultant

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Job Summary

Lead complex arboricultural commissions and provide strategic technical advice across the UK’s nationally significant infrastructure and development projects. You’ll review Arboricultural Impact Assessments and Tree Protection Plans, manage client relationships, programmes, budgets, and risks, and support tenders and fee proposals. Join a national arboriculture team, mentor and develop consultants, and help drive quality, best-practice delivery standards, and technical excellence.
Location: Belfast
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead and technically review arboricultural documents including Arboricultural Impact Assessments, Method Statements, Tree Protection Plans, and EIA inputs.
  • •Deliver arboricultural services on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and other complex developments.
  • •Manage client relationships and project programmes, budgets, scopes, and delivery risks.
  • •Provide strategic arboricultural advice to multidisciplinary design teams and stakeholders.
  • •Mentor and develop consultants, including recruitment support, succession planning, and coaching senior team members.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:PensionLearning BudgetMembershipGym Membership

Key Requirements

  • •Extensive experience in arboricultural consultancy, planning, and project delivery.
  • •Strong technical expertise in BS5837 assessments and reporting.
  • •Proven experience advising multidisciplinary design and project teams.
  • •Experience managing complex projects, programmes, budgets, and client expectations.
  • •Commercial awareness with scope management and budget control.
Experience:InfrastructureEnvironmentalPlanning
Skills:Client relationship buildingMentoringLeadershipHealth and safety awarenessCommercial awareness
Certifications:Chartered ArboriculturistChartered Forester
Tech Stack:BS5837EIADigital survey technologiesCanopy cover assessmentsAI-enabled workflows

Company Brief

WSP
Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Professional Services
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
Founded: 1959
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