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Benefits at Active

At Active, we are committed to providing a positive and supporting environment. With a 45 year heritage, we’ve consistently delivered on our promises. You will have access to a wide range of benefits in addition a competitive package.

These include:

  • A great team to enjoy and learn from
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Training and education opportunities
  • Potential to develop your career 
  • Partner programs for savings
  • Community support and donations
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Roles at Active

Active delivers holistic tree and vegetation management founded on our purpose of Keeping our communities safe and green. Our expertise is in the full life cycle management of trees, from design and planning, to execution and maintenance. We work across government and commercial industry sectors.

Types of roles which are available are:

  • Arborists
  • Climbers
  • Chipper Operators
  • EWP Operators
  • Machine Operators
  • Mechanics
  • Fitter & Turners

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Team Member Stories

Active people are bound through a common purpose and lived values that make Active a great place to work.  We work in small teams, our crews, often in remote and beautiful locations and almost always outdoors.

Active supports diversity in our workplace.

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02 Jul

Adam Richardson

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Adam Richardson

Vegetation Scoper Adam Richardson is about to mark a milestone. He will soon clock up 10 years with Active Tree Services on a contract that encompasses some of the most pristine environments in the country.

Since it’s beginning back in 2016, Adam has been part of Active Tasmania, a tight-knit team which has grown to look after vegetation management across almost all of the state.

“I’d previously worked in traffic control with another vegetation management company, so I started in traffic control with Active,” Adam says.

“Then I was on the chipper for 12 months and thought cutting might be good to do.”

“So, I was put with an experienced guy doing groundwork and then they chucked me in the EWP bucket and off I went.”

These days, Adam is a scoper. The job sees him travelling ahead of Active’s cutting crews to identify which trees will need to be cut or removed around Tasmania’s powerline infrastructure.

“Basically, I follow the powerlines, inspecting property and the roadside, while factoring in growth rates,” he says.

“If something needs cutting, I note it for the crews.”

The job offers a mix of independence and customer liaison, and Adam says it’s a role he thoroughly enjoys.

“I love the fact I’m out there by myself but also meeting new people every day,” he states.

Adam is based in Hobart but has worked all over Tasmania, including Bruny Island and Southport, which he describes as some of the island’s most picturesque locations.

His time with Active has also seen him travel interstate, helping out in South Australia and Victoria.

“I spent 11 months in Victoria cutting in places like Colac, Apollo Bay and Lorne along the Great Ocean Road, which was pretty spectacular,” he recalls.

Over his time with Active, Adam has witnessed the company’s Tasmanian contract grow and expand.

“We’ve gone through the negotiations, won additional contracts and been able to keep it since 2016, which is incredible,” he says.

Along the way, Adam says he’s been grateful for the opportunity to learn new skills and also the camaraderie of a tight-knit team.

“You’ve just got to show initiative and show you’re willing to try and opportunities will be made available to you,” he says.

Outside of work, Adam has been married for 12 years, enjoys annual holidays to the Gold Coast and spends his spare time playing golf.

“If I’m not at work, I’m on the golf course, and it’s not that different to work really as I’m always in the trees!”

Reflecting on his decade with Active, Adam says the best part has been the variety of experiences and the people he’s had the opportunity to work with.

“It’s a good bunch of blokes,” he reflects.

“You can always talk to anyone, management is great, and everyone is on the one team.”

    23 Mar

    Jeremy Casey

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    Jeremy Casey

    For NSW Powerlines manager Jeremy Casey, a good day at work isn’t just about getting it done. It’s about doing the right thing, looking after your team, and delivering what you say you will to the best of your ability.

    For over a decade Jeremy has brought this commitment to his role at Active Tree Services and it’s a philosophy that’s seen him rise through the ranks to manage one of Active’s largest contracts.

    It is also part of the reason Jeremy was recently named the recipient of this year’s Active’s Tree Top award.

    Jeremy initially joined Active as a chipper operator back in 2009. With a child on the way, he was keen to find a job close to home in the Bathurst region and work in the great outdoors.

    Since then, he’s fulfilled almost every role in the business, working as a cutter, EWP operator, leading hand and supervisor before becoming an operations manager on the Transgrid contract in 2022.

    Jeremy explains he was in that role a couple of years before taking on the task of looking after all of Active’s work for NSW Powerlines.

    “A position looking after the NSW Powerlines contract opened up a year and a bit ago and I was asked to step into the role,” he says.

    The NSW Powerlines contract is among Active’s largest, encompassing tree cutting around high voltage powerlines for energy providers Transgrid, Essential Energy, Evoenergy, and Ausgrid in a geographical area that spans almost the entire southern half of New South Wales.

    Based in Bathurst, Jeremy’s main role involves supporting and assisting a large team of field crews working anywhere from the Central West to Sydney and through Canberra to the Victorian border.

    “That’s the way I see this job,” he says.

    “We have a really good team of operations managers, and my role is to assist them in any way they need.”

    Supporting that team is what he most enjoys about the job, but it’s a role that also comes with its challenges too.

    “Probably the biggest challenge is knowing the buck stops with you,” he reflects.

    “You have to be the problem solver and the one with solutions, and I don’t ever want to be the guy that fails.”

    This can-do philosophy was among the reasons Jeremy received Active Tree Services’ most prestigious accolade this year.

    Announced at the annual conference, the Tree Top Award recognises outstanding performers who espouse the core values of the business.

    Candidates are put forward by their peers, and Jeremy was selected from a strong field of over 100 nominees.

    Conceding it was a surprise and an honour, Jeremy says he had no idea he had even been nominated until he heard his name called out.

    “I felt quite proud to be recognised,” Jeremy says.

    “It was just nice to know the amount of work that goes into this job doesn’t go unnoticed.”

    After more than a decade with Active, Jeremy notes many of the reasons he was first drawn to the company still remain.

    “I do love the industry and the environment we get to work in, and I like the way Active is family-owned and they’re just there for you – not just in the workplace,” he says.

    “And I think Active honours its goal to be the good guys. There’s a lot of honesty, we help each other out and we deliver what we say we’ll deliver.”

      01 Oct

      Manaf Mir

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      Manaf Mir

      As the trucks, trailers, and EWPs come and go beyond his office window, Manaf Mir is in his element.

      He’s reviewing data, making recommendations and using his expertise as a systems and data analyst to help shape the current and future operations of Aerial Access – Active Tree Services’ sister company and Australia’s foremost distributor of elevated work platforms.

      Manaf could never have imagined this would be his future when he stepped off a plane from Pakistan more than six years ago.

      Manaf explains he came to Australia to undertake a masters degree, having previously studied business and marketing.

      “I worked in digital marketing and quickly realised it wasn’t for me,” Manaf says.

      “So, I decided to go back to uni, and came here to study for a Masters in Business Analytics.”

      That qualification landed Manaf a role as a systems analyst at a construction product manufacturer before he was headhunted for Aerial Access in July last year.

      “I was contacted by a recruiter and that was the first time I heard about Active,” Manaf says.

      “And I soon learned they’re about far more than cutting trees.”

      Manaf works in Aerial Access’ fleet department in a role that sees him reviewing an array of data and systems relating to everything from financial reporting to fleet management.

      “I analyse the company’s data to help management make informed and better decisions,” Manaf explains. 

      “I also look at systems and development, filling a gap between stakeholders and developers when it comes to the Fleet Management System.”

      He notes the job allows him to identify patterns including inefficiencies and potential problems.

      “For example, we were having an issue with some machines, and it happened again and again.

      “We checked the data, which allowed us to identify it only occurred in one brand, so we raised the issue with the manufacturer and now that problem has been mitigated.”

      Manaf is based at Active’s Bayswater depot, which also serves as a major workshop for the assembly, servicing and maintenance of equipment that Aerial supplies to clients in the electrical, power line maintenance, local government, and vegetation management industries.

      “My office is above the workshop, and I love seeing all the trucks coming and going,” he says.

      “Every day there’s new machinery that we’re servicing or providing to other contractors and companies.”

      Manaf notes his role allows him to create an impact and make a difference within the business, which he finds incredibly rewarding.

      He also appreciates the people-first ethos of the Active Tree Services and Aerial Access brands.   

      “I love the culture, the people and the diversity here,” Manaf says.

      “Everyone is supportive, approachable and collaborative, and they take really good care of their employees.”

      That’s not to say moving to the other side of the world and starting a whole new chapter of life has always been easy.

      Manaf explains arriving in Australia was a bit of a culture shock and completing his second year of uni during Victoria’s notoriously tough Covid lockdowns was particularly hard.

      “That was pretty isolating,” he recalls.

      But he’s since settled in, embracing hobbies that include electronic dance music, cinema, cooking, and snooker.

      “I was 21 when I moved here in 2019, and I was all alone,” he says.

      “Since then, I’ve finished my degree and found a great job and I’m really proud of those achievements.”

      As for the future, Manaf is keen to continue with Aerial Access and hopes to reside in Australia permanently.

      “My plan is to grow within the company, and the goal is to become a data engineer,” he says.

      “I love it here in Australia, the people are friendly, they don’t judge and there’s a sense of freedom.”

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