Careers

Climbing Arborist

Full-time
80k-100k

Service Locations: Wilmington, Kent and Sussex County Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, Eastern Shore and Northern Maryland Salary:

Looking for a place where you can thrive?

Strobert Tree is offering up to $5,000 in sign on bonuses for qualified climbers and crew leaders in our Wilmington Delaware branch!!

To enjoy top wages, full benefits, a stable and SAFE work environment and a chance to grow with a solid company, apply today!!

The General Tree Care team are the muscle of our operation. These industrial athletes work together to provide high-quality tree care, helping to maintain and preserve the overall health of our clients’ landscapes.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work outside and visit beautiful properties in your community. You’ll apply your expertise in climbing, pruning, and safety to ensure the health and well-being of each client’s landscape.
We want everyone to be able to identify and achieve their own version of success, which means giving each employee the room and opportunity to grow. To ensure that everyone has the best chance to succeed, we invest heavily in training and continuing education. We make it easy for you to reach out and get the help you need, We pride ourselves on creating an environment where each employee has the resources and opportunities to advance his or her career and become a go-to subject matter expert. That’s why we often say that when you work here, you thrive here.

What a day is like:

Your focus will be to supervise a General Tree Care crew to provide high quality tree care to our clients. You will be involved in all aspects of pruning, removals, cable bracing and other concepts related to tree care. You’ll be able to safely operate all equipment and perform the assigned job tasks while also providing excellent service to our clients.

What kind of person are we looking for? Someone with:

  • Experience with proper pruning practices including large shade trees and ornamentals
  • Ability to identify native and introduced tree and shrub species and have a working knowledge of each species’ characteristics
  • Ability to handle customer relations and represent Strobert Tree in a professional manner on clients’ landscapes
  • Ability to climb without spurs
  • Experience supervising General Tree Care operations while adhering to a high quality of safety, production and service
  • Practical knowledge of chainsaw and equipment operation
  • Valid Driver’s license, CDL a plus
  • Experience with aerial lifts (bucket truck)

  • Why you might love working here:
  • We have lots of training and development opportunities and will support your continuing
  • education in the industry
  • You’ll work alongside some of the best trained and equipped teams in the industry, with an
  • emphasis on quality and safetyWe offer competitive compensation and benefits, including health, paid time off, 401(K) Savings Plan.


Interested in taking your career to another location? We have several openings at other Strobert Tree locations in the tristate area, and we offer relocation assistance in most cases. Just ask us for further details.
Strobert Tree is an equal opportunity employer and a Drug Free Workplace