Consulting Utility Forester

Overview

As a Consulting Utility Forester with ArborMetrics Solutions, LLC (AMS), your office is the great outdoors. We keep the lights on anywhere there is a power line—whether in the city, rural countryside, or remote forest. You will contribute as an AMS Work Planner / Auditor, helping communities understand vegetation near power lines while ensuring the safe delivery of electricity.

You are open-minded and able to engage in safe, constructive interactions with the public, and you are accountable for advancing a culture of safety and excellence while delivering quality and value to our customers and clients.

Base pay range

$20.00 / hr - $22.00 / hr

What You Will Do

• Ultimately, improve safe and reliable electric service delivery to the public.
• Act as the subject matter expert regarding utility vegetation management (UVM) for clients, landowners, and other stakeholders.
• Inspect electric utility easements and prescribe vegetation management actions.
• Coordinate with landowners and stakeholders to develop vegetation management plans for their properties.
• Ensure tree crews are following proper safety and arboricultural practices and procedures.
• Address customer concerns related to vegetation in and adjacent to utility easements.
• Coordinate with utility engineers to assist with infrastructure upgrades and new construction.
• Negotiate with customers for tree removal as prescribed.
• Perform QA / QC inspections on completed vegetation management work.
• Drive a company vehicle safely to work locations for the organization.
• Identify vegetative threats to safe & reliable electric service and develop action plans to mitigate.

What You Need To Have

What Would Be Amazing To Have

Working Environment

Work alone in an outdoor field environment; vehicle and foot patrol of utility power lines; remote locations as well as urban, city environment; physical demands and travel from site to site, including walking / hiking on various surfaces including flat, dry, wet, slippery, uneven, rough, steep terrain, hills, and slopes; exposure to noise, dust, grease, and all types of weather and temperature conditions; exposure to hazardous traffic conditions. Reasonable accommodation, if available, may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Physical

The team member must have sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in a field environment; to walk up to 10 miles per day, stand, sit, and operate a motor vehicle for prolonged periods of time; to frequently stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, run, crawl, climb, reach, twist, grasp and make repetitive hand, arm and shoulder movement in the performance of daily duties (e.g., forcefully beat down brush); carry, push and / or pull light to heavy amounts of weight, frequently lift up to 10 lbs. and occasionally lift up to 60 lbs. (sandbags); to operate assigned equipment and vehicles; ability to verbally communicate to exchange information with public; ability to see and hear in normal range with or without correction; operate assigned field equipment, including handheld computer, range finder, fyrake, water backpack, shovel, and traffic cone.

Company Overview

Arbormetrics (AMS) is a leading provider of vegetation and asset management consulting services to the utility industry. Successful professionals at AMS have come from a variety of backgrounds, including forestry, arboriculture, natural resource management, biology, landscape maintenance, horticulture, nursery management, environmental sciences, geology, agriculture, parks & recreation management, urban forestry, geography, and more. For more information visit our website www.arbormetrics.com

Applicants must pass a pre-employment drug test and a criminal background check. All candidates must possess a valid driver's license and have a good driving record. AMS is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. EOE / AA : Minority / Female / Vets / Disabled.

Benefits

We offer a competitive range of benefits to support our employees' health, well-being, and financial security. Medical, dental, and vision benefits are available to all eligible employees on the first day of employment. For more information on the benefits available for this role, please contact the recruiter or hiring manager.

Accommodations

Individuals with a disability who desire a reasonable accommodation can contact the ADA Coordinator by calling 1-833-222-3066. We partner with the Department of Homeland Security / U.S. Customs and Immigration Service to e-Verify all newly hired employees.

EEO Notice

An Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Details

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