Use Your Tree Care and Leadership Skills to Serve a Greater Mission
At Tree Trust we focus on transforming lives and landscapes through three divisions: Career Pathways, Community Forestry, and Landscape Services. This position is located in our Landscape Services division which offers professional tree care and landscaping services at market rates with the profits supporting other Tree Trust programs including green industry skills and employment-readiness training to youth and young adults, and Twin Cities community urban canopy restoration initiatives.
From simple projects to complex designs, Landscape Services has the experience to complete tree and landscape projects to the highest standards – on time and on budget.
What You Will Get from This Role:
- Purpose driven work. Your skills = funding that supports our urban forest and youth/young adults seeking greater economic security.
- Excellent benefits package includes Vacation, Sick, 10 paid holidays, 401(k), 3 Health Insurance options, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Voluntary additional life insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Disability, and an FSA
Job Purpose: To provide high-quality leadership, efficient, safe, and timely services for Tree Trust clients, ensuring their satisfaction with our performance.
Job Summary: This position leads a crew of arborists in daily operations including residential, commercial, and municipal property tree care maintenance, quality control, and safety.
Essential Functions:
- Daily preparation of trucks, equipment, and inventory.
- Report on time to prepare and review the work schedule with the Tree Care team
- Direct staff in loading of all tools, fuel, and other necessary equipment/materials. Make sure all equipment is secured safely.
- Check oil, fluids, tire pressure, proper trailer connection, and all lights are in working order.
- Follow instruction from Sales Arborist to accurately perform and manage tree care tasks on client’s property including all aspects of tree removal, pruning, cabling, treating, planting, etc.
- Work in conjunction with the Sales Arborist to ensure that work contracted is implemented efficiently and according to contract specifics.
- Participate in weekly scheduling meetings.
- Provide labor associated with the maintenance of trees.
- Perform all tasks of operations including but not limited to: climbing, pruning, inspecting, tree removal, etc.
- Receive and deliver on site training including safety, equipment use, technique, etc.
- Follow the proper use of safety equipment & personal protective equipment.
- Address any questions or concerns with clients professionally. Communicate the client’s questions & concerns to the Sales Arborist immediately.
- Communicate any change in job scope or job schedule with Sales Arborist & Office Administrator.
- Perform end of the day duties.
- Accurately record and submit hours worked on employee time sheet. Complete all job site reports and inventory all materials used on the job.
- Review and prepare for the next day’s job.
- Unload/load equipment & material, clean out truck/trailer by removing trash, debris, etc.
- Clean, maintain and repair all tools and equipment. Report any damaged or broken equipment to the Tree Care Supervisor.
- Strictly adhere to Tree Trust’s safety policies and procedures including the ANSI Z133 for Tree Care Operations
- Assist LS Snow, Construction and Lawn Maintenance departments as needed.
Qualifications/Skills Required:
- Must be 18 years of age or older with a valid driver license and a clean driving record as determined by our insurance carrier.
- Must be able to pass a criminal background and motor vehicle check.
- Must possess and maintain MN DOT medical certificate.
- Possess or able to obtain ISA certification within 90 days of hire.
- Possess or be able to obtain Class A CDL within 90 days of hire.
- Possess or be able to acquire chemical applicator license with endorsements A, E and J within 90 days of hire.
- 3-5+ years of experience operating power equipment including aerial lifts, chain saws, skid steers, woodchippers, and stump grinders.
- Climbing experience using ropes and saddle, including working knowledge of knots, and climbing hardware, to perform tree care tasks.
- Experience using cranes and/or ropes for controlled rigging and removal.
- Must possess a strong work ethic and work well within a team.
- Must be able to take work direction and work well under pressure within a fast paced, deadline driven environment.
- Must be teachable, trainable and project a proactive attitude-always looking for the next way to find solutions.
- Must have strong verbal and written communication skills and be an effective listener.
- Must be reliable, possess a positive attitude and be able to work independently.
- Must be willing to work outdoors in a variety of weather conditions.
- Must strictly adhere to Tree Trust’s safety policies and procedures.
- Must have ability to work effectively with individuals of differing backgrounds, knowledge, and skill levels
- Must have the ability to frequently climb, bend, stoop, twist and frequently lift 50 pounds.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Degree in forestry, horticulture, or related field
- 3-5+ years of climbing arborist experience
Work Environment: Job will require constantly working outdoors in all types of weather conditions and exposure to elements. This can include heavy to moderate noise, extreme proximity to moving equipment or machinery, proximity to electrical energy, exposure to tools and machines used in tree care and landscaping industries.
Physical demands: Physical demands require constantly moving, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling. Frequently ascends/descends trees using climbing rigging to perform work. Frequently operates machinery and will use hands/fingers and legs to operate, activate, use, prepare, inspect, place, detect and position materials. Frequently required to stand and walk, lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Constantly required to communicate with ability to talk and hear.
Tree Trust actively seeks to build a staff that reflects the diversity of the population and community it serves, and that’s why we strongly encourage people of color to apply.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
