Groundperson-Union-ATE (Deadline to apply 02/23/2026)

Union position responsible for gathering and feeding brush & debris into a woodchipper, scanning for trip and fall hazards, ensuring worker safety, and maintaining equipment and materials.

Responsibilities

• Operate chainsaw to cut brush, logs, and stumps of larger trees.
• Drag, gather, and feed brush into woodchipper.
• Service vehicles and equipment, maintaining them in neat, clean, and specified mechanical order.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred (entry-level position, no experience required).
• Valid driver’s license is preferred.
• Must be willing to join local union and pay union dues.
• Upon offer, employees may be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen, background, and/or MVR check.

Physical Requirements

• Rare (less than 10%): Sitting, crawling, climbing poles, color vision, climbing ladders, climbing stairs.
• Occasional (up to 33%): Stooping, kneeling, squatting, body twisting, sense of touch, climbing on/off the truck, gripping, lifting over 10 lbs. to 50 lbs., reaching, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, balancing, lifting over 50 lbs.
• Frequent (up to 66%): Standing, walking, manual dexterity, seeing distant, seeing, reading, range of motion, hearing-speech range, depth perception, climbing stairs, lifting up to 10 lbs.
• Continuous (up to 100%): Sense of touch, gripping, seeing, carrying, pulling.

Due to the inherently dangerous nature of the industry, employees must:

• Have sufficient eyesight to judge distance/coordination of equipment and tools.
• Be able to maintain attention and concentration for extended periods.
• Withstand exposure to all kinds of weather while completing work assignments.
• Wear personal protective equipment as necessary.
• Enter and exit a vehicle numerous times a day.
• Have the endurance to traverse various terrain.
• Be capable of performing job duties throughout a standard 8- or 10-hour day.
• Communicate with others, read, write, and comprehend written/verbal job instructions and information.
• Communicate and handle conflict professionally.

Work environment includes:

• Hazardous equipment.
• Excessive noise from machines, chainsaws, and wood chippers (hearing protection provided).
• All temperatures and weather conditions.
• Exposure to nature (irritating plants, biting or stinging insects, dust, etc.).
• Unlevel ground.
• Falling limbs (with protection).

Pay

Starting hourly wage at $19.48, paid weekly. Promotional opportunities available.

Benefits

• Company-sponsored retirement plan.
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision).
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Life, long-term, and short-term disability insurance.

Benefits are available to all eligible employees on the first day of employment.