Groundperson - Union (CDL REQUIRED)

About the role

Entry-level and skilled Groundperson positions with on-the-job training. This role involves outdoor work in all weather conditions, trimming and reshaping trees to provide clearance for utility powerlines. Asplundh is a nationwide full-service utility contractor offering competitive wages and benefits.

Since 1928, Asplundh has provided safe, efficient, and innovative line clearance services for the utility industry. The company also serves municipalities, railroads, pipelines, and departments of transportation, employing over 36,000 service professionals across the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Responsibilities

• Operate chainsaw to cut brush, logs, and stumps of larger trees.
• Drag, gather, and feed brush into a 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 (not required).
• Entry-level position; no prior experience required, though previous experience is a plus.
• Upon offer, employees may be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen, background check, and/or MVR check.
• Driver’s License preferred but not required.

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 and coordinate equipment/tools.
• Maintain attention and concentration for extended periods.
• Withstand exposure to all weather conditions 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.
• Perform job duties throughout a standard 8- or 10-hour day.
• Communicate effectively, read, write, and comprehend job instructions.
• Handle confrontations professionally.

Work environment includes:

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

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.

About Us

Asplundh is a full-service utility contractor specializing in tree pruning and removals, right-of-way clearing and maintenance, vegetation management with herbicides, and emergency storm work and logistical support. The company also provides overhead and underground line construction, planning and design, meter reading, AMR/AMI installation, electrical testing, and street lighting/traffic signal services through its subsidiaries. Asplundh operates Rotor Blade Airborne Utilities Management for overhead electric distribution and transmission lines using MD 500 helicopters.