Tree Climber/ Foreman

About the role

Arbor Masters is a third-generation, family-owned business specializing in all areas of tree service and plant care. We are currently seeking a Secondary Climbing Arborist to join our team of experts.

Responsibilities

• Operating heavy equipment, hand, and power equipment, such as bucket trucks, brush trucks, claw trucks, chippers, pole saws, pruning saws, pole pruners, power pole saws, and chainsaws.
• Repairing, sharpening, and maintaining equipment and tools.
• Performing basic felling and rigging, along with aerial rigging over obstacles.
• Leading a 2-person pruning crew while completing pruning & removal projects.
• Ensuring all appropriate tools, supplies, and materials are loaded on truck, well maintained and accounted for, along with ensuring equipment is inspected and prepared with fuel and fluids.
• Performing job briefing and assisting Crew Leader in work zone set-up and utilizing safety PPE.
• Completing tree risk assessment and job site assessment, along with communicating with homeowners about services Arbor Masters offers, and performing pre- and post-job walk-throughs.
• Communicating verbally and visually with all members of the crew.
• Assisting in debris cleanup at job completion.
• Motivating and guiding team in a positive manner and ensuring daily production goals are met.
• Operating equipment including but not limited to hand saws, pole pruners, pole saws, pruning saws, chain saws, stump grinders, bucket trucks, claw trucks, chippers and aerial lifts.
• Maintaining and repairing small tools and equipment such as blowers, chainsaws and chippers.
• Ensuring all appropriate tools, supplies, and materials are loaded on truck, well maintained and accounted for, along with ensuring equipment is inspected, cleaned and prepared with fuel and fluids.
• Reviewing work to be performed with customers, completing paperwork, conducting post-job customer walkthroughs, and collecting payments upon completion of work.
• Conducting job briefings and assigning tasks to crew members, along with work zone set-up.
• Communicating and reinforcing industry safety standards and company policies while utilizing safety PPE.
• Supervising tree crew while performing tree pruning and removals and assisting in debris cleanup.
• Performing supplemental support (cabling and bracing) techniques.
• Completing OSHA and AMTL accident reports and incident reports when necessary.

Requirements

• Must be a team player with a positive attitude, able to advise, train and motivate team members.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and possess a class C driver’s license. CDL class A or class B License with airbrake endorsement is preferred, but not required.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Minimum of 5 years climbing experience and/or 5 years documented foreman experience.
• Advanced knowledge of proper tree pruning and removal techniques, along with skilled cabling and bracing techniques, and knowledge of various knots used in roping and technical rigging.
• Experience with technical rigging for use in trimming and large removals.
• Ability to complete labor-intensive outdoor work with exposure to a variety of weather conditions.
• Ability to navigate uneven terrain, stand, walk, bend, crouch, reach, and lift in excess of 50lbs on a regular basis, along with the ability to work effectively at heights above 10 feet.
• Experience operating bucket or claw trucks preferred.

Benefits

• Medical Plan effective 60 days following start date.
• Dental Plan.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Retailer Plan: 401(k) (50% Company Match up to 4%/2%).
• Short Term Disability.
• Long Term Disability (100% Company Paid).
• $25k AD&D Insurance (100% Company Paid).
• Employee Assistance Program (100% Company Paid).
• Six (6) Paid Holidays.
• Paid Time Off (vacation, sick, bereavement).
• Professional certification and registration renewals.
• Professional development training.