Groundperson - BTI

Burford’s Tree, LLC; Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated groundpersons to join their team. This role involves operating chainsaws, maintaining equipment, and ensuring safety while working in the field. The company prides itself on its tradition of service excellence and values employee input, making it a great place to grow your career. If you enjoy working outdoors and are ready to take on physical challenges, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Join a team that has been providing quality vegetation management services for over 30 years and be part of a company that prioritizes safety and productivity.

Benefits

Competitive Pay

Health Benefits

Safety Equipment Provided

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years or older and able to operate chainsaws and maintain equipment.
• High School Diploma preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Gather and feed brush into woodchipper while ensuring safety.
• Maintain equipment and perform physical tasks in various weather conditions.

Skills

Chainsaw Operation

Equipment Maintenance

Hazard Awareness

Physical Endurance

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Wood Chipper

Chainsaw

Job description

The groundperson is responsible for gathering and feeding brush & debris into a woodchipper, scanning areas for trip and fall hazards, and ensuring other workers stay out of the path of travel. This position is also responsible for maintaining equipment and materials.

Burford’s has built its reputation and tradition of service excellence by employing top-tier employees, valuing their input, and by implementing a strategy of shared levels of responsibility for safety, quality, and productivity. If this sounds like you - apply today!

At Burford’s, we understand the level of service that is required to meet and exceed the high standards of the utility industry.

Job Type: Full-Time +, Non-Exempt

Pay: Competitive, Hourly

• Benefits Available and Vary per position and location

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

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

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be 18 years of age or older.

Education & Experience:

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.

Pre-Screen:

• Upon offer, employees may be required to subject and pass a pre-employment drug screen, background and/or MVR check.

License & Certifications:

• Driver's License Preferred.

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 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

Safety:

Due to the inherently dangerous nature of the industry and requirements to work with or around hazardous equipment, 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 necessary to traverse various terrain, and communicate with others, read, write, and comprehend written/verbal job instructions and information.

• Works around hazardous equipment.
• Works around excessive noise from machines, chainsaws, and wood chippers, with hearing protection.
• Works in all temperatures and weather and will be exposed to nature, i.e., irritating plants, biting or stinging insects, dust, etc.
• Works on unlevel ground.
• Works around falling limbs with protection.

About Us:

Burford’s Tree is a full-service vegetation management company that has provided the utility industry with quality vegetation management services for over 30 years. We have worked in over 15 states with a wide range of contracts, from one crew to those executed by hundreds of Burford’s employees.

Individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. Individuals with a disability who desire a reasonable accommodation should contact the ADA Coordinator at 1-800-248-8733, ext. 1339.

An Equal Opportunity Employer.

Accessibility:

Equal Opportunity Employer.

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