Groundperson - Union (DL Required) - NTS

Nelson Tree Service, Inc.; Town of Union (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at a leading tree service company where your role as a groundperson is vital in ensuring safety and efficiency in line clearance operations. You will be responsible for operating equipment like chainsaws and wood chippers, maintaining tools, and ensuring a safe work environment. This position offers a unique opportunity to work outdoors, contribute to community safety, and develop your skills in a supportive atmosphere. If you are ready to take on a physically engaging role and are committed to excellence, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Health Benefits

Union Membership

Competitive Pay

Safety Training

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years or older and willing to join the local union.
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Gather and feed brush into wood chipper while ensuring safety.
• Operate chainsaw to cut brush, logs, and stumps.

Skills

Chainsaw Operation

Equipment Maintenance

Hazard Awareness

Physical Stamina

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.

Nelson Tree Service provides utility companies with line clearance services, upholding a commitment to the highest standards of performance and professionalism. If this sounds like you, apply today!

Job Type:

Full-Time +, Non-Exempt

Pay:

Competitive, $19.06-$23.15 Per Hour Based Upon Experience

Benefits:

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.
• Must be willing to join the local union and pay union dues.

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.

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, 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, perform job duties throughout a standard 8- or 10-hour day, and communicate effectively.

About Us:

At Nelson Tree Service, we protect the reputations of the utilities we serve. It is a defining component of our work, as we are the ambassadors for the utilities that entrust us with their vegetation management needs.

We know what it takes to ensure a successful outcome in any line clearance process. Property owners must be informed about the work, and our crews must operate at maximum efficiency while maintaining the highest levels of safety and quality.

Nelson personnel are provided with comprehensive customer service training and a positive work environment, which ultimately sustains our culture of excellence.

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.