Senior Vegetation Management Inspector

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Santa Cruz (CA); On-site; USD 54,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company in Santa Cruz is seeking a Senior Vegetation Management Inspector-GC. This IBEW Local 1245 represented position requires travel across the PG&E service territory and adherence to safety and contract terms.

You will oversee vegetation work on Electric Distribution or Transmission systems, supervise inspectors and contractors, and ensure compliance with standards while maintaining public safety and quality.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• OSHA 30-hour construction safety certification.
• Certified Tree Safety Professional certification or equivalent.
• Valid Class C driver's license.
• Experience in vegetation management or related fields preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee vegetation management work on Electric Distribution or Transmission systems.
• Ensure safety and proper equipment usage; approve field changes as required.
• Audit work for compliance with applicable standards.
• Assist with training Vegetation Management Inspectors.
• Provide guidance to Vegetation Management Inspectors.
• Document Safety Observations and Good Catches.

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

Team leadership

Public safety emphasis

Education

OSHA 30-hour construction safety certification

Certified Tree Safety Professional certification

Certified Arborist

Tools

Class C driver's license

Vegetation Management Inspector certification

Job description

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Job Category: Maintenance / Construction / Operations

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Onsite

Job Location: Santa Cruz

Department Overview

PG&E’s Vegetation Management (VM) team works with our customers and communities to manage trees and other vegetation located near powerlines that could cause a wildfire or power outage. Each year we inspect approximately 100,000 miles of powerlines, trim or remove more than 1 million trees, and address dead and dying trees.

Position Summary

This is an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1245 represented classification, which has over 100 years of experience representing employees at PG&E. This job is subject to collective bargaining.

Performs direct oversight of vegetation management work conducted on Electric Distribution or Transmission systems. Responsibilities include overseeing VMI personal, work quality, customer relations, public safety, permit compliance, and contractor performance. Job duties are outlined below.

The Senior vegetation management inspector-GC is a General Construction position and individuals must be able to travel and transfer to a new headquarters upon request at any time; throughout the entire PG&E service territory with no guarantees as to how long you will be away from home.

To better represent the communities we serve, applicants who live within 50 miles of the headquarter locations will be given preference.

PG&E is providing the hourly rate that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This position is subject to collectively bargained hourly wage rates and increases. The starting wage rate for this position is $47.94 per hour. This wage rate is specific to the locality of the job. The wage rate is based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensures personnel stay focused on the assigned job and the appropriate equipment is used. May approve scheduling and scope changes in the field with PG&E management and Contractors as required


• Encourages public, contractor, and employee safety at all times by promoting positive leadership, safety culture, good catches, exhibiting an absolute commitment to safety for self and others, and by ensuring all applicable safety rules, regulations and standards are followed


• May audit work performed by Vegetation Management Inspectors to ensure compliance with applicable standards.


• May assist with the training and onboarding of Vegetation Management Inspectors.


• May provide guidance or explanation to Vegetation Management Inspectors


• Performs and documents Safety Observations and Good Catches

Qualifications

Minimum:

• High School diploma or GED


• Required to maintain a Class C driver’s license


• Must meet one of the experience requirements below:


• Five (5) years of experience as a tree crew climber/tree crew foreman with at least two (2) years of line clearance certification OR


• Five (5) years of experience as a Vegetation Management Inspector and Certified Arborist OR


• Five (5) years of experience as a Registered Professional Forester OR


• Five (5) years of experience as a Utility Inspector or higher classification with at least one (1) year of vegetation management experience OR


• Four (4) years of Military Service with honorable discharge and at least one (1)year additional year of vegetation management inspection experience


• Bilingual in English and Spanish


• To better represent the communities we serve, applicants who live within 50 miles of the headquarter locations will be given preference


• OSHA 30-hour construction safety certification


• Certified Tree Safety Professional certification

Pre-Employment Testing

PG&E Employees: You must have qualified on all prerequisite tests prior to submitting an application, and all secondary tests prior to interviewing. For more information on prerequisite and secondary exams, including study guides, please visit the Pre-employment testing program website.

• Post-Offer Physical Assessment (POPA).

Hiring Leader Name: Travis Kelly Eddy

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that actively pursues and hires a workforce that reflects the hometowns we serve. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability status, medical condition or any other factor that is not related to the job.

Purpose, Virtues and Stands

OurPurposeexplains \"why\" we exist:

• Delivering for our hometowns


• Serving our planet


• Leading with love

OurVirtuescapture \"who\" we need to be:

• Trustworthy


• Curious


• Nimble


• Owners

OurStandsare \"what\" we will achieve together:

• Everyone and everything is always safe


• Catastrophic wildfires shall stop


• It is enjoyable to work with and for PG&E


• Clean and resilient energy for all


• Our work shall create prosperity for all customers and investors

EEO
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that actively pursues and hires aworkforce that reflects the hometowns we serve. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability status, medical condition or any other factor that is not related to the job.

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PG&E will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in a manner consistent with all state and local laws.