System Arborist – Vegetation Audit & Compliance Lead

Liberty; Joplin (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401K with match

Annual bonus

Life insurance

Disability (short/long-term)

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Headspace account

Paid time off & holidays

Job summary

Liberty is seeking a vegetation management quality-control auditor to perform independent audits of planning and completed work, validating classifications, resource assignments, and invoice accuracy against Liberty standards. You will identify discrepancies, document trends, and support governance to improve planning and cost control.

In this role, you will help reduce rework and strengthen the company’s compliance posture, working in a collaborative environment with cross-functional teams and

Qualifications

• 2+ years of utility vegetation management, field auditing, or quality control experience.
• ISA Certified Arborist or eligible to obtain within 1 year; ISA Utility Specialist preferred.
• Experience with management, mapping, reporting systems such as SAP/Fieldnote/Microsoft apps/GIS is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Perform independent quality-control audits of vegetation management planning and completed work.
• Validate classifications, resource assignments, invoice accuracy against Liberty standards.
• Identify rework, add-on work, and planning discrepancies affecting cost, quality.
• Document audit findings and recurring trends to improve planning accuracy.
• Support audit defensibility, contractor accountability, process improvement, and evidence quality.
• Provide internal oversight to reduce reliance on vendor self-validation.
• Strengthen Liberty’s compliance posture with defensible records and reliability expectations.

Skills

Field auditing experience

Quality control

Contractor oversight

Electric utility operations

Compliance documentation

Education

ISA Certified Arborist

ISA Utility Specialist

Tools

SAP

Fieldnote

Microsoft Office

GIS

Job description

Liberty is seeking a vegetation management quality-control auditor to perform independent audits of planning and completed work, validating classifications, resource assignments, and invoice accuracy against Liberty standards. You will identify discrepancies, document trends, and support governance to improve planning and cost control.

In this role, you will help reduce rework and strengthen the company’s compliance posture, working in a collaborative environment with cross-functional teams and