Tree Trimmer

Zielies Tree Service; Town of Barron (WI); On-site; USD 36,409 - 54,649; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid holidays

Weekly direct deposit

Paid training

All required tools provided

Job summary

A vegetation management services company in Wisconsin is seeking Tree Care Professionals. Responsibilities include cutting, trimming, and maintaining trees, utilizing industry best practices to ensure safety. Ideal candidates should be committed to quality work and teamwork, with opportunities for growth and a range of benefits including health insurance and overtime. Starting pay ranges from $26.43 to $39.67 per hour.

Qualifications

• Ability to cut and trim trees using saws and other tools.
• Commitment to safety and worksite management.
• Willingness to perform physical labor and use protective equipment.

Responsibilities

• Cut, trim, and maintain trees according to best practices.
• Use tools for felling trees and handling logs.
• Inspect and maintain work equipment and tools.

Skills

Industry best management practices

Herbicide application

Equipment inspection and maintenance

Job description

Zielies Tree Service Inc., a leader in Vegetation Management Services is currently seeking Tree Care Professionals. Whether you're an industry veteran or just looking for new opportunities with a strong work ethic, we want to hear from you.

Zielies Tree Service has an outstanding group of employees and although our work doesn't always stand out, we know deep down, the power stays on or is restored in our local communities because of the work we do daily in maintaining powerline right-of-ways. Our mission and values of safety, quality, and environmental stewardship help define us as a company. If our values align, you work hard, and meet performance expectations, there is continued growth opportunities here.

Essential Functions

• Cut, and/or trims using various industry best management practices.
• Uses wedges, sledges, and chain saws in felling trees or trimmed trunks and in cutting and splitting logs into manageable pieces.
• Herbicide application to prevent further growth as indicated on maps.
• Loads and unloads trucks with logs, stumps, brush, and debris and/or feeds brush into a woodchipper.
• Utilize best management practices to safeguards other employees and public from jobsite hazards in and around work area.
• Inspect tools, truck, and other work equipment. Request repair or replacement equipment, when necessary. Maintains good housekeeping on truck and at work locations.
• Commitment to work safe daily.
• Perform other related work, as assigned by superiors.

Starting Package between $26.43 - 39.67/hr.

Union Benefit Package Includes

• Family health, dental, and vision insurance (LINECO)
• Two retirement plans: National Electrical Annuity Plan AND National Electrical Benefit Fund
• 10 paid holidays (offered after 520 hours of time worked)
• Bereavement pay
• $75 diem when requirements are met

Other Benefits at Zielies

• Fulltime work
• 4, 10-hour days which allows for a 3-day weekend
• Overtime opportunities (when available)
• The potential to work out of state storms
• Weekly direct deposit
• Excellent growth opportunities
• Industry leading safety and training programs
• Paid training
• All PPE and tools required to perform applicable position provided by Zielies
• All employment offers are contingent upon a pre-employment drug test.
• Disclaimer - above rates, benefits, and opportunities are applicable at the time of this posting and are subject to change per Collective Bargaining Agreement