Tree Trimmer - Travel Crew

Wright Tree Service; Omaha (NE); Vor Ort; USD 25.000 - 39.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Wright Tree Service is seeking a Tree Trimmer for travel-heavy assignments across KS/MO, MN, and NE. The role focuses on pruning and removing trees and limbs away from power lines to minimize vegetation interference, using climbing gear, saws, and other equipment.

Travel is required, and duties include on-site tree maintenance and safety adherence. Responsibilities include loading equipment, aloft cutting, rigging loads, and applying herbicides where needed, while ensuring health and appearance

Aufgaben

• Loads vehicles and equipment with limbs and logs.
• Trims, removes and/or fells trees using climbing equipment and hand tools.
• Works aloft to cut branches or trunk sections and lowers them to ground.
• Fells trees or spars with appropriate tools and splits into pieces.
• Maintains safety around energized lines under supervision.

Jobbeschreibung

This job opening is for multiple travel crews that will be in Kansas City, MO/KS, Fridley, MN, and Omaha, NE

Travel is required

Job Title: Tree Trimmer

Pay Rate Type: Non-Exempt

Creation Date/Revision Date: 04/24/2026

Job Summary:

The Tree Trimmer role is a qualified Line Clearance Tree Trimmer responsible for pruning and removing trees, limbs and shrubs away from power lines to reduce vegetation interference. This role utilizes various types of equipment, tools, and techniques to perform basic tree maintenance while addressing growth patterns and ensuring tree health, and appearance.

Essential Job Duties:

• Loads vehicles and equipment with manageable size limbs and logs not suited for wood chipping.
• Trims, removes and/or fells trees using climbing equipment, such as a powered trimmer lift truck, safety belt, climbing line, and ladder. Also works on the ground using hand saws, ground saws, pruners or other applicable tools.
• Works aloft to cut branches or trunk sections and drop or lower them to the ground with rigging lines.
• Uses appropriate tools on the ground to fell trees or spars and split them into manageable pieces.
• Works around hazardous equipment and may work in close proximity to energized power lines while under the direct supervision of a qualified line clearance tree trimmer. Once the prerequisites for qualification have been met, may provide direct supervision of the activities of non-qualified employees working in close proximity to energized conductors.
• Applies herbicide and growth regulators to brush and stumps. Maintains appropriate application records.
• Adheres to and helps educate less experienced employees on company policies, procedures, on-the-job safety practices, approved work methods and OSHA regulations.
• Repairs minor damage to property that occurs on the job site. Escalates situations to General Foreperson’s when necessary and in a timely manner.
• Feeds brush and debris into woodchipper.
• Sets up warning signs, barriers, flags, relays hand-signals, directs traffic and other applicable traffic control devices to protect employees and members of the public from hazards in and around the work area. Cooperates with property owner, customer, and emergency personnel when blocking streets or driveways.
• Conducts vehicle and equipment inspections to ensure proper working conditions. Conducts routine maintenance on company vehicles, equipment and tools. Reports specialized vehicle maintenance or equipment needs to General Foreperson.
• During emergencies or natural disasters may be required to be on duty and travel outside of regular work location for the duration of the disaster.
• Support, actively participate, and act in accordance with Wright