Senior Forestry Analyst - DPW-Stormwater Engineering

Agency Summary

The Indianapolis Department of Public Works (DPW) aims to improve residents’ quality of life through bettering public spaces and infrastructure, and through providing excellent public services. With a focus on multi-modal connectivity, thriving green spaces, meaningful capital improvements, universal accessibility, and collaborative public and private partnerships, DPW builds and maintains public infrastructure and park land; manages solid waste collection; and keeps the City’s entire vehicle fleet rolling.

One of the largest city agencies, “Team DPW” commits itself to effective efficient customer service for residents and visitors to Indianapolis. The agency is able to do this by cultivating a productive, collaborative, and compliant work environment in order for our workforce to meet the needs of the constituents of Indianapolis and Marion County.

Position is responsible for safeguarding the health, safety, and welfare of public users of Rights‑of‑Ways and public lands by managing the risk posed by public trees and balancing that risk with the ecosystem service benefits that trees provide. The successful incumbent helps the City realize the full potential of the benefits of trees, such as air quality and storm water quality improvement, while providing peace of mind to users of a public space which features mature trees.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The City of Indianapolis Marion County is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status. We value diversity in perspectives and experiences among colleagues and the residents of this city of whom we serve.

• Utilizes expert skills to perform individual tree risk evaluations to determine the type of corrective work which is necessary and then prioritize the issue to determine the urgency with which the work needs to be completed.
• Also inspects issues related to roadside brush and obstructed sight distances and critical signage.
• Manages both the contracted street tree and park tree inventories.
• Includes management of data collection projects, review of incoming data and progress updates, issuance of work orders based on recommendations, and subsequent data revision based on updated inspections and completion of recommended work.
• Reviews and prioritizes incoming service requests, then assigns each issue an inspection priority and divides inspection work amongst all forestry staff depending on the demand, necessary skill set, and available resources.
• Supervises work of the dedicated Forestry Inspector and trains staff to perform inspections in a uniform and consistent manner.
• Works closely with DPW Operations Forestry Supervisor and Greenways Supervisor to assign work to the in‑house DPW crews based on the need, crew capabilities, and resources available at the time.
• Manages implementation of work assigned to on‑call forestry contractors on capital projects.
• Works with Code Enforcement periodically to review applications for Flora permits, providing expert level subject knowledge when necessary.
• Develops and manages large‑scale storm event response contract to be utilized in the wake of a major tree‑damaging storm event.
• Participates in periodic reviews of forestry program's Standard Operating Procedures and safety protocols utilizing knowledge of industry best practices and subject matter expertise.
• Manages forestry data systems including data input, processing, analysis and modification to the street tree and park tree inventory databases.
• As needed, analyzes data on demand to produce budget projections based on data within inventories.
• Serves as interim program manager during periods of vacancy for the Manager of Urban Forestry position.
• Serves as an expert resource for other City agencies.
• Serves as an expert witness regarding inspections, tree biology, and tree biomechanics, helping to defend policy and reduce liability in legal proceedings involving tort claims against the City, when necessary.
• Serves as additional technical inspector, as needed, for specialized forestry…