Arbor Crew Leader

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Monarch Landscape Companies is a family of successful landscape brands in eight states across the United States. We are a values-based learning organization committed to being the best place to work as a landscape professional. Our approach to investing in people is simple. We put the Field First!

We strive to be the best place to work for landscape professionals, and are currently offering an excellent opportunity for an Arbor Crew Lead. We're looking for qualified, driven individuals who can work autonomously.

This posting remains open year-round as we are always looking for great people to join our team! If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your application and we will reach out shortly.

Responsible for the direction of crew activities on job site, and to provide a high quality of service and safe working environment.

• Understand and implement job specifications for each site
• Assign daily tasks to crew members and ensure compliance
• Conduct daily job site safety briefing and tailgate meeting with crew
• Safely climb trees using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to access work area
• Complete daily paperwork timely and accurately
• Report equipment in need of repair to shop mechanic
• Supervise safe loading and unloading of equipment
• Assist Arbor Foreman with initial and ongoing training of crews
• Discuss job site observations with Arbor Foreman
• Trim and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or remove low hanging branches
• Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support
• Cut away dead and excess branches from trees using climbing equipment or buckets of extended truck books, and/or chainsaws, hooks, handsaws, shears, and clippers
• Lower branches with ropes or block and tackle
• Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving
• Safe operation of shredding and chipping equipment, including the feeding of brush and limbs into machines
• Safe operation of arbor vehicles and equipment, including but not limited to: boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers,, sprayers, power saws, chainsaws, pole pruners, backpack blowers, and hand tools
• Inspect trees to determine if they have disease or pest problems
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment
• Shows up to work each day on time; completes all tasks within time expectations; adheres to company dress code policy; wears clean clothes to work each day; follows inclement weather policy and sick leave reporting procedures

• This position supervises an Arbor Crew of 2-5 employees

• High school diploma or GED
• At least 2 years of professional tree work experience, including management of employees

• Ability to communicate effectively with crew members and Arbor Foreman
• Ability to verbally understand and communicate in English
• Bi-lingual English/Spanish preferred but not required

• Valid driver license issued by the state where employed is strongly preferred
• Valid ISA Certified Tree Worker Certification, or ability to obtain within 6 months

• Basic tree care principals, pruning techniques, tree  disease
• Tree climbing (above 15 feet), cabling, and safety procedures
• Aerial rescue; safe work practices; proper PPE; hazard recognition;
  Dig Alert procedures and tree removal techniques; basic knots and rope operation for rigging; emergency tree rescue procedures
• Excellent internal and external customer service skills, ensuring clients’ needs are met in an accurate, complete, and timely fashion by demonstrating courtesy, efficiency, and professionalism

• Frequently climbs trees above 15 feet, and performs work on branches or truck platforms
• Frequently required to reach, bend, twist, stoop, crouch, climb and balance on surfaces that may be narrow and/or slippery
• Frequently required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Constantly required to talk, hear, see,…