Arbor Crew Lead

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Northwest Landscape Services| Monarch Tree Services

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!



Job Summary

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

Primary Duties:

• 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 on-going 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, tractors, 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 Language Skills
• 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…