Groundworker
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Job Title
Groundperson
Pay Rate Type
Non-Exempt
Creation Date/Revision Date
04/24/2026
Job Summary
The Groundperson assists in supporting all activities that occur on the ground during vegetation maintenance and management along power lines. This role identifies safety hazards while utilizing various types of tools and equipment to address brush and clean-up debris.
Essential Job Duties
- Loads vehicles and equipment with manageable size limbs and logs not suited for wood chipping.
- Works on the ground using hand saws, ground saws or other applicable tools to cut brush, limbs and logs of larger trees.
- Gathers manageable size brush, limbs and logs and carries to the designated chipping area.
- Applies herbicide and growth regulators to brush and stumps.
- Operates and works around hazardous equipment, such as chainsaw, pole pruner, stump grinder, woodchipper, etc.
- Adheres to and helps educate less experienced employees on company policies, on-the-job safety practices, approved work methods and OSHA regulations.
- Utilizes a variety of tools (i.e. rake, shovel, leaf blower) to remove debris from work area.
- 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.
- Staging and clean-up of tools and equipment at the job site.
- Maintains a neat and orderly work area.
- 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’s culture of safety and employee ownership.
- Comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations; maintain knowledge of and follow all company policies and procedures.
- Maintain regular and punctual attendance at work and meetings.
Other Duties
- Drives and operates vehicles and equipment as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills & Ability Requirements
- Ability to adhere to company and industry safety requirements.
- Ability to learn quickly and to follow instructions accurately.
- Must be able to communicate with others and represent Wright Tree Service in a professional manner.
- Must be able to comprehend and/or read and write both written and verbal job instructions and safety information.
- Ability to recognize poisonous plants and take proper safeguard against them.
- Must be able to wear necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) as required.
- Ability to work long hours and overtime during emergencies (including holidays, weekends, storm work) and will be subject to call-out work.
- Demonstrate knowledge on how to perform tree and bucket rescue.
- Ability to operate and service all required tools and equipment.
- Ability to work both independently and in a group.
Education, Certification & Experience Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent preferred, but not required.
- Must have valid First-Aid and CPR cards or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire.
Other Preferred Requirements
- Ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver’s or commercial driver’s license (dependent upon Division and utility/contract requirements) and DOT medical card in accordance with FMCSA regulations.
- Drive a vehicle with an attached chipper or other trailing unit to, from or within the work area.
- Maintain herbicide application certification or equivalent as required by Wright Tree Service and local, state, and federal law.
Language Requirements (read, write, speak)
English - Read, Write, Speak Spanish - Read, Write, Speak Other Language _________________ - Read, Write, Speak
Travel Requirements
- No-Seldom
- Yes-Occasional (up to 5%)
- Yes-Moderate (5% to 25%)
- Yes-Substantial (25% to 50%)
- Yes-Extensive (greater than 50%)
Physical Characteristics
- This position may require physical demands and activities including: Effective bending, reaching, standing, walking, climbing, lifting, carrying, grasping, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
- Occasionally reach upward and downward.
- Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 50 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
- Possesses the ability to lift, move, and maneuver up to 50 pounds on an infrequent basis and up to 30 pounds on a frequent basis.
- Must be able to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of work assigned or make general observations of the community; close visual acuity, such as reading a computer screen, reading printed material, inspection of small defects, and using measurement devices.
- Ability to enter and exit vehicles and equipment numerous times per day.
Environmental Factors
- This position may be exposed to the following factors: Routine exposure to indoor and outdoor working conditions.
- Routine exposure to weather, climate and temperature, such as rain, heat, sun, cold, snow.
- Routine exposure to nature, such as irritating plants, biting or stinging insects, dust, etc; position works outdoor on rugged terrain.
- Routine exposure to noise, vibration, working hazards such as proximity to moving parts, mechanical equipment, moving vehicles, gasoline powered equipment, electrical current, heights, exposure to heat, exposure to chemicals, work in close quarters, narrow aisles or passageways, communicable diseases, bloodborne pathogens, cleaning chemicals, dust, odors, and a variety of pests.
Cargo
Groundperson
Tipo de salario
No exento
Fecha de creación/Fecha de revisión
04/24/2026
Resumen del puesto
El Groundperson asiste en todas las actividades que se realizan en el suelo durante la mantenimiento y la gestión de la vegetación a lo largo de las líneas eléctricas. La persona en esta función identifica los peligros de seguridad mientras utiliza diversos tipos de herramientas y equipos para lidiar con la maleza y limpiar residuos.
Funciones esenciales del puesto
- Carga vehículos y equipos con ramas y troncos de tamaño fácil de manipular que no sean aptos para el triturado.
- Trabaja en el suelo con sierras manuales, sierras de uso en el suelo u otras herramientas aplicables para cortar arbustos, ramas y troncos de árboles grandes.
- Recoge ramas, maleza y troncos de tamaño fácil de manipular y los transporta al área designada para astillar.
- Aplica herbicidas y reguladores de crecimiento a la maleza (brush) y los troncos.
- Opera y trabaja cerca de equipos peligrosos, como motosierras, podadora de extensión, trituradoras de troncos, trituradoras de madera, entre otros.
- Cumple y ayuda a capacitar a empleados con menos experiencia sobre las políticas de la empresa, las prácticas de seguridad en el trabajo, los métodos de trabajo aprobados y las normativas de la Administración de Salud Ocupacional (OSHA).
- Utiliza diversas herramientas (por ejemplo, rastrillo, pala, soplador de hojas) para retirar los residuos del área de trabajo.
- Alimenta la trituradora de madera con maleza y residuos.
- Coloca señales de advertencia, barreras, banderas, transmite señales manuales, dirige el tráfico y utiliza otros dispositivos de control de tráfico según corresponda, para proteger a los empleados y al público de los peligros en y alrededor del área de trabajo.
- Coopera con los propietarios, clientes y personal de emergencia cuando sea necesario bloquear calles o entradas.
- Se encarga de la preparación y limpieza de herramientas y equipos en el lugar de trabajo.
- Mantiene un área de trabajo limpia y ordenada.
- Efectúa el mantenimiento rutinario de los vehículos, equipos y herramientas de la empresa.
- Informa al General Foreperson. sobre las necesidades de mantenimiento especializado de los vehículos o equipos.
- Durante emergencias o desastres naturales, puede ser necesario permanecer de servicio y desplazarse fuera del lugar habitual de trabajo durante la duración del evento.
- Apoya, participa activamente y actúa de acuerdo con la cultura de seguridad y sentido de pertenencia de Wright.
- Cumple con las leyes, normas y reglamentos federales, estatales y locales aplicables; mantiene el conocimiento y cumplimiento de todas las políticas y procedimientos de la empresa.
- Mantiene una asistencia regular y puntual al trabajo y a las reuniones.
Otras funciones
- Conduce y opera los vehículos y equipos asignados.
Funciones de supervisión
Conocimientos, habilidades y aptitudes requeridas:
Conocimientos, habilidades y aptitudes requeridas
- Capacidad para cumplir los requisitos de seguridad de la empresa y del sector.
- Capacidad para aprender rápidamente y seguir instrucciones con precisión.
- Capacidad para comunicarse con otras personas y representar a Wright Tree Service de manera profesional.
- Capacidad para comprender o leer y escribir tanto las instrucciones laborales como la información de seguridad, en forma escrita y verbal.
- Capacidad para reconocer plantas venenosas y adoptar las medidas preventivas adecuadas.
- Debe ser capaz de llevar el equipo de protección personal (PPE) requerido.
- Capacidad para trabajar jornadas prolongadas y realizar horas extras durante emergencias (incluidos feriados, fines de semana y trabajos por tormentas), estando sujeto a llamadas de emergencia.
- Conocimiento sobre cómo realiza rescate en árboles y con elevador aéreo (canasta).
- Capacidad para operar y mantener todas las herramientas y equipos requeridos.
- Capacidad para trabajar tanto de forma independiente como en equipo.
Requisitos de formación, certificación y experiencia
- Se prefiere título de educación secundaria o equivalente, aunque no es obligatorio.
- Debe contar con credenciales vigentes de resucitación cardiopulmonar (CPR), o poder obtenerlas en un plazo de 90 días tras la contratación.
Otros requisitos preferidos
- Capacidad para obtener y mantener una licencia de conducir válida o una licencia comercial (según la división y los requisitos del cliente o contrato) y una tarjeta médica emitida por el Departamento de Transporte (Department of Transportation, DOT) conforme a las regulaciones de la FMCSA.
- Conducir un vehículo con una astilladora u otra unidad remolcada acoplada hacia, desde o dentro del área de trabajo.
- Mantener la certificación o equivalente en aplicación de herbicidas según lo requieran Wright Tree Service y las leyes locales, estatales y federales.
Requisitos de idioma (leer, escribir, hablar)
Inglés: leer, escribir, hablar Español: leer, escribir, hablar Otro idioma _________________ - leer, escribir, hablar
Requisitos de viaje
- No, rara vez
- Sí, ocasional (hasta el 5 %)
- Sí, moderado (del 5 % al 25 %)
- Sí, sustancial (del 25 % al 50 %)
- Sí, extenso (más del 50 %)
Características físicas
- Este puesto puede requerir las siguientes exigencias y actividades físicas: Flexionarse, estirarse, permanecer de pie, caminar, trepar, levantar, cargar, sujetar, hablar, oír y realizar movimientos repetitivos de manera efectiva.
- Ocasionalmente alcanzar hacia arriba o hacia abajo.
- Ejercer hasta 100 libras (45 kg) de fuerza ocasionalmente o hasta 50 libras (23 kg) de fuerza con frecuencia, o hasta 50 libras (23 kg) de fuerza de manera constante para mover objetos.
- Poseer la capacidad para levantar, mover y maniobrar hasta 50 libras (23 kg) ocasionalmente y hasta 30 libras (14 kg) con frecuencia.
- Debe tener agudeza visual suficiente para determinar la precisión, pulcritud y exhaustividad del trabajo asignado o para hacer observaciones generales del entorno; agudeza visual cercana, como para leer una pantalla de computadora, materiales impresos, inspeccionar defectos pequeños o utilizar instrumentos de medición.
- Poder entrar y salir de vehículos y equipos varias veces al día.
Factores ambientales
- Las personas en este puesto pueden estar expuestas a los siguientes factores: Exposición habitual a condiciones de trabajo tanto interiores como exteriores.
- Exposición habitual a las condiciones meteorológicas, climáticas y de temperatura, como lluvia, calor, sol, frío y nieve.
- Exposición habitual a la naturaleza, como plantas irritantes, insectos que pican o muerden, polvo, etc; el puesto se desarrolla al aire libre en terrenos irregulares.
- Exposición habitual a ruido, vibraciones, peligros laborales como la proximidad a piezas móviles, equipos mecánicos, vehículos en movimiento, equipos con motor de gasolina, corriente eléctrica, alturas, calor, productos químicos, espacios reducidos, pasillos o conductos estrechos, enfermedades transmisibles, patógenos de transmisión sanguínea, productos de limpieza, polvo, olores y diversos tipos de plagas.
COMPANY STATEMENTS (U.S. Only)
Job Duties: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Equal Employment Opportunities
Wright Service Corp. respects diversity, and we are an inclusive and equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions and lactation), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical and mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, rule, or regulation. We are dedicated to ensuring the fulfillment of this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and general treatment during employment.
Reasonable Accommodation
Wright Service Corp. is committed to complying with applicable federal, state and local laws, rules, or regulations governing reasonable accommodations to individuals, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. To that end, as required by applicable law, we will make a reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees who have requested an accommodation or for whom we have notice may require such an accommodation, without regard to any protected classifications, related to an individual’s: (i) disability, meaning any physical, medical, mental, or psychological impairment, or a history or record of such impairment; (ii) sincerely held religious beliefs and practices; (iii) needs related to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions; and/or (iv) any other reason required by applicable law, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship.
At-Will Employment
Unless otherwise provided by applicable law, rule, or regulation, employment with Wright Service Corp. is “at will.” This means that an employee’s employment may be terminated at any time by either the employee or Wright Service Corp., for any or no reason, with or without cause or advance notice. No supervisor or Wright Service Corp. personnel other than the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Executive Officer’s designee has any authority to enter into a contract of employment, oral, written or otherwise, express or implied, that changes or alters the at-will employment relationship. Any such agreement must be in writing signed by the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Executive Officer’s designee.
Drug & Alcohol-Free Workplace
To help ensure a safe, healthy, and productive work environment for our employees and others, protect Wright Service Corp. property, and ensure efficient operations, the Wright Service Corp. has adopted a policy of maintaining a workplace free of unlawful or unauthorized drugs and alcohol.
At Wright Tree Service, we recognize that our employees are the foundation of a successful business. We are committed to providing our employees with the training and resources needed to elevate their position into a successful career. We provide opportunities to earn certifications, leadership programs and customized trainings. Safety is our #1 value – this culture is guided by our “Brother’s and Sister’s Keeper” pledge to keep both ourselves and others safe.
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