Groundperson - NON-UNION

Groundperson

The groundperson is responsible for gathering and feeding brush & debris into a woodchipper, scanning areas from trip and fall hazards, ensuring other workers stay out of the Line of Fire, attention to safety and learning company policies. This position is also responsible for maintaining equipment and materials. During your time as a groundperson you will be provided with ample on the job training and advancement opportunities.

Benefits:

• Company-sponsored Retirement Plan
• Health Insurance (Medical/Dental/Vision)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life, long-term/short-term disability insurance

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Operate chainsaw to cut brush, logs and stumps of larger trees.
• Assist in transporting necessary gear to and from trucks to complete work at hand.
• Drag, gather, and feed brush into woodchipper.
• Codriver awareness skills traveling to and from job locations. The understanding of the basic knowledge and skills required to back a vehicle and trailer, along with assisting in that process after having the proper qualification.
• Work Positioning Spotter, after having proper qualification.
• Flagging, after having proper qualification.
• Learn Team Communication Skills.
• Services vehicles and equipment, maintaining them in neat, clean, and specified mechanical order.
• Works in all temperatures and will be exposed to nature. (i.e., irritating plants and biting or stinging insects).
• Works near energized parts or equipment.
• Works in traffic.
• Works around excessive noise from machines, gas saws, and other equipment with proper hearing protection.
• Exposed to hazards of working near power equipment, traffic, high voltage wires, and falling limbs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be 18 years-of-age or older.
• Reliable means of transportation to and from lot location to maintain attendance, at times this could be a mandatory 60-hour work weeks.
• Available for local and out of state storm restoration work, overtime hours vary including holidays and weekends. Potential for 16-hour shifts 7 days in the case of an emergency. (This is due to being identified as a form of a utility first responder).

Due to the inherently dangerous nature of the industry and requirements to work with or around hazardous equipment, employees must have:

• Sufficient eyesight to judge distance/coordination of equipment and tools to hazards.
• Able to maintain attention and concentration for extended periods of time.
• Able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather while completing work assignments.
• Able to wear personal protective equipment as necessary.
• Able to enter and exit a vehicle numerous times a day.
• Have the endurance necessary to traverse various terrain.
• Capable of performing job duties throughout a standard 8- or 10-hour day.
• Able to communicate with others, read, write, and comprehend written/verbal job instructions and information, and communicate and handle conflict professionally.

Education & Experience:

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Entry-level position, no experience required.
• Previous experience is a plus!
• Specialized Equipment experience preferred but not required.

Pre-Screen:

• Upon offer, employees may be required to subject and pass a pre-employment drug screen, background and/or MVR check.

License & Certifications:

• Driver's License Preferred.
• CDL is Preferred but not required.
• CPR Certification Preferred but not required.
• 1st Aid Certification Preferred but not required.

Physical Requirements:

• RARE (less than 10%): Sitting, Crawling, Climbing Poles, Color Vision, Climbing Ladders, Climbing Stairs
• OCCASIONAL (up to 33%): stooping, kneeling squatting, body twisting, sense of touch, climbing on/off truck, gripping, lifting over 10 lbs. to 50 lbs., reaching, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, balancing, lifting over 50 lbs.
• FREQUENT (up to 66%): standing, walking, manual dexterity, seeing distant, seeing, reading, range of motion, hearing-speech range, depth perception, climbing stairs, lifting up to 10 lbs.
• CONTINUOUS (up to 100%): Sense of Touch, Gripping, Seeing, Carrying, Pulling

Individuals with a disability who desire a reasonable accommodation can contact the ADA Coordinator by calling View phone number on click.appcast.io . We partner with the Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and Immigration Service to e-Verify all newly hired employees.