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North Wind is seeking a Forestry Pre-Inspector.
Provide support to utility crews and planners so that the division's vegetation management program complies with the department's goals and objectives. Make notifications for all line clearance activities to affected landowners including private, federal, state, and local municipalities. Compile work assignments for crews and schedule work to accommodate customer's needs. As required, distribute copies of utility’s customer-relations brochures while making contacts with customers. Operate in conformance with utility’s accident prevention manual and the utility’s Vegetation Management Manual. Work with utility’s Job Designers to accomplish necessary tree work involving construction work-orders. Environmental factors: Subject to work hours outside of the normal work schedule and outdoors during inclement weather situations. Periodically prone to dangers inherent to work sites including exposure to sharp, high-speed rotating equipment, electrical fields, falling and flying debris, difficult terrain, pesticides, and animal, insect, and snake bites. Involves driving throughout service territory and frequent overnight travel.
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Education: College
Minimum of two year's of experience in utility arboriculture or an International Society Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborist with at least 1 year of field experience in utility arboriculture. Degree in Forestry or related field preferred. Must possess and maintain ISA Arborist and Utility Specialist certifications and/or obtain such certifications within two years of employment. Computer experience using windows-based programs including CIS, MS Outlook, Word and Excel. Design experience preferred. Must possess negotiating skills and an aptitude for customer service relations and interpersonal communications. Requires ability to visualize end results of tasks. Ability to apply established policy and practices of the occupation to the resolution of work problems and to identify exceptional cases for referral.
This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, U.S. Export Control Laws). Therefore, this position requires applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants for this position will be required to confirm their U.S. person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors.
MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES:
1) Under general supervision and ongoing review, provide support to overall directives and performance expectations of the department.
2) Contact affected landowners in assigned area to conform to the overall work plan developed by Section Leader.
3) Investigate internal and external requests for tree work.
Teamwork and Cooperation Works effectively with others throughout the organization (including
coworkers, supervisors, peers in other units and senior management) to accomplish organizational goals and to identify and resolve problems. |