Arbor Crew Leader

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.

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.

Summary: Responsible for the direction of crew activities on job site, according to pre-established schedules, standards and procedures to provide a high quality of service, as direct by Arbor Foreman and Arbor District Manager.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Understand and implement job specifications for each site
• Assign daily tasks to crew members and ensure compliance
• Lead daily stretch and flex practices
• Conduct and submit daily job site safety briefing
• Safely climb trees using hooks and belts, or demonstrate practical knowledge of climbing techniques, or climb ladder to access work area
• Complete daily paperwork timely and accurately
• Update project progress through Arbor Note Works program twice daily
• Report equipment in need of repair or maintenance to shop mechanic
• Supervise safe loading and unloading of equipment
• 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 boom, 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

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position supervises an Arbor crew of two to six people

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities

• Clear branches around power lines and broken wires
• Educate public on work being performed
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Education

• At least two years of professional tree work experience (subject to review)

Language Skills

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

Mathematical Skills

• None

Reasoning Ability

• Apply common sense understanding to carry out tasks
• Deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

• Valid driver license issued by state where employed is strongly preferred
• Current CPR & First Aid certification or ability to obtain within first 3 months
• Current aerial rescue certification or ability to obtain within first 3 months
• Valid ISA Certified Tree Worker Certification, or ability to obtain within first 6 months
• TCIA Crew Leader certificate or ability to obtain within the first 6 months
• TCIA Chipper Operator Specialist certificate or ability to obtain within first 6 months
• TCIA Crane Operations Specialist certificate or ability to obtain within first 6 months
• TCIA Chainsaw Operation Specialist certificate or ability to obtain within first 6 months
• TCIA Safety Specialist certificate or ability to obtain within first 6 months

Other knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

• Basic tree care principles, pruning techniques, tree  disease
• Tree climbing (above 15 feet), cabling, and safety procedures
• Safe work practices; proper PPE; hazard recognition;
  Dig Alert procedures and tree removal techniques; basic knots…