Crew Leader
Company: Wright Tree Service
Location: Fort Worth
Posted on: May 25, 2023
Job Description:
Wright Tree Service provides vegetation management, storm
restoration, and work planning services to utility companies and
their communities across North America. Our operations are guided
by a set of values: safety, integrity, excellence, teamwork,
innovation, and family.
Safety is always our highest value. That focus is guided by our
"Brother's and Sister's Keeper" pledge to keep both ourselves and
others safe. We abide by the highest ethical standards, knowing our
service is critical to utilities and their customers, and we work
as a team to deliver creative solutions to our clients. Finally, we
are proud of our family-founded history and have worked to retain
those family values in our culture since becoming employee-owned in
2002.
Essential Functions:
- Supervises a line clearance crew and is responsible for
planning daily work for crew.
- Assigns work for individual crew members and directs crew in
performing work according to accepted line clearance practices.
Must be capable of adjusting to field requirements and take
independent action without close supervision.
- Recognizes poisonous plants and uses proper safeguard against
them.
- Enforces safe work practices, as experience, judgment, company
policy, and OSHA specifies and conducts safety training in
accordance with company policies and procedures.
- Obtains oral or written permission from property owners to trim
or remove trees and apply herbicides. Arranges with customer or
property owner ability to obtain access, advise them of
interruption and explain the work that needs to be done. Repairs
minor damages if they occur. Takes complicated situations to
General Foreperson's attention for proper handling.
- Promotes and maintains good customer and public relations
through effective completion of assigned work and the appropriate
behavior of employees on the crew.
- Keeps accurate records, timesheets and reports related to the
performance of the crew. Furnishes supervisor and Utility
representative with reports of orders completed, units of work
completed, crew time and distribution, etc.
- Receives and interprets tree trimming, removal and chemical
application orders initiated by General Foreperson or Utility,
involving an understanding of drawings and symbols, representing
types of power lines, voltages, and line equipment.
- Responsible for the conduct of safety training of assigned
personnel in accordance with good safety training procedures, in
addition to and in coordination with client company policies and
procedures.
- Responsible for being mindful of controlling crew costs
including effective use of manpower, proper work methods, amount of
trimming, and operation of equipment.
- Considers inclement weather conditions and determines when to
start or stop work, dependent upon its effect on employees and the
nature of the work.
- Safeguards employees and public from hazards in and around work
area. Cooperates with customer, police, and fire departments when
blocking street or driveways. Sets up barriers, warning signs,
flags, etc. to protect employees as well as the public. Trained to
perform tree and bucket rescue. Follows and enforces safe work
practices, rules and policies.
- Responsible for truck inspection, proper working conditions, as
well as necessary repairs to tools, trucks and other work
equipment. Requests major repairs or replacements when required.
Maintains good housekeeping on truck and at worksite
locations.
- In emergency situations, determines proper action to be taken
to eliminate hazards to life and property and the trimming/removal
of trees, if necessary, to expedite the restoration of service by
calling out crew personnel and performing other activities
connected with emergency work.
- Trims and/or removes trees by climbing with the aid of a
ladder, safety belt, climbing line, powered trimmer lift truck, or
works from the ground using saws/pruners. Will cut branches or
trunk sections and drops or lowers them to the ground with
lines.
- Uses appropriate tools, will fell trees or trimmed trunks and
split them into manageable pieces.
- Sprays stumps and brush with hand-spraying equipment to prevent
further growth.
- Loads and unloads trucks with logs, stumps, brush, and debris
and/or feeds brush into a wood chipper.
- Repairs slight damage to lawns, fences, and walks caused by
tree trimming.
- Services gasoline, air, and hand-powered tools and other
equipment.
- Relays hand-signals, directs traffic, drives and operates
trucks and equipment as assigned, and keeps trucks and work area
clear and orderly.
- Trains new employees on proper procedures.
- Works around hazardous equipment and in close proximity to
energized power lines.
- Works around excessive noise from machines, chainsaws, wood
chipper and must wear proper personal protective equipment.
- Is exposed to all temperatures and weather; will be exposed to
nature, i.e., irritating plants, biting or stinging insects, dust,
etc.
- May work on rough terrain.
- Performs other related duties as required or assigned.
Minimum Requirements:
- Has a minimum of 3 years' experience working on tree trimming
or clearing crews and/or has successfully completed applicable
performance reviews.
- Possess excellent leadership skills and be able to handle
stressful situations along with being able to multi-task.
- Has a basic knowledge of trees, including identification,
growth habits and correct arboricultural techniques for the
trimming, pruning, repairing, maintaining and removing, as applies
to working in close proximity to energized conductors.
- Knows and understands the American National Standards for Tree
Care Operations (ANSI Z133.1-2000).
- Has a basic knowledge of electrical circuit and must be skilled
in the reading and understanding of circuit maps.
- Ability to communicate professionally, both verbal and in
writing, with the general public, customers, and fellow
employees.
- Enforces on-the-job safety practices.
- Must be able to wear necessary personal protective equipment
(PPE) as required.
- Needs to be able to enter and exit a vehicle numerous times per
day.
- Must be able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather
while completing work tasks such as rain, heat, sun, cold,
snow.
- Must be able to write, read, and comprehend written and verbal
job instructions/information.
- Must be able to communicate with others and represent Wright
Tree Service in a professional manner.
- 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.
- Ability to work long hours and overtime during emergencies
(including holidays, weekends, storm work) and will be subject to
call-out work.
- Ability to operate and service all required tools and
equipment.
- Must have valid commercial driver's license (dependent on
Division and utility/contract requirements) and be able to pass a
pre-employment drug test.
- Possesses a valid medical card to drive company vehicles
10,0001 lb GVWR or GVW and greater.
- Must have valid driver's license (CDL), medical card and be
able to pass a pre-employment drug test.
- Maintains a herbicide applicator or operators certification and
license as required by Wright Tree Service and local, state, and
federal law.
- Must have valid First-Aid and CPR cards.
Wright Tree Service employment opportunities to all employees and
applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and
harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion,
age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected
veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local
laws.
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