**Local IBEW 94, Morris County NJ**

**Line Clearance Industry experience with buckets, climbing, trimming, removing, and chipping required**

**Position Summary**

**Position Dimensions/Scope**
- Production Responsibility: $1.2 -$3 million Annual Revenue
- Direct Supervisory Responsibility**: IBEW Local 1249 & IBEW Local 94 EMPLOYEE**S
- 10-25 FTEs
- 5-10 Crews
- Indirect Supervisory Responsibility: None

**Duties and Responsibilities Include**
- Essential Duties:_
- Safety and Training
- Understands equipment operations, work processes, and safety procedures for employee training
- Identifies needs for employee training and ensures training is completed and up to date
- Maintains adherence to company safety policies, standards, and good practices
- Ensures completion of safety and hazard assessments and establishes work zones and traffic control
- Conducts safety and other informational or educational meetings as required
- Participates in incident investigations and reviews
- Ensures timely responses, actions, and corrections to safety issues
- Planning and Scheduling
- Reads and understands charts, work orders, schedules, customer contracts, drawings, and other records and reports in order to:

- Plan and establish work schedules (including required overtime), assignments and production sequences to meet production goals
- Arrange for notification and permission to complete production work, and
- Evaluate production outputs
- Directs production workers with respect to production volume, quality standards, and meeting production schedules and completion dates
- Plan and establish work schedules (including required overtime), assignments, and sequences
- Arranges for notification and permission to complete work
- Recommends additions and releasing of personnel as required to maintain the production schedule
- Supplies, Vehicles, and Equipment
- Inventories and obtains supplies, materials, and equipment in compliance with company policies
- Inspects vehicles, machinery, equipment, and tools
- Communicates needed repairs to the Supervisor and corporate office, as well as coordinates and ensures repairs are completed
- Quality Control
- Oversees execution of work by employees and ensures work meets specifications
- Communicates with serviced customers to ensure customer satisfaction
- Works with Supervisor to evaluate and attend to day-to-day customer errors, complaints, and concerns and ensure appropriate resolution
- Human Resources and Supervision
- Interview and hire employees in compliance with company guidelines and procedures
- Supervises the activities of assigned employees, assesses competency and capabilities, and takes appropriate action to address performance concerns
- Maintains positive employee relations with and between employees
- Stimulates maximum efficiency and productivity of employees
- Administration
- Keeps required records of employment matters and production activities and regularly reports to Supervisor on issues, progress or delays, and achievements
- Transmits all information and documentation to employees, Supervisor, and corporate office promptly
- Assists the Supervisor in the bidding process
- Duties and responsibilities may change with or without notice
- Secondary:_
- May be required to report outside of regular working hours for emergency operations
- May be required to perform duties and responsibilities of Supervisor or field staff

**What You'll Bring to the Team**
- Four (4) years of directly related Line Clearance experience, including a minimum of two (2) years experience in a group leader/supervisory role in the arboriculture field
- Working knowledge of established Line Clearance industry hazards, standards, practices, procedures, and techniques (both manual and mechanical electrical line clearance methods, including pruning and climbing skills)
- Previous experience working with IBEW organized labor for Tree Trimmers
- CDL (Class B Minimum) with air brakes or capable of attaining within three (3) months of employment
- Herbicide Applicator's License in NY or NJ
- Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record per Company requirements
- Knowledge of essential job functions and responsibilities
- Attention to detail
- Organizational skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to problem-solve
- Meet all physical requirements of the position
- Pass all drug and alcohol screens as required by Company policy and, if applicable, required by DOT regulations
- 18 years of age or older, or 21 if CDL is required
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
- Preferred:_
- High School graduate or equivalent
- Conversational knowledge of the Spanish language
- ISA Arborist
- Utility Arborist
- The Townsend Corporation and its family of companies are equal opportunity employers and affirmative-action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gend