Transmission Work Planner

We are seeking a highly skilled Transmission Work Planner to join our team at Utilities Service Co Inc. As a key member of our vegetation management team, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safe and efficient operation of our transmission lines.

• Inspect and document required power line clearance work (tree pruning or vegetation removal)
• Prescribe Integrated Vegetation Management control methods that enhance the ecological benefits of transmission rights-of-way
• Resolve customer concerns and complaints related to scheduled or completed line clearance work in a timely manner
• Record associated vegetation work for later pruning and removal by a tree crew on a tablet in the field using specialized software or paper maps
• Operate system forestry computer programs and record systems
• Communicate regularly and effectively with project leadership, auditors, utility clients, contractors, landowners, and the general public
• Perform duties in a manner that will promote and maintain good public relations

• Associates degree in Forestry, Environmental Science, or related discipline OR some prior UVM or related experience
• Must be able to read maps and identify tree species
• Must be able to work alone, outdoors in various weather conditions and terrain
• Must have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, strong problem solving and multi-tasking abilities and show attention to detail
• Must be able to adapt to change
• Must have basic computer skills
• Ability to travel daily with potential for overnight travel +/- 15% throughout West Virginia

• Familiarity with tree growth rates, tree response to injury, and hazardous tree conditions
• Prior experience with GIS software/technology
• Familiarity with vegetation removal, utility line clearance, and utility vegetation methods and equipment
• Bi-lingual speaking (English and Spanish)

Work alone in an outdoor field environment; vehicle and foot patrol of utility power lines; remote locations as well as urban, city environment; physical demands and travel from site to site, including walking/hiking on various surfaces including flat, dry, wet, slippery, uneven, rough, steep terrain, hills, and slopes; exposure to noise, dust, grease, and all types of weather and temperature conditions; exposure to hazardous traffic conditions.

Reasonable accommodations, if available, may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

The team member must have sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in a field environment; to walk up to 10 miles per day, stand, sit, and operate a motor vehicle for prolonged periods of time; to frequently stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, run, crawl, climb, reach, twist, grasp and make repetitive hand, arm and shoulder movement in the performance of daily duties (e.g., forcefully beat down brush); carry, push and/or pull light to heavy amounts of weight, frequently lift up to 10 lbs.

(sandbags); to operate assigned equipment and vehicles; ability to verbally communicate to exchange information with public; ability to see and hear in normal range with or without correction; operate assigned field equipment, including handheld computer, range finder, fyrake, water backpack, shovel, and traffic cone.