Groundperson - Union - ATE
4 weeks ago
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Groundperson to join our team at Utilities Service Co Inc. As a Groundperson, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safe and efficient operation of our utility line clearance services.
Key Responsibilities- Operate chainsaws to cut brush, logs, and stumps of larger trees.
- Drag, gather, and feed brush into wood chippers.
- Service vehicles and equipment, maintaining them in neat, clean, and specified mechanical order.
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
- Must be willing to join the local union and pay union dues.
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
- Entry-level position, no experience required.
- Previous experience a plus.
- RARE (less than 10%): Sitting, crawling, climbing poles, color vision, climbing ladders, climbing stairs.
- OCCASIONAL (up to 33%): Stooping, kneeling, squatting, body twisting, sense of touch, climbing on/off truck, gripping, lifting over 10 lbs to 50 lbs., reaching, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, balancing, lifting over 50 lbs.
- FREQUENT (up to 66%): Standing, walking, manual dexterity, seeing distant, seeing, reading, range of motion, hearing-speech range, depth perception, climbing stairs, lifting up to 10 lbs.
- CONTINUOUS (up to 100%): Sense of touch, gripping, seeing, carrying, pulling.
Due to the inherently dangerous nature of the industry and requirements to work with or around hazardous equipment, employees must have sufficient eyesight to judge distance/coordination of equipment and tools, be able to maintain attention and concentration for extended periods of time, be able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather while completing work assignments, be able to wear personal protective equipment as necessary, be able to enter and exit a vehicle numerous times a day, have the endurance necessary to traverse various terrain, be capable of performing job duties throughout a standard 8- or 10-hour day, be able to communicate with others, read, write, and comprehend written/verbal job instructions and information, and communicate & handle confrontations professionally.
- Works around hazardous equipment.
- Works around excessive noise from machines, chain saws, and wood chippers, with hearing protection.
- Works in all temperatures and weather and will be exposed to nature, i.e., irritating plants, biting or stinging insects, dust, etc.
- Works on unlevel ground.
- Works around falling limbs with protection.
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