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Tree - Crew Lead at BrightView in Norristown, PA
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Job Description
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Job Summary
- The Crew Leader Tree Care oversees daily tree care operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality service. This role provides hands-on leadership in pruning, cabling, bracing, lightning protection, and tree removals, while guiding crew members, maintaining equipment, and upholding company safety standards.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supervise the tree care service activities of the crew
- Ensure crew members have the required safety materials, training, and are operating safely at all times
- Ensure that the work areas beneath and around the trees are clear and properly marked to protect the public from falling debris
- Inspect and maintain climbing gear and tree care equipment to ensure all equipment and tools are safe and in proper working condition
- Review and manage crew schedules
- Complete daily pre-trip inspection reports before dispatch for all Class B equipment
- Coordinate with branch management, customers, and employees
- Safely operate tree & landscaping tools, as well as heavy equipment, as needed
- Utilize proper pruning techniques; assist with trimming trees, clearing, and chipping tree debris, ensuring proper disposal
Education and Experience:
- 3 years’ experience in tree care services
- Familiarity with the techniques and equipment used in landscaping
- Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) class B
- Experience managing a crew consisting of climbers and grounds men or related services
- Supervisory experience
- Ability to become certified in EHAP, First-Aid, and CPR
- Ability to prioritize and multitask in a fast-paced environment
- Strong work ethic
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Bilingual (Spanish)
Physical Demands/Requirements:
- Ability to lift and carry 40 lbs. (mulch, fertilizer, etc.)
- Ability to load/unload burlaps with plant cuttings onto trailer (up to 50 lbs.)
- Ability to bend, stoop, and twist continuously throughout the day
Work Environment:
- Work in/or about situations near direct automotive traffic
- Work near or about natural bodies of water
- Ability to work in extreme conditions – temperatures may exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit
- Ability to work in direct sunlight for extended periods of time
- Requires protective clothing and personal devices: Eye protection, safety vest, gloves, hard hat, earplugs, long-sleeved shirts, and work boots.
BrightView Landscapes, LLC is an Equal Opportunity and E-Verify Employer.
This job description is subject to change at any time.
BrightView offers a suite or health, wellness, and financial benefits to full-time team members. Benefits offerings for full-time team members include medical, dental, and vision insurance, ancillary and voluntary products, a 401k savings plan with employer contributions, and 6 to 9 company paid holidays per year. Employees may also be eligible to receive paid time off for vacation and/or sick leave, tuition reimbursement, and/or potential variable pay opportunities based on position and performance. A detailed benefits package will be provided during the interview process.
It’s Not Just a Team. It’s One BrightView.