Vegetation Management Inspector - TRAQ Arborist

Description

The Vegetation Management Inspector Series (VMI) positions will patrol for hazardous trees, perform identification, inspection and evaluation of trees and brush along utility lines.

The VMI will submit inspection results to clients with recommendations; may plan, direct, and coordinate the activities of assigned tree clearance crews; Discuss and negotiate line-clearance crew access issues; may serve as a liaison between clients, tree crews, and client customers.

The VMI Series positions are covered under International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1245, all employees in this position are required to join the union.

We are requiring an ISA Arborist and ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified Certification for this posting.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Perform circuit patrols in accordance with the annual VM plan, VM patrol standards and processes
• Identify required tree work along the existing PG&E rights-of- way; prescribing tree work to be performed; document inspection done
• Notify property owners/agencies when tree work will occur and obtaining any necessary authorizations from the property owners/agencies to perform the tree work
• May serve as contact for new business and re-construction work
• Perform work verification inspections verifying applicable inspection and tree work completion and quality
• Perform investigation and documentation of tree-related outages and attending outage meetings as requested
• May be assigned a variety of VM Tags; perform tracking, field checking, prescribing of work, and notifying of customers associated with non- routine locations
• Assist in close out CC&B cases in the field after fielding the case
• Support emergency response; dispatching tree crews, field checking sites, first responder stand-by agreements
• Work independently complete tasks assigned by the supervisor
• Support oversight of vegetation projects, including field operations such as tree assessment, tree tr...