Tree Service / Arborist - Comstock Park

WE ARE HIRING FOR GROUNDSMAN, APPRENTICE FOREMAN, AND A FOREMAN POSITIONS.

Quality Tree Service of West Michigan, Inc. is looking for career-oriented individuals to join our team! QTSWM is a year-round tree care company, specializing in residential, powerline, and gas pipeline clearance.

Providing our employees, a work life balance is important to us, so we strive to make sure our employees are home on the weekends when conducting out of town work, unless there is emergency work. With safety as our number one priority, we are continuously conducting on-going training to adhere to industry standards and advance our employees’ knowledge and skill base. Most promotions occur from within the company making QTSWM a great place to develop a career.

Benefits:

- 8 paid holidays upon hire

- Paid time off after 90-day probation

Employer Paid:

- $15,000 life insurance policy

- Long term disability

- Training

Employer/ Employee Paid:

- Short term disability, medical, vision, dental, critical illness, and accident insurance available for purchase

- 401(k) retirement matching after one year of employment

Locations:

- White Cloud, MI

- Comstock Park, MI

- No prior experience required for groundsman positions

- Pass pre-hire drug screen and motor vehicle history check (MVR)

- Able to perform manual labor

- Ability to learn and adhere to safety standards

- Impeccable attendance

- Willingness to learn job skills

- Respectful

- Out of town work

- CDL/ chauffeur licenses required for some positions (Must be willing/able to obtain)

Groundsman Responsibilities:

- Meet safety standards by learning and familiarizing oneself with electrical, traffic, equipment, and natural hazards

- Wear proper personal protective equipment, i.e., helmet, safety glasses, hearing protection, etc.

- Set up barriers, warning signs, flags, markers, etc. to protect employees and public

- Pre-trip and post trip inspections of trucks and equipment

- Sensible use and cleanliness of company property and any area where work is being done

- Work in all types of weather

- Remove branches, clean up and dispose of debris

- Operate equipment, such as gasoline and hydraulic tools, power saws, sprayers, etc.

- Use hand tools, such as axes, saws, pruners, etc.

- Spray brush and stumps, making proper and selective application of herbicides

- Verbally communicate with other crew members and fully understand instructions and information

- Promote and maintain good public relations through effective accomplishment of assigned work and appropriate behavior of employees on crews dealing with customers, police, and fire departments while on job sites

- Work around excessive noise from machines while wearing proper hearing protection

- Be exposed to hazards working near power equipment, traffic, high voltage wires, falling limbs, etc.

- Be professional at all times

Apprentice Foreman Responsibilities:

- Oversee a crew

- Perform groundsman essential functions

- Maintains accurate records, timesheets, and reports related to crew operations

- Instructs crews on new/ revised job units

- Accept accountability for crew, as well as assist in on-the-job training for less experienced crew members

A Foreman Responsibilities:

- Manages crews, environment, and field operations to meet production goals

- Demonstrate knowledge of problem-solving techniques

- Maintains accurate records, timesheets, and reports related to crew operations

- Perform other duties as assigned

- Ability to lead people with strong communication skills and ensure crew has proper understanding of work

- Effectively communicate with customers/ property owners about work practices to obtain their consent to necessary work

- Enforce on-the-job safety practices

- Have broad knowledge of arboricultural and other technical aspects (mechanical and manual) of line clearing operations

- Accept accountability for crews, as well as assist in on-the-job training for less experienced crew members