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Nelson Tree Service LLC General Foreperson (Driver License Required) - NTS (m.cart/vis) in Medford, New Jersey
Nelson Tree Service, LLC - 472 General Foreperson (Driver License Required) - NTS (m.cart/vis) Medford, NJ 08055
Job Title: General Foreperson
This position ensures the productivity of daily operations, working closely with management to determine recruiting/hiring needs, deadlines, and safety protocols to enforce among crews. The General Foreperson is responsible for troubleshooting routine job-site issues and engages all employees/contractors in required training, managing, and mentoring.
Nelson Tree Service provides utility companies with line clearance services, upholding a commitment to the highest standards of performance and professionalism. If this sounds like you apply today!
Nelson crews are widely heralded as among the most well-trained vegetation management specialists in the United States. At every level, Nelson’s leaders and employees know there is more to line clearance than trimming trees—there’s that whole matter of reputation.
Job Type: Full-Time +, Non-Exempt
Pay: Competitive, Hourly
Benefits:
Benefits Available and Vary per position and location
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
Provide daily communication with client representatives, conferring with customers, property owners, the general public, contractors, and agency representatives; obtaining permission to perform work.
Carry out job site inspections, maintain proper working conditions, and ensures job site hazards are mitigated.
job Cost Control and invoice reconciliation.
Order interpretation and accurate work reporting and record maintenance within the customer system.
Direct emergencies, assisting with incident reports & investigations.
Directs/supervises crew on new tasks, work production, safety practice adherence
Administers training, disciplinary action, and interpretation of policies.
Participates in regional safety company training and performs all work under the regional safety policy guidelines.
Minimum Qualifications:
Must be 18 years of age or older.
Ability to read and follow prints, visualize a job build, and apply critical thinking to solve problems and identify job-site hazards.
Ability to work safely, productively, and follow directions.
Ability to use Microsoft Office
Ability to obtain a DOT medical card
Education & Experience
High School Diploma or GED equivalent preferred.
Pre-Screen
Upon offer, employees may be required to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen, background, and/or MVR check.
License & Certifications:
Driver License Required.
Travel Requirements: Physical Requirements:
RARE (less than 10%): crawling, climbing, gripping, lifting up to 50 lbs.
OCCASIONAL (up to 33%): standing, stooping, kneeling, squatting, body-twisting, sense of touch, manual dexterity, lifting over 10 lbs. to 50 lbs., reaching, range-of-motion, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, climbing stairs, balancing.
FREQUENT (up to 66%): walking, sitting, climbing on/off a truck, reading, lifting up to 10 lbs.
CONTINUOUS (up to 100%): speaking clearly, seeing distant, seeing, hearing-speech-range, depth-perception, color vision.
Safety
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, 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.
About Us:
At Nelson Tree Service, we protect the reputations of the utilities we serve. It is a defining component of our work, as we are the ambassadors for the utilities that entrust us with their vegetation management needs.
We know what it takes to ensure a successful outcome in any line clearance process. Property owners must be informed about the work, and our crews must operate at maximum efficiency while maintaining the highest levels of safety and quality.
Nelson personnel are provided with comprehensive customer service training and a positive work environment, which ultimately sustains our culture of excellence.
Individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. Individuals with a disability who desire a reasonable accommodation should contact the ADA Coordinator at 1-800-248-8733, ext. 1339.
An Equal Opportunity Employer.
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