Salary : $56,950.40 Annually
Location : Bozeman
Job Type: Full-time
Job Number: 00447
Department: PARKS, RECREATION, FORESTRY
Division: FORESTRY
Opening Date: 09/27/2023
Closing Date: 10/22/2023 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit: TM
POSITION SUMMARY
The Forestry Service Worker maintains urban forest trees to ensure safe traveling conditions for pedestrians and vehicles, including pruning, watering, and removals. This position performs insect disease diagnosis, applies herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizing as necessary, plants and transplants trees, including installation of bare root, balled and burlap, and containerized trees according to City ordinance.
This is a full-time opportunity with many benefits! As a City of Bozeman employee, you will be part of a team that is committed to positively impacting the community. This great opportunity also provides enrollment in an established retirement system with significant employer contribution (9.07%), generous vacation and sick time accruals, 8 weeks of paid parental leave, and excellent medical/dental/vision benefits.
Bargaining Unit: Teamsters
Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Non-Exempt
Work Schedule: Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm
Examples of Essential Work (Illustrative Only)
- Observes safe work methods and makes appropriate use of related safety equipment as required;
- Operates and maintains light and medium duty equipment and trucks appropriate to the functional area of assignment, including backhoes, front-end loaders, pickups, snow plows, mowers, tractors, brush chippers, and other related equipment;
- Operates a variety of hand and power tools and equipment related to work assignment as instructed;
- Maintains work areas in a clean and orderly condition, including securing equipment at the close of the work day;
- Keeps immediate supervisor and designated others accurately informed concerning work progress, including present and potential work problems and suggestions for new or improved ways of addressing such problems;
- Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions and reviews publications and audio-visual materials to become and remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in assigned work areas;
- Responds to citizens’ questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner. Provides outstanding customer service to City of Bozeman residents, employees, and customers;
- Communicates and coordinates regularly with appropriate others to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of interdepartmental operations and activities;
- Performs other duties consistent with the role and function of this classification.
- Maintains urban forest trees to ensure safe traveling conditions for pedestrians and vehicles, including pruning and watering, insect and disease diagnosis, herbicide and pesticide applications, and fertilizing as necessary;
- Maintains and updates data for the City’s computerized tree inventory as necessary;
- Performs assessments of individual trees to determine potential hazards, including noting potential targets, removal of targeted trees, and stump-grinding;
- Assesses City trees after severe weather conditions to ensure safe conditions for City residents, including assessing damaged trees, clean-up, and pruning as necessary;
- Weeds, mulches, and fertilizes trees, plants, and shrubbery, and prepares soil for planting;
- Plants and transplants trees, including installation of bare root, balled and burlap, and containerized trees according to City ordinance;
- Mows, trims, edges, fertilizes, and waters lawns, parks, cemetery, and other landscaped areas of the City;
- Participates in other forestry functions, including maintenance of equipment, tree removals, sidewalk and site triangle trimming, stump grinding, and other related duties.
MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- High School Diploma or GED; and
- Some (1-3 years) related maintenance experience; or
- Any combination of experience and training which provides the equivalent scope of knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Substantial knowledge of basic principles and practices of construction, maintenance, and repair activities in one of the following areas: Cemetery, Streets, Sanitation, Facilities, Forestry, Water/Sewer, and/or Parks;
- Substantial knowledge of the safe and proper use of basic hand tools, power tools, and other related construction equipment;
- Substantial knowledge of basic safety principles and practices of maintenance and repair activities;
- Substantial knowledge of related Federal, State, and local ordinances and regulations governing landfill, sanitation, water/sewer, street, forestry, cemetery, and/or parks operations;
- Substantial knowledge of the techniques, methods, and materials related to the construction and maintenance work in the area of assignment;
- Substantial knowledge of the maintenance and operation of related light and medium duty equipment used in functional area of assignment;
- Ability to read construction plans for assisting in the locating and tracking of water/sewer lines;
- Ability to work outdoors for extended periods of times with exposure to varying weather conditions;
- Ability to efficiently operate related light and medium duty equipment, hand and power tools, and other equipment related to functional area of assignment;Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with assigned supervisors, other City employees, and the general public;
- Ability to communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing, using both technical and non-technical language;
- Ability to understand and follow oral and/or written policies, procedures, and instructions;
- Ability to prepare and present accurate and reliable reports containing findings and recommendations;
- Ability to operate or quickly learn to operate a personal computer using standard or customized software applications appropriate to assigned tasks;
- Ability to use logical and creative thought processes to develop solutions according to written specifications and/or oral instructions;
- Ability to perform a wide variety of duties and responsibilities with accuracy and speed under the pressure of time-sensitive deadlines;
- Ability and willingness to quickly learn and put to use new skills and knowledge brought about by rapidly changing information and/or technology;
- Integrity, ingenuity, and inventiveness in the performance of assigned tasks.
REQUIRED SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Valid Montana State Driver’s License; specified positions may require an appropriate level commercial license with appropriate certifications; and
- Certifications specific to the functional areas may be required;
- Pre-employment drug testing may be required.
As a City of Bozeman employee, you will be part of a team that is committed to positively impacting the Bozeman community.
This position is eligible for:
- Enrollment in defined benefit or defined contribution retirement plan with generous employer contribution (9.07%)
- 13 paid holidays per year
- 15 vacation days accrued per year
- 12 sick days accrued per year
- 8 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance (including a high deductible plan that is 100% employer paid)
- Option to contribute to 457 deferred compensation plan
- Medical and Daycare Flexible Spending Accounts
- Discounted health club membership at a local gym
- Discounted lift tickets for the local ski resort
- Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
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