Job Description

Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business, and as an employee team.

At Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it. 

Purpose

Liberty is dedicated to ensuring the safety and beauty of our service territory through effective vegetation management. We are looking for a passionate and knowledgeable System Arborist to join our team and help us achieve our goals.

Accountabilities

• Oversee and coordinate Vegetation Management (VM) work all capital projects.
• Coordinate inspections, permitting, procurement, and work implementation that would be necessary for the removal or maintenance of vegetation for construction of new lines or rebuilding existing lines.
• Identify VM work needed to facilitate construction and maintain clearances upon construction completion.
• Read engineering designs to understand the impact of new construction/framing on surrounding vegetation as it relates to compliance and avoidance of vegetation impact on infrastructure
• Communicate with project managers, engineers, and operations during planning, pre-construction, and construction activities to support capital projects.
• Understand utility design standards and be able to offer solutions to vegetation/construction conflicts that arise during the design and project implementation phase.
• Write VM scopes of work for capital construction projects that align with Liberty VM and Industry Standards and Regulations
• Participate in RFP, and contractor selection as needed as VM representative
• Communicate VM standards, specifications, regulations, to project planning group and construction crews
• Provide estimates to perform VM work needed for projects
• Lead VM work bidding and contractor selection process for capex projects
• Participate in business case development for capex planned projects to represent VM department and work cost estimates
• Identify opportunities to improve Liberty’s VM capital maintenance strategy and incorporate IVM practices into capital construction projects to improve vegetation conditions around Liberty infrastructure.
• Assit in emergency response (storms/fires) efforts.
• Develop, implement, and monitor area business plan including scheduling, resource planning for capital projects. 
• Assist with the development of budget and resource allocation planning for capital projects and emergency response.
• Coordinate work and resources with North and South System Arborists and System Forester.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Forestry, Vegetation Management, Natural Resources Management, or related field, or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience in utility arboriculture.
• Required certification: ISA Certified Arborist or Registered Professional Forester
• Preferred certifications: ISA Utility Specialist, ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ).

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a growing renewable energy and utility company with over $15 billion of assets across North America and internationally.

For more than 30 years, Algonquin has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to delivering clean energy and water solutions. Our rapid growth has led both our regulated utility services and renewable energy business groups into different geographies and commodities, but our purpose remains unchanged – Sustaining Energy and Water for Life.

Through our operating business (Liberty), we provide regulated electricity, water, and natural gas utility services to over 1 million customer connections, primarily in North America. And, our growing portfolio of clean, renewable wind, solar, hydro and thermal power generation facilities represent over 3 GW of renewable generation capacity in operation and under construction.

With our robust, diversified, and growing presence in communities across North America and internationally, we are continually demonstrating our “Think Global, Act Local” business model.

What we offer

Company funded Pension program

401k with Company match

Full insurance benefits (health/dental/vision/life)

Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy

Share purchase/match plan

Defined Contribution savings plan

Top Talent Program

Volunteer paid days off

Employee Assistance Program

Achievement fund

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not certain you meet the all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to further investigate the opportunity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person’s unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents. Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all of our employees and expect each of our employees to honor this commitment in their daily responsibilities.

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