Pre-Inspection Manager (PIM)

About FCO

Established in 1999, Foresters Co-Op has been a key figure in California forestry applying our forest management expertise on hundreds of thousands of acres of public and private timberland while also providing Professional Vegetation Management services for our state’s major utilities. FCO has established a reputation of quality by maintaining an experienced staff of Licensed RPF Foresters, Arborists, GIS Analysts and Forestry Technicians, thus affording future employees the opportunity to work in a challenging environment of technical and interesting natural resource management projects. Rapid career advancement is available for employees whom exhibit dedicated hard work, full attendance and exceptional client care.

Forester's Co-Op has Immediate Openings for Pre-Inspection Managers (PIM) to begin work on our utility client contracts from our offices located in Grass Valley and Nevada City, CA.

Position Summary

The manager level contractor employee/PIM shall be assigned to work under a utility or FCO Vegetation Program Manager, to manage contractor employees, and to perform direct oversight of various vegetation program management work conducted on electric distribution or transmission systems.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED, AND
• Required to maintain a Class C driver’s license AND must meet one of the experience levels below.

Experience requirements (must meet one):

• Two (2) years of experience as a tree crew climber/tree crew foreman with at least two (2) years of line clearance certification OR
• Two (2) years of experience as a Vegetation Management Inspector and Certified Arborist OR
• Two (2) years of experience as a Registered Professional Forester OR
• Two (2) years of experience as a Utility Inspector or higher classification with at least one (1) year of vegetation management experience OR
• Four (4) years of Military Service with honorable discharge and at least one (1) year additional year of vegetation management inspection experience AND
• Approval by a Utility Representative

Training: The PIM position must successfully complete all training:

· OSHA 30-hour construction safety overview (Must be completed within six months of start date)

· Certified Tree Safety Professional (CTSP) or Certified Arborist (CA) from the International Society of Arborist with a Tree Risk Assessment Qualified (TRAQ) certificate. (Must be completed within six months of test eligibility)

· 911 Standby training (Must be completed within one month of start date)

· Working knowledge of QA/QC (Must be completed within one month of start date)

· Computer training (e.g., completion of forms, uploading of documents, accessing GIS) (Must completed within one month of start date)

Job Duties:

· The PIM shall manage Contractor employees, and to perform direct oversight of Vegetation Management work conducted on Electric Distribution or Transmission systems.

· The PIM shall ensure record accuracy of information by Contractor employee(s).

· The PIM shall be responsible to review and communicate environmental requirements to each Contractor employee(s) location.

· The PIM shall, on a daily basis, be responsible to including but not limited to check outage databases, review tree summary / LOB data repository for errors or issues, delegate assigned tasks by customer, field customer inquiries, check in with teams, primary contact for Contractor employee(s) safety reporting, track daily resource and production data, manage ITS constraints, communicate with client utility representative or Tree Partner, assist with communicating messaging from Operations.

· The PIM shall, on a minimal weekly basis or as required, be responsible to including but not limited to conduct safety briefs / team check-ins, perform safety audits, perform desktop reviews of work packages, check time stamp reports to ensure productivity, assign circuit goals, prepare for status meetings / PMD report analysis, prepare index maps for project patrols, resolve refusals, assign work to pre-inspection staff, field validation for work verification findings, and review any completed index maps per Mapping procedure.

· The PIM shall, on a minimal monthly basis or as required, be responsible to including but not limited to conduct QC/QA safety audits, perform/ catalogue QC/QA field audits, conduct monthly operation/safety meetings and review project completion timelines for quarter.

· The PIM shall provide necessary information to Contractor employee(s) including but not limited to goals, schedule, and pre planning report.

· As directed by a utility representative, the PIM shall maintain working relationship with all public agencies including but not limited to Caltrans, CalFire, USFS, and BLM.

· The PIM shall maintain working relationship with utility’s tree contractors to assist in escalated work such as customer complaints.

Basic Responsibilities:

· The PIM shall perform quarterly mapping audits.

· The PIM may perform Quality Checks and audits on assigned VMIs, SVMIs, and contract tree crews focusing on field compliance and data integrity.

· The PIM shall archive/upload maps in Shared Drive.

· The PIM may be required to assist in outage, fire and incident investigation.

· The PIM may be asked to assist in customer claims investigations.

· The PIM may perform and support corrective actions.

· The PIM shall prepare inspection results for agency submittal.

· The PIM shall assign new hire trainings, on-boarding and WBT trainings for pre-inspectors.

· The PIM shall ensure that their work is performed in accordance with the utility Vegetation Management Standards and Procedures, project specifications, applicable permits, and safety requirements, and in compliance with all governing federal, state, and local jurisdictional agencies.

· The PIM shall be required to utilize computers and be capable of running reports and updating data within the utility’s VMDSRs.

· The PIM shall be capable and comfortable working with software applications such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

· The PIM may be asked to assist in the local Divisional Operational Emergency Center (OEC) in the role of Vegetation Resource Coordinator, as required.

· shall perform all necessary duties for emergency response in accordance with all safety requirements, laws and regulations, and applicable labor agreements.

· The PIM must assure all sections of line are patrolled according to the annual plan and VM patrol standards and processes, and that these patrols were correctly documented under the utility’s mapping procedure.

· The PIM must identify and notify the utility representative of newly identified Idle and Private Lines.

· The PIM shall perform other Work as directed by the utility representative or the utility standards and procedures.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $43.37 - $46.37 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 2 years

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift

Ability to Relocate:

• Grass Valley, CA: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person