Job Description
**Description**
#### **Job Title: Groundperson**
**\*\*We are hiring Entry\-level and Skilled Groundperson\*\* On\-the\-job training is provided. The perfect opportunity to build a career in the Line Clearance industry. If you enjoy the great outdoors, this position is tailor\-made for you.**
Our team is on the lookout for bold individuals who love to work in all\-weather elements. Wind, rain, sunshine, or snow \- we tackle them all! If you want to experience the world from a tree's perspective, this is the job for you. Our crews trim, top, and reshape trees to remove low\-hanging, dead, and excess branches, providing clearance for utility powerlines.
**Are you a real go\-getter looking for an amazing opportunity with a nationwide full\-service utility contractor offering competitive wages and incredible benefits? Keep reading because this job might be for you!**
*Since 1928, Asplundh has been dedicated to safe, efficient, and innovative line clearance services for the utility industry. Reliable, uninterrupted power is an important service provided by the world's electrical utilities and Asplundh has the expertise to help keep the power flowing. Diversification over the years has opened up vegetation management services to other specialized markets such as municipalities, railroads, pipelines, helicopter vegetation services, and departments of transportation.*
*A family\-owned and operated corporation headquartered near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Asplundh has grown to employ over 36,000 service professionals throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.*
#### **Job Type:**
* Full\-Time \+, Non\-Exempt
#### **Pay:**
* Competitive, Hourly
#### **Benefits:**
* Company Sponsored Retirement Plan
* Health Insurance (Medical/Dental/Vision)
* Employee Assistance Program
* Life, long\-term/short\-term disability insurance
#### **Essential Functions \& Responsibilities:**
* Operate chainsaw to cut brush, logs, and stumps of larger trees.
* Drag, gather, and feed brush into a woodchipper.
* Services vehicles and equipment, maintaining them in neat, clean, and specified mechanical order.
#### **Minimum Qualifications:**
* Must be 18 years\-of\-age or older.
#### **Education \& Experience:**
* High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
* Entry\-level position, no experience required.
* Previous experience a plus.
#### **Pre\-Screen:**
* Upon offer, employees may be required to subject and pass a pre\-employment drug screen, background and/or MVR check.
#### **License \& Certifications:**
* Driver's License Preferred, but not required.
#### **Physical Requirements:**
* **RARE** (less than 10%): Sitting, Crawling, Climbing Poles, Color Vision, Climbing Ladders, Climbing Stairs
* **OCCASIONAL** (up to 33%): stooping, kneeling squatting, body twisting, sense of touch, climbing on/off the truck, gripping, lifting over 10 lbs to 50 lbs., reaching, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, balancing, lifti...