Coordinator, Vegetation Management

Liberty Utilities • Joplin, MO

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About The Position

The Coordinator, Vegetation Management plans and coordinates vegetation management work for capital construction, system hardening, new service, relocation, reliability, and other construction-driven projects. The role validates field conditions, constructability, access, customer impacts, work classifications, resource needs, and schedule assumptions so work is executable, documented, cost-accurate, and aligned with Liberty standards.

The coordinator works with construction, operations, contractors, and vegetation management leadership to prevent duplicate planning, reduce field add-ons, and improve cost accuracy. The position supports construction readiness and cost efficiency by identifying conflicts and constraints early and reducing change orders, invoice corrections, planning errors, and avoidable rework. It also supports documentation quality, audit readiness, customer service reliability, and regulatory defensibility.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience in utility vegetation management, field auditing, quality control, contractor oversight, electric utility operations, compliance documentation, or related field operations is preferred.
• ISA Certified Arborist certification, or the ability to obtain it within one year.

Nice To Haves

• ISA Utility Specialist certification is preferred.
• Experience with work management, mapping, reporting, financial, or vegetation management systems such as SAP, Fieldnote, Microsoft applications, GIS, or similar platforms.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate vegetation management work associated with capital construction, system hardening, new service, relocation, reliability, and other construction-driven projects.
• Validate field conditions, constructability, access, customer impacts, work classifications, resource needs, and schedule assumptions.
• Coordinate with construction, operations, contractors, and vegetation management leadership to prevent duplicate planning, reduce field add-ons, and improve cost accuracy.
• Ensure planned work is executable, documented, and aligned with Liberty standards before it is released to the field.
• Identify vegetation conflicts, access constraints, customer impacts, and work-package issues before they affect schedules or field execution.
• Support cost efficiency by reducing contractor markup exposure, change orders, invoice corrections, planning errors, and avoidable rework.
• Strengthen documentation quality, audit readiness, customer service reliability, and regulatory defensibility for construction-driven vegetation activity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed