PG&E VMFO - Registered Professional Forester (RPF) - North Coast

MGE•Village of Hempstead, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Mountain Engineering is seeking experienced candidates to support PG&E Vegetation Management Forestry Operations (VMFO) in North Coast, North and South. The Registered Professional Forester (RPF) role is to coordinate with property owners and contractors, obtain necessary permits, and ensure compliance with PG&E’s specifications and governmental regulations. Additionally, the RPF supports PG&E in emergency response situations, timber management, and compliance with safety standards and labor agreements, ensuring the optimum production of PG&E timberlands.

Requirements

Registered by the State of California as a professional forester in good standing.
A minimum of two (2) years’ experience in hazard tree removal projects along utility rights of way.
Familiarity with vegetation management contractors’ work practices, proper arboricultural techniques and practices, PG&E’s Specification or other requirements as directed by PG&E, and government agency requirements related to line clearances and fire prevention.

Nice To Haves

At the discretion of the PG&E Representative, a portion of these qualifications may be waived for an otherwise exceptionally qualified individual.

Responsibilities

Coordinating with property owners and vegetation management contractors regarding vegetation management work to be performed and obtaining permits from public agencies.
Pre-inspecting in advance for vegetation management work and post-auditing vegetation management work.
Documenting information for PG&E’s vegetation management program.
Performing all necessary duties for emergency response in accordance with all safety requirements, laws, and regulations, and applicable labor agreements.
Supplying PG&E with a copy of all permits obtained.
Judging tree value, volume, and risk involved with hazard tree removal projects that contain commercially valuable sawlogs.
Providing professional and technical advice on the management of PG&E timberlands to assure lands are producing at their optimum potential.
Patrolling specified electric line sections and identifying vegetation hazards.
Inspecting individual jobs in the field to determine the number and types of units of work to be performed by the vegetation management contractor per span, as well as the rough estimate of time to complete the work.
Securing the permission of each property owner before the vegetation management contractor commences tree removal work on any property for which PG&E does not already have removal rights.
Promptly informing PG&E’s Representative in writing of each instance in which RPF is unable to obtain Permission or permits.
Supervising individual tree replacement and high production seedling planting activities, ensuring proper tree is chosen for site and planting techniques are in compliance with ISA standards.
Auditing on-going and completed vegetation management jobs in the field to ensure compliance with the job requirements and approved tree removal and pruning standards.
Maintaining direct contact with local PG&E operating personnel as directed by the PG&E Representative.
Maintaining working relationship with all public agencies, including California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CALFIRE), United States Forest Service (USFS), and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) representatives in his/her assigned area.
Timely resolving customer complaints.
Performing emergency or storm related tree work at any time, ensuring all labor, materials, and equipment necessary to perform such work shall be available within twenty-four (24) hours of PG&E’s notification.
Ensuring employees have suitable protective clothing for work in inclement weather.
Assisting PG&E foresters in planning and organizing timber harvests in accordance with all State, county and local laws governing actions.
Completing Timber Harvest Plan, Emergency THP, Exemption, or Conversion form for submission to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, including all required permits.
Conducting CALFIRE and associated agency pre-inspections as necessary to obtain approved THP.
Marking timber as agreed to by PG&E Representative.
Inspecting and guiding other FTs to ensure tree marking is within specification of agreed silvicultural prescription in THP.
Monitoring and auditing timber logging contractor to ensure compliance with timber sale logging contract and agency regulations.
Conducting timber inventory as prescribed by PG&E Representative.
Performing timber appraisal of specified properties under the direction of PG&E forester.
Other work as directed by PG&E Representative.