Urban Forestry Inspector - Operations - Public Works (161423)

City & County of San Francisco (CA)•San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

San Francisco Public Works (Public Works) has a far-reaching portfolio with a $453 million annual operating budget, an active capital portfolio that exceeds $3 billion and a workforce of 1,700-plus employees. The department operates around the clock, touching every neighborhood in San Francisco. The staff designs and manages the construction of civic buildings and streets; cleans and greens the right of way; maintains civic buildings; manages multi-million-dollar bond programs; trains people for jobs; keeps the right of way free of hazards; paves the roads; repairs bridges and public stairways; expands accessibility; and works at the forefront addressing some of San Francisco's biggest challenges. With a mission to enhance the quality of life in San Francisco for residents, visitors and business owners, Public Works is committed to providing outstanding public service through an equity lens. Please visit the "About Us" section of our website at https://www.sfpublicworks.org/about to learn more about the department's core values, Racial Equity Initiative, leadership team, history, budget and more. Public Works currently has a vacancy for the position of Urban Forestry Inspector (3435) within our operations division. Role description Under general supervision, as an Urban Forestry Inspector, you will be responsible for tree planting site inspection work related to the USDA Forest Service's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Tree Planting Grant for San Francisco Public Works. The Urban Forestry Inspector will canvass potential street tree planting sites that have not yet been created in the sidewalk, identifies missing or vacant tree basins/tree wells, refers to specific grant funded areas of different neighborhoods, marks sites physically with spray paint to have the sites checked by utilities, re-inspects to confirm if site meets City tree planting guidelines and interacts with a high volume of customers in the public right-of-way during this process. Duties may also include using safety equipment, using a hand saw or operating a power saw or chain saw to remove limbs, stacking, chipping and loading brush in preparation for disposal. Driving vehicles and performing related duties as required. This position requires working collaboratively as a team, with team contributions playing a vital role in delivering exceptional customer service and performing effectively to meet critical timelines. The Project: The San Francsico Public Works Bureau of Urban Forestry (BUF) will plant and establish thirty-five hundred (3,500) trees in equity priority neighborhoods with community partners, to expand tree canopy while creating workforce development opportunities.

Requirements

Three (3) years of verifiable experience in tree planting and maintenance activity, inspecting and evaluating trees; writing reports and making presentation. Experience pruning trees alone is not qualifying experience.
Possession of Arborist Certification through the International Society of Arboriculture or ability to obtain certification within 18 months of appointment.
Possession of a valid Class C Driver's License.
College-level course work equivalent to two years (60 units) in arboriculture, urban forestry or horticulture may be substituted for up to one (1) year of the required experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience using electronic tree management tools (propriety or open-source tools)
Experience producing reports and/or maintaining records of one or more of the following categories: tree risk assessment, tree program budget, work records, tree inventories, work order requests, and program metrics.

Responsibilities

Make tree species planting recommendations based on San Francisco site conditions and micro-climates, in consultation with other Urban Forestry Inspectors and the Urban Forester.
Pre-inspect vacant tree planting sites, marking existing planting sites and new potential cut sites so that they can be marked by Underground Service Alert (USA) to rule out any below-ground conflicts. After USA has made their markings, return to all sites to confirm if plantable.
Document site-by-site findings in the City's Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), to help track progress towards overall planting goals. This includes record keeping within each tree/site asset, taking photos, adding site notes and customer feedback to records.
Meet customers on site to review proposed planting sites and answer questions about the goal of our tree planting grant, and the Department's Urban Forest Plan.
Work with the Public Works Contract Administration and Grants teams to share progress, work closely with other Urban Forestry Inspectors in the Bureau who will also be assisting with related grant coordination efforts.
Deals with emergency tree situations.

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