Coordinator, Vegetation Maintenance

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customers find clean energy solutions for their homes and businesses and to be ready to respond
during storms and outages to keep our system reliable.

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solution to climate change while safely providing clean, affordable electricity to our customers.

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ranked as one of B.C.'s Top Employers and one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers. Join us as we
build an even cleaner B.C.

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
**Duties**:

- Performs a variety of technical, planning and administrative functions related to integrated

vegetation management by collecting and analyzing data, drafting and implementing work plans
and prescriptions, developing annual and long term management plans and site specific
prescriptions based on inventories, species, species diversification, growth rates and
environmental sensitivities; provides technical guidance and administers a variety of special
vegetation management programs; investigates tree related incidents and analyzes tree failure;
assists in the evaluation of vegetation risk in relation to circuit priority, public safety, etc. and
establishes action thresholds.
- Performs a variety of complex contract administration functions by estimating costs, preparing

comprehensive specifications and tender documents, evaluating tenders, preparing purchase
requisitions, conducting pre-job meetings, approving progress payments; ensures the optimum
use of contractor crews and equipment; assesses and evaluates contractor performance for future
reference.
- Directs, monitors and inspects contractor crews to ensure that work is in compliance with

specifications, proper arboriculture standards and current best practices; ensures contracts meet
all safety and environmental compliance needs.
- Responds to a variety of customer inquiries and complaints to vegetation management activities;
liaises with a variety of First Nations, internal/external groups and agencies related to vegetation
management work and issues; participates in community and outreach programs to ensure BC
Hydro information is distributed within the community; negotiates tree removal and related issues
with the public; resolves claims related to vegetation management work.
- Performs related activities such as surveying, tendering and contract administration of road

access installations and improvements and other non-vegetation activities.
- Provides technical assistance on and assesses and administers a variety of special projects and

programs associated with the maintenance of transmission and distribution line R/W's and
corridors.
- Establishes and maintains a variety of records such as work inventories, specifications, historical

records, etc.
- Assists the Manager in the preparation of operating budgets by preparing annual work plan,

assessing costs of planned projects and programs and analyzing monthly variance statements;
prepares maintenance activity summary reports.
- Utilizes a variety of computer programs to develop, implement and monitor integrated vegetation

management programs.
- Provides technical advice and guidance to management related to resolving vegetation and

operational and maintenance related problems; directs and coordinates activities of vegetation
process resources during major weather events.
- May provide technical advice, guidance and direction to contractors' crews engaged in non
- vegetation related activities; may operate a variety of small vegetation control equipment.
- Performs duties of a minor nature related to the above duties which do not affect the rating of the

job.

**Qualifications**:
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- Successful completion a Diploma in Forestry, Horticulture or Environmental studies from an

institute of technology or equivalent.- Must be eligible for registration with the International Society of Arboriculture as a Certified

Arborist and as a Certified Utility Specialist. Completion of a variety of internal BC Hydro courses
- related to contract administration and environmental issues. Training on BC Hydro computer-
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in utility vegetation management is a requirement.

**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**
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**This position is affiliated with the Movement of United Professionals union (MoveUP/COPE).**
- This is a Full-Time Regular (FTR) MoveUP Group 9 opportunity headquartered at the Terrace

office.
- A condition of employment in this role is that you maintain your Class 5 Driver's License in good

standing.
- Experience with SAM would be preferred.
- In reference to the BC Hydro courses we would also be willing to look at equivalent cour