Arborist

Full-time position for a climber in the arborist department. The individual must have the ability to apply standard tree and shrub pruning techniques with minimal or no supervision. Individual will be expected to learn required advanced techniques to prune or remove trees over obstacles and in hot or cold weather. Daily tasks will include working in trees to perform all general tree care (i.e. cabling, bracing, pruning and removals), having full knowledge of how all tree care equipment is used to complete work in the safest way possible (i.e. chainsaws, pole and hand saws, chipper, aerial lift, stump grinder), and effectively participating in all job safety briefings. One must always be aware of all hazards to ensure the work area is kept safe and be able to maintain all climbing gear and tree care equipment in safe working order to ensure safe, efficient and high quality tree care. Individual will also assist in removing debris, chipping brush and cleaning up work site after each job.

Qualifications:

• Basic climbing experience and skills
• Proficient knowledge of knot, rigging and climbing gear
• Have or obtain valid CDL
• Follow and abide by all safety rules and policies of Hawks tree care department
• Ability to complete production work in a timely manner
• Have or obtain arborist certifications through ISA
• Must be courteous and friendly to property owners
• Must be able to follow direction and complete the requests of crew foreman

COMPANY PROFILE

Hawks Landscape (an affiliate of the Hawks Nursery Company, Inc.), established in 1875, has been at its current location in Wauwatosa, WI (a suburb of Milwaukee) since 1923. At the high point of the season, Hawks employs more than 100 people.

Hawks provides a fine array of goods and services aimed at the discriminating buyer including:

• Landscape Design & Construction – Our Landscape Architects and Designers are able to design and direct the installation of landscapes of any complexity. Our construction crews install over four million dollars in landscaping each year.
• Landscape Maintenance – Our crews are experienced at handling all facets of landscape maintenance including fertilizations, bed care, turf management and technical tree and shrub care.
• Retail Landscape Design – This area of the company handles small to medium size landscape planning and installation sales as well as design and sales for our do-it-yourself clientele.

Hawks Landscape’s rapid growth has opened up many wonderful job opportunities in each of our departments. At Hawks, we care about the health of our employees and customers; therefore we do not allow smoking on any Hawks or customer property.