About the role
Certified Arborist
- Company: Grey Barn Commercial Landscaping - Location: Northwest Arkansas - Employment Type: Full-Time - Work Type: Field-based / in-person
- Base Salary: $66,000/year - Target Earnings: $78,000/year
About the Role
Grey Barn is a fast-growing commercial landscaping company serving properties throughout Northwest Arkansas. We are looking for a Certified Arborist to become our internal expert for tree care while helping us expand our tree-service capabilities. This is a hands-on field position.
Compensation
Base Salary: $66,000/year. Performance Bonus Opportunity: $12,000+/year. Target Total Compensation: $78,000+/year.
Performance bonuses will be tied to measurable results including profitable tree work, estimating performance, quality, safety, crew development, and overall individual/company performance. Exceptional performance can create opportunities to earn beyond the initial $12,000 annual bonus target.
What You Will Do
- Serve as Grey Barn's primary tree-care expert, performing and leading tree pruning, removals, planting, and chainsaw work - Identify and document hazardous or declining trees, storm damage, and pruning and planting opportunities for the Sales/Account Management team - Support the sales team on tree opportunities by visiting properties and estimating labor hours, crew size, and equipment for tree work - Review larger or more complicated tree estimates before proposals are submitted - Provide hands-on training and coaching to Crew Leaders and field employees on proper pruning, tree planting, and chainsaw safety. Teach while you work - Establish and maintain Grey Barn's standards for chainsaw safety, PPE, aerial work, and rigging, with the authority and responsibility to stop unsafe tree work - Assist crews with shrub pruning, hedge trimming, planting, and other landscaping duties as assigned
Requirements
- Current ISA Certified Arborist credential - 5+ years of professional arboriculture/tree-care experience - Demonstrated tree pruning, tree-removal, and tree-planting experience - Strong tree identification knowledge and ability to identify common tree-health and safety issues - Ability to estimate labor hours for tree work - Strong understanding of chainsaw and tree-work safety - Experience operating professional tree-care equipment - Ability to train and coach field employees - Willingness to perform physical field work and general landscaping work when needed - Valid driver's license - Ability to work outdoors throughout the year
Strongly Preferred
- 7+ years of professional arboriculture experience - Previous tree-crew leadership and experience training field crews - Commercial landscaping experience - Tree-work estimating experience - Aerial lift/bucket-truck, climbing, and rigging experience - CDL - ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) - Bilingual English/Spanish
You Will Thrive Here If You
- Want a hands-on field role - Teach while you work - Put safety first, including stopping unsafe tree work - Own your estimates, your numbers, and your results - Enjoy working with crews and the sales team
This Is Probably Not the Role for You If You
- Want to work behind a desk - Cut corners on safety, PPE, or rigging - Prefer to work alone instead of training others - Avoid estimating or supporting the sales team - Do not want to do general landscaping work when needed
Our Core Values
- Have Fun: Work hard and move fast, and enjoy the people on your crew. Bring energy and be positive. - Try New Things Fast: Don't wait around for perfect answers. Try something, learn from it, improve it, and keep moving. - Best in the World: Set the standard in our market for tree work, estimating, safety, pruning and customer experience. - Put in the Work: Put on the PPE, grab the equipment, get in the field, teach while you work, and finish the job. - Hold Accountability: Own your commitments, your numbers, your safety and your results. If something isn't right, speak up and help fix it.
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