Manager Tree Service Jobs in Fresno, CA (NOW HIRING)

Job Summary

• The Crew Leader Tree Care oversees daily tree care operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality service. This role provides hands-on leadership in pruning, cabling, bracing, lightning protection, and tree removals, while guiding crew members, maintaining equipment, and upholding company safety standards.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervise the tree care service activities of the crew
• Ensure crew members have the required safety materials, training, and are operating safely at all times
• Ensure that the work areas beneath and around the trees are clear and properly marked to protect the public from falling debris
• Inspect and maintain climbing gear and tree care equipment to ensure all equipment and tools are safe and in proper working condition
• Review and manage crew schedules
• Complete daily pre-trip inspection reports before dispatch for all Class B equipment
• Coordinate with branch management, customers, and employees
• Safely operate tree & landscaping tools, as well as heavy equipment, as needed
• Utilize proper pruning techniques; assist with trimming trees, clearing, and chipping tree debris, ensuring proper disposal

Education and Experience:

• 3 years’ experience in tree care services
• Familiarity with the techniques and equipment used in landscaping
• Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) class B
• Experience managing a crew consisting of climbers and grounds men or related services
• Supervisory experience
• Ability to become certified in EHAP, First-Aid, and CPR
• Ability to prioritize and multitask in a fast-paced environment
• Strong work ethic
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Bilingual (Spanish)

Physical Demands/Requirements:

• Be at least 18 years old (21 if operating company provided vehicles)
• Possess strong stamina and have the ability to work outdoors in various weather conditions including extreme heat and cold.
• Able to safely operate landscaping equipment (e.g., mowers, trimmers, blowers, edgers).
• Able to bend, stoop, kneel, twist, stand, walk continuously throughout the day and perform repetitive motions for extended periods.
• Able to perform manual labor using a variety of hand tools (e.g. shovels, rakes)
• You are able to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (e.g., safety shoes, high-visibility clothing, hand protection, eye protection, hearing protection, head protection)
• Landscapers who will be operating a BrightView fleet vehicle are required to have a valid driver’s license and meet company standards as it relates motor vehicle performance identified on a state issued motor vehicle record check.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends or holidays if needed.
• Ability to lift and carry 40 lbs. (mulch, fertilizer, etc.)
• Ability to load/unload burlaps with plant cuttings onto trailer (up to 50 lbs.)
• Ability to maintain, in your possession at all times, required medications to address any known allergic reactions should they occur.

Work Environment:

• Ability to work outdoors/indoors in moderate to extreme weather conditions (e.g., temperatures more than 100°F, temperatures below 32°F, various levels of humidity)
• Ability to work in direct sunlight for extended periods of time.
• Work outdoors near automotive traffic, bodies of water, fumes, dust, mechanical and/or electrical hazards.
• Ability to work in environments where extended periods of loud noise are present.
• Ability to work in environments where exposure to allergens such as pollen and rag weed, insects such as bees and spiders and reptiles such as lizards and snakes.