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City Arborist

The City of Cedar Rapids is currently recruiting for a City Arborist. This position provides technical guidance for the City’s Forestry operations, including managing city-wide standards for forestry and landscape architecture elements of public works projects; performs related work as required. This position serves as City Forester under Cedar Rapids Municipal Code. The work schedule for this position is 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday. The annual salary range for this position is $49,816.00 to $68,452.80. Click here to learn about our benefits.

Specific qualifications include:

• Certified Arborist or Licenses Land Architect
• Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry or closely related field
• 4 to 6 years experience in forestry or landscape design
• OR any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge and abilities necessary to perform the work.

This position requires:

• Comprehensive knowledge of horticultural principles and practices
• Comprehensive knowledge of tree care, including the use of common insecticides, fungicides and fertilizers
• Comprehensive knowledge of tree biology and the common and botanical names of trees found in Iowa or those which may be transplanted to the area
• Thorough knowledge of insects, parasites and diseases which attack trees and of the chemical and biological methodologies for controlling such attacks
• Thorough knowledge of the hazards and safety precautions of tree cutting, pruning and chipping
• Thorough knowledge of landscape planning, design and implementation
• Ability to establish tree value damage and loss
• Ability to recognized hazardous location of trees or tree limbs
• Ability to operate tree planting and removal equipment
• Ability to use hand and power tools
• Ability to prepare accurate and reliable reports containing findings, recommendations and conclusions on forestry related issues
• Ability to operate a personal computer using program applications appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities
• Ability to work cooperatively and to maintain effective working relationships to accomplish job responsibilities
• Ability to quickly learn and put to use new skills and knowledge brought about by rapidly changing information and/or technology
• Ingenuity and inventiveness in the performance of assigned tasks

Job duties for this position include (but are not limited to):

• Performs planning, data collection and reporting activities of the Forestry operations
• Reviews public tree work requests
• Consults with the public to investigate appropriate forestry work and explain the necessary course of action
• Enforces City landscape code requirements for rezoning
• Ensures safe distances between woody vegetation and streets, traffic signs, parks etc.
• Determines unsafe trees and/or tree limbs for removal from public contact
• Recommends City tree planting plans to the Engineering Manager
• Coordinates City tree care with engineering construction projects
• Reviews Police, Traffic and Engineering requests for tree safety work
• Performs all work duties and activities in accordance with City policies, procedures and safety practices
• Attends work regularly at the designated place and time
• Supports continuous process improvement initiatives

Submit completed application to:
hr@cedar-rapids.org
Or
Iowa Workforce Center
800 7th St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401

Applications accepted until 4:00pm on:  December 4, 2009
Pre-employment drug screen required.
Assistance provided to disabled individuals upon request
Equal Opportunity Employer

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