Description
Do you have an eye for safety and a passion for precision? Join the City of Edmonton's Parks and Urban Forestry branch as a Landscape Technician I supporting tree replacement planting. This is a critical role ensuring that all ground disturbance work for our urban forest operations is safe, compliant, and ready to go. You will be the point person for utility checks, documentation, and coordination with various contractors and internal teams. If you thrive on keeping complex projects on track and making safety-conscious decisions under tight timelines, we want you on our team.
The primary purpose of the Replacement Planting Landscape Technician I is to guarantee that all ground disturbance requirements are met before any forestry work begins. This role involves the meticulous coordination of utility checks, interpreting the resulting documentation, and deciding what additional mitigation, such as hydrovac services, is needed to ensure site safety. You will be organizing all ground disturbance documentation for forestry crews and contractors, and planning all of the One Call, hydrovac, and OSCAM work to align with the operational work plan. Success in this position requires excellent communication with forestry crew leaders to align timelines with their day-to-day scheduling.
What will you do?
- Lead Site Readiness: Secure utility checks and guarantee sites are compliant and prepared ahead of all forestry ground disturbance work
- Submit and prioritize utility locate requests through Alberta OneCall and other providers based on operational timelines
- Interpret utility documents and independently decide when hydrovac services are required to daylight utilities to ensure site safety
- Issue Ground Disturbance Permits: Provide guidance and formally issue ground disturbance permits and checklists to forestry crew leaders and contractors
- Manage Hydrovac Services: Contact, schedule, track progress, and provide instructions to hydrovac contractors
- Align Work Schedules: Coordinate and plan all One Call, hydrovac, and OSCAM work to align the timing of permits with the overall operational work plan
- Communicate Timelines: Work closely with and communicate accurate timelines to all forestry crew leaders scheduling day-to-day operations
- Maintain daily communication with external utility providers
- Monitor ground disturbance activities throughout projects and ensure all work adheres to OHS Ground Disturbance Standards and Forestry SOPs
- Mark and Map Sites: Accurately mark sites in the field, interpret maps and GIS inventory, and edit tree data within the GIS system
- Assist with other other replacement planting tasks as needed and time allows
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