About Our Job

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The hiring range for this position is $27.89- $31.00/hour. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service

• 457B Retirement Plan

• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 11 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 wellness day and 1 volunteer day per year

• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

Location

In this position you can expect to work in-person, five days a week, starting at our Forestry Headquarters (945 S. Huron St., Denver, CO 80223). This position will work Monday-Friday, 6:30AM – 3:00PM.

Who We Are & What You’ll Do

Denver Parks and Recreation (DPR) recognizes the importance of diversity in the representation of our organization to best serve our customers and community.  To that end, DPR is committed to:

• Examining department policies and processes that value diverse perspectives and eliminate barriers to inclusion

• Identifying where inequities exist and implementing strategies to ensure equitable outcomes

• Strengthening diversity in Parks and Recreation services by transforming policies to institutionalize equity

• Reinvesting in resources aimed at ensuring DPR is an equitable and just organization

Denver Parks and Recreation’s Forestry division is seeking an Arborist Technician II to perform lead work in the field of arboriculture and general forestry work to support Denver's urban forest. This position primarily includes tree pruning and tree removal.  It could also on occasion include stump grinding, planting, transplanting, watering, fertilizing, insect/disease identification, pest application, and inventory.

Job duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Perform lead work when Crew Lead is not available

• Prune dead, diseased, or broken limbs from trees utilizing rope and saddle, chainsaw, handsaw, and other related equipment involved in tree maintenance

• Inspect and identify tree diseases and insects and environmental stress. Take samples from diseased or insect-infested trees for laboratory analysis

• Observe and follow arboriculture industry standards, safety rules, and regulations

• Train and guide the work of potentially less experienced and less knowledgeable Arborist Technician I, Utility Worker, and Park Seasonal Laborer positions

• Monitor safety practices and correct unsafe practices as needed

• Operate a wide variety of heavy and power equipment in pruning and removing trees, including a mobile aerial lift unit, log loader trucks, tandem dump trucks, crane trucks, water trucks, front end loaders, skid steers, tractors, stump grinders and chippers

• Maintain records and prepare daily activity reports

• Assist with developing or modifying work plans, methods, and procedures; determine work priorities and develop work schedules to provide adequate staff coverage. Provide work instruction and assist employees with difficult and/or usual assignments. Assign and distribute work, review work for accuracy and completeness and return assignments with recommendations for proper completion

• Resolve problems encountered during daily operations and determine appropriate solutions

• Document situations that may be cause for disciplinary action and provide this information to the supervisor

• Perform preventative maintenance and basic repair on equipment and machinery

• May perform snow removal

What You’ll Bring

We are looking for a knowledgeable and experienced arborist with budding leadership skills. The ideal candidate will be adept at ensuring safety and passionate about the goals of the division. Additionally, the Arborist Technician II will need to be able to work effectively within a team and display sound decision-making and communication skills.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Experience leading and traini