ACRT Services

Inspector

• Perform inspections, audits, and monitoring of contractor performance
• Plan, direct, and coordinate assigned tree clearance crews
• Serve as liaison between clients, tree crews, customers, client representatives, and the Operations Manager
• Resolve field obstacles and manage time and expenses to support safe, efficient, timely, and productive work
• Manage day-to-day activities, verify work scope and equipment use, and maintain documentation
• Support new business and reconstruction work requested by Energy Delivery
• Approve field scheduling and scope changes with PG&E representative approval
• Promote public, contractor, and employee safety; perform and document Safety Observations and Good Catches
• Audit VMI work for standards compliance and perform Quality Check audits focused on field compliance and data integrity
• Assist with training and onboarding of VM Inspectors
• Support the PG&E Work Verification team
• Maintain working relationships with public agencies and PG&E tree contractors, including support for escalated customer complaints
• Patrol distribution and transmission circuits; prescribe tree pruning, removal, and clearance work
• Determine trim timing and whether trimming or removal is necessary by assessing tree failure likelihood and hazards
• Complete vegetation management compliance tags and maintain compliance with PG&E standards, permits, and applicable laws
• Use computers, run reports, and update PG&E VMDSRs and mapping documentation
• Assist with outage, fire, incident, and customer claims investigations
• Support the local Divisional Operational Emergency Center as Vegetation Resource Coordinator when required
• Respond to emergencies in accordance with safety requirements, laws, regulations, and labor agreements
• Identify and notify PG&E of newly identified Idle and Private Lines
• Perform other work directed by the PG&E representative or PG&E standards and procedures

Senior Vegetation Management Inspector

• Patrol for hazard trees and perform identification, inspection, and evaluation of trees and brush along utility lines
• Submit inspection results to clients with recommendations
• Plan, direct, and coordinate assigned tree-clearance crews
• Discuss and negotiate line-clearance crew access issues
• Serve as liaison between clients, tree crews, and client customers
• Perform circuit patrols according to annual vegetation-management plans and standards
• Identify, prescribe, and document required tree work along PG&E rights-of-way
• Notify property owners and agencies and obtain necessary authorizations for tree work
• Perform work-verification inspections and investigate/document tree-related outages
• Track, field-check, prescribe work, and notify customers for assigned vegetation-management tags and cases
• Support emergency response, including dispatching tree crews and field-checking sites
• Support oversight of vegetation projects, including tree assessment and trimming
• Participate in contractor safety and tailboard meetings
• Act as a customer-relations representative on behalf of PG&E
• Coordinate among contractors, communities, agencies, first responders, PG&E workgroups, and stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with permits, traffic-control plans, railroad and Caltrans requirements, and environmental measures
• Complete electronic and paper documentation and reporting
• Maintain contact with PG&E personnel, public agencies, and customers
• Perform other duties as required

Vegetation Management Inspector

Technician

• Provide field oversight support for the Natural Resources Management Systemwide Program on the Defensible Space team
• Perform inspections, data entry, reporting, and project management
• Inspect routine vegetation control and maintenance around PG&E facilities and assets
• Conduct desktop reviews of assigned inspection areas
• Collect spatial data within the approved GIS platform
• Complete inspection reports with narratives, road conditions, recommendations, photos, and maps
• Oversee contractors performing construction and maintenance work
• Conduct safety engagements and report safety hazards, concerns, and nonconformance
• Develop project scopes of work, coordinate with agencies, and procure vendor pricing
• Inspect for vegetation needs supporting safe access, operations, maintenance, and fuel reduction
• Assess, identify, map, and mark hazardous or conflicting trees for removal
• Conduct environmental reviews and advise on required protection measures
• Supervise vegetation control and property management crews and monitor contractor safety
• Provide professional guidance and maintain compliance with laws, regulations, permits, and ERTCs
• Observe and report crew progress, safety issues, resources, hours, treatment effectiveness, and environmental impacts
• Collect work data and update electronic databases
• Consult with PG&E personnel and agencies on environmental, customer, permitting, notification, and project issues
• Confirm projects have required environmental permits and documents
• Coordinate pesticide applications with PCA and obtain Pest Control Recommendations
• Coordinate vendor projects, job walks, and safety issue identification
• Identify property owners and secure written permission when requested by PG&E
• Identify, classify, flag, and mark watercourses, riparian areas, wetlands, springs, meadows, and other environmentally sensitive areas
• Establish boundaries with paint and flagging as directed by PG&E
• Visit active project construction and maintenance sites

Field Technician III

Arborist

• Provide field oversight support for the Natural Resources Management Systemwide Program on the Defensible Space team
• Perform inspections of vegetation control and maintenance around PG&E assets
• Complete desktop reviews of assigned inspection areas
• Collect spatial data using the approved GIS platform
• Prepare inspection reports with narratives, photos, and maps
• Oversee contractors performing construction, maintenance, and vegetation management work
• Conduct safety engagements and report hazards, concerns, and nonconformance
• Set up, implement, and manage projects
• Develop project scopes of work, coordinate with agencies, and procure vendor pricing
• Inspect vegetation needs supporting safe access, operations, maintenance, and fuel reduction
• Assess, identify, map, and mark hazardous or conflicting trees for removal
• Conduct environmental reviews and advise on protection measures
• Supervise crews and monitor project execution and contractor safety
• Provide guidance to crews and ensure compliance with laws, regulations, permits, and ERTCs
• Track crew progress, safety issues, resources, hours, treatment effectiveness, and environmental impacts
• Collect work data and update electronic databases
• Consult with PG&E personnel and agencies on environmental, customer, permitting, and project issues
• Confirm environmental permits and documents
• Coordinate pesticide applications with the PCA and obtain Pest Control Recommendations
• Coordinate vendor projects, job walks, and safety issue identification
• Identify property owners and secure written work permissions when requested
• Identify, classify, flag, and mark environmentally sensitive areas and project boundaries
• Conduct field visits of active construction or maintenance work
• Report safety hazards and nonconformance associated with active projects

• Patrol utility distribution or transmission circuits in accordance with vegetation management plans, standards, and processes
• Identify hazard trees and required tree work along PG&E rights-of-way
• Inspect, evaluate, prescribe, and document tree pruning, removal, and brush-clearing work
• Determine trim timing and whether trimming or removal is necessary
• Notify property owners and agencies about planned tree work and obtain required authorizations or permits
• Plan, direct, and coordinate assigned tree-clearance crews
• Discuss and negotiate line-clearance crew access issues
• Perform work-verification inspections and verify tree-work completion and quality
• Investigate and document tree-related outages and attend outage meetings
• Manage vegetation-management tags, EC notifications, cases, and customer-related field work
• Support emergency response, dispatch tree crews, and field-check sites
• Support oversight of vegetation projects, including tree assessment and trimming operations
• Participate in contractor safety and tailboard meetings
• Act as a customer-relations representative for PG&E
• Coordinate among contractors, communities, agencies, first responders, PG&E workgroups, and stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with permits, traffic-control plans, railroad and Caltrans permits, and environmental protection measures
• Complete electronic and paper-based documentation, reporting, mapping, and database updates
• Maintain contact with PG&E personnel, public agencies, and customers
• Independently complete assigned tasks and perform other duties as required

• Identify, inspect, and evaluate trees and brush along utility lines
• Submit inspection results to clients with recommendations
• Plan, direct, and coordinate activities of assigned tree clearance crews
• Discuss and negotiate line-clearance crew access issues
• Serve as a liaison between clients, tree crews, and client customers
• Travel throughout Virginia with some overnight travel

Contract Utility Forester, ISA Arborist

General

• Identify and inspect local trees with an understanding of growth rates
• Map circuits using client continuity lists
• Patrol and investigate distribution and/or transmission circuits and prescribed work
• Enter tree trimming/tree and brush removal prescriptions into handheld computers or similar systems
• Notify property owners about tree trimming and brush removal work
• Manage work issuance and track work progress
• Perform outage investigations when necessary
• Discuss and negotiate line-clearance crew access issues
• Perform herbicide audits
• Assist with storm restoration efforts
• Audit tree trimming and tree removal work for compliance
• Determine when the next tree trimming is required
• Complete and forward post-audit forms
• Obtain permits from public agencies and document work
• Comply with regulatory requirements and client vegetation management standards
• Perform emergency response duties as requested
• Serve as liaison between clients, tree crews, and client customers
• Maintain relationships with client personnel and governmental agencies
• Participate in public presentations and meetings as required
• Conduct work safely and wear required safety equipment
• Perform other duties as assigned

Senior Vegetation Management Inspector

Vegetation Management Inspector

Field Technician III

Arborist

Vegetation Management Inspector

Contract Utility Forester, ISA Arborist

Consulting Utility Forester