Forestry Analyst - DPW-Stormwater Engineering

Full Job Description

The Indianapolis Department of Public Works (DPW) aims to improve residents’ quality of life through bettering public spaces and infrastructure, and through providing excellent public services.

With a focus on multi-modal connectivity, thriving green spaces, meaningful capital improvements, universal accessibility, and collaborative public and private partnerships, DPW builds and maintains public infrastructure and park land; manages solid waste collection; and keeps the City’s entire vehicle fleet rolling.

One of the largest city agencies, “Team DPW” commits itself to effective efficient customer service for residents and visitors to Indianapolis.

The agency is able to do this by cultivating a productive, collaborative, and compliant work environment in order for our workforce to meet the needs of the constituents of Indianapolis and Marion County.

Job Summary

Individual conducts site visits related to trees within the publics right-of-way and city parks.

The position is responsible for determining tree maintenance requirements, performs tree risk assessments assigning priority based on tree condition, inventories public trees and updates inventories based on completed work, enters, and maintains data in work management databases, and verifies the quality of work performed by contracted vendors.

Independent judgment is crucial to determine and minimize risk to the public from public trees.

Must independently implement arboricultural concepts/standards and utilize personal experience to assist in maintaining the City's Urban Forest.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The City of Indianapolis Marion County is an equal opportunity employer.

All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

We value diversity in perspectives and experiences among colleagues and the residents of this city of whom we serve.

Requirements

• Competently responds to and resolves tree related questions, conflicts, and issues from the public or other City agencies regarding policies and procedures using written and verbal communication skills.
• Conduct risk assessments, using the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Tree Risk Assessment protocol, for trees in the City's rights-of-way and parks for potential risk to public, determine maintenance needs, assign response priority based on the risk assessment, and update information in the work management system.
• Support DPW Forestry Operations by providing arboricultural expertise and risk assessment in conjunction with their scope of work
• Perform tree inventories in the field and incorporate findings into the City's tree inventory database
• Develop tree maintenance projects from analysis of GIS and Tree Inventory data
• Complete quality control site visits for contract tree services.
• Assist in providing training and quality control of contractor work
• Provide tree assessment assistance for Flora Permitting per Chapter 701 of City-County Ordinance 
• Contribute to department discussions of Urban Forestry policy, protocols, and standards; 
• Provide tree assessment and mitigation plans for capital projects
• Manage large data sets in GIS, Infor, and Excel
• This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities that management may deem necessary from time to time.

Qualifications

Associate's degree in Forestry, Urban Forestry, or related field plus three (3) years full-time experience in Arboriculture, or a minimum of five (5) years full time experience in Arboriculture or Urban Forestry.

Individual must be an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborist and have the qualifications to obtain an ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) within 12 months.

A valid driver’s license required.