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General Foreperson - NTS

Nelson Tree Service, LLC
Argenta, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 8/28/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/27/2026
Job Title: General Foreperson

Job Type: Full-Time , Exempt

Pay: Competitive, Salary

Benefits:
  • Benefits Available and Vary per position and location
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
  • Provide daily communication with client representatives, conferring with customers, property owners, the general public, contractors, and agency representatives; obtaining permission to perform work.
  • Carry out job site inspections, maintain proper working conditions, and ensures job site hazards are mitigated.
  • job Cost Control and invoice reconciliation.
  • Order interpretation and accurate work reporting and record maintenance within the customer system.
  • Direct emergencies, assisting with incident reports & investigations.
  • Directs/supervises crew on new tasks, work production, safety practice adherence
  • Administers training, disciplinary action, and interpretation of policies.
  • Participates in regional safety company training and performs all work under the regional safety policy guidelines.
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Must be 18 years of age or older.
  • Ability to read and follow prints, visualize a job build, and apply critical thinking to solve problems and identify job-site hazards.
  • Ability to work safely, productively, and follow directions.
  • Ability to use Microsoft Office
  • Ability to obtain a DOT medical card
Education & Experience
  • Prior GF Experience is a Plus
  • High School Diploma or GED equivalent preferred.
Pre-Screen
  • Upon offer, employees may be required to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen, background, and/or MVR check.
License & Certifications:
  • Driver License Required.
Travel Requirements:Physical Requirements:
  • RARE (less than 10%): crawling, climbing, gripping, lifting up to 50 lbs.
  • OCCASIONAL (up to 33%): standing, stooping, kneeling, squatting, body-twisting, sense of touch, manual dexterity, lifting over 10 lbs. to 50 lbs., reaching, range-of-motion, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, climbing stairs, balancing.
  • FREQUENT (up to 66%): walking, sitting, climbing on/off a truck, reading, lifting up to 10 lbs.
  • CONTINUOUS (up to 100%): speaking clearly, seeing distant, seeing, hearing-speech-range, depth-perception, color vision.
Safety

Due to the inherently dangerous nature of the industry and requirements to work with or around hazardous equipment, employees must have sufficient eyesight to judge distance/coordination of equipment and tools, be able to maintain attention and concentration for extended periods, be able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather while completing work assignments, be able to wear personal protective equipment as necessary, be able to enter and exit a vehicle numerous times a day, have the endurance necessary to traverse various terrain, be capable of performing job duties throughout a standard 8- or 10-hour day, be able to communicate with others, read, write, and comprehend written/verbal job instructions and information, and communicate & handle confrontations professionally.

Individuals with a disability who desire a reasonable accommodation can contact the ADA Coordinator by calling 1-833-222-3066. We partner with the Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and Immigration Service to e-Verify all newly hired employees.

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