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Vegetation Coordinator
Number of positions: 1 Job Location: Smithers DO
Employment type: Permanent Region: Northern Interior
Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Resident
Annual salary: $ 78,000.00 - 84,100.00
What you'll do
- Assists in the development of annual and long-term vegetation management work plans for review and approval by
Operations management and submits to Integrated Planning. Responsible for site specific vegetation prescriptions based
on risk to the system, safety, patrol inventories, species, species diversification, growth rates, site classification,
identification of target and non-target vegetation, prioritization of identified maintenance to maintain Mandatory Reliability
Standards (MRS) and vegetation clearances, reduction and elimination of target densities and environmental sensitivities.
Implements work plans and prescriptions to ensure compliance with various regulatory requirements (such as NERC,
forestry, environmental and MRS) to prevent potential violation penalties. Monitors and provides explanations for work plan
variances to Integrated Planning. Prepares business justification for work plan change requests for management and
Integrated Planning approval.
- Performs a variety of complex contract management support by: estimating costs; conducting pre-job meeting; pre-
approving payment completions based on field inspections; ensuring the optimum use of contractor crews and equipment;
and assessing and evaluating contractor performance for future reference.
- Oversees, monitors and inspects contractor crews to ensure work is in compliance with specifications, proper arboriculture
standards and current best practices; ensures work performed by contractors meet safety and environmental compliance
requirements. May provide technical advice, guidance and direction to contractor crews engaged in non-vegetation related
activities.
- Supports operational planning requirements, including the preparation of vegetation maintenance work packages for the
BC Hydro transmission and distribution systems. Plans and defines the type of work and work methods required. Reviews
work to ensure completion as planned and signs off or obtains sign off by a registered professional on work packages to
ensure compliance with regulatory requirements to prevent potential violation penalties and/or the issuance of stop work
orders for violations by regulatory bodies.
- Gathers and compiles evidence of ground patrols (such as measurements and photos) for MRS compliance evidence
collection. Identifies vegetation risks (such as low conductor to ground clearance areas) and develops and implements
mitigation plans. Submits compliance evidence and mitigation plans to meet MRS compliance reporting requirements.
- Supports vegetation encroachment risk response in accordance with standard operating procedures within a specified
timeframe by: assessing and confirming risk to determine appropriate response based on risk level; reporting vegetation
encroachment to applicable stakeholders for mitigation action; co-ordinating resources for the removal of vegetation;
collecting and submitting vegetation measurement data in the field for compliance evidence reporting; and participating in
violation investigation interviews as required.
- Performs quality and completion checks of transmission vegetation patrol data collection from contractors and signs off on
patrol records. May support the preparation of quality assurance reports to identify areas of improvements of data collection
within the patrol record and tracking completion quality reviews to facilitate the assessment of contractor performance.
- Responds to a variety of customer inquiries and complaints related to vegetation management activities. Liaises with First
Nations, internal/external groups and agencies on matters related to vegetation management work. Participates in
