Senior Aborist - City of Atlanta

Parks & Recreation 

Senior Arborist 

Posting Expires: November 14, 2024

Salary: $65,000/annually 

Summary

The Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) is seeking a Senior Arborist to join our Arborist Division in the Office of Natural Resources. The Senior Arborist position acts as a project manager for various forestry services and contracts including tree planting, tree maintenance, and urban forest management. 

Additional duties include, but are not limited to, educating others about the City of Atlanta Tree Protection Ordinance and the importance of trees and the urban forest, responding to requests for inspections of trees on City property, performing tree risk and health assessments on City property according to industry standard BMPs, scheduling any necessary tree work with DPR’s Forestry Division or contractors, reviewing requests for permits to perform tree work on trees on City property, ad reviewing construction documents submitted to the Office of Natural Resources for compliance with the City of Atlanta’s Tree Protection Ordinance.

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