Stephen F. Austin State University

DUTIES/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The Houston Parks and Recreation Department is dedicated to building a sustainable community and enhance the quality of urban life by providing safe well-maintained parks and offering affordable programming for our community. To achieve this mission, HPARD is seeking a Senior Forester (Compliance) to join its Greenspace Management team.

The potential candidate will play a key role in the following:

• Reviews and approves landscape plans for single or multi-family residential, non-residential, capital improvement projects, and park construction.
• Authorizes the removal or pruning of trees included in the city’s Tree Protection Ordinance.
• Reviews construction plans for tree protection compliance.
• Reviews tree planting plans for Adopt-An Esplanade, Adopt-A-Tree and NeighborWoods programs.
• Conducts and/or participates in meetings held on construction sites to resolve issues and ensure contractors compliance with city code requirements.
• Works with contractors and department managers on joint projects and conflict resolutions.
• Represents departments at meetings, external organizations and agencies.
• Ensures work vehicle is safely operated, properly maintained, and serviced when required.
• May be assigned management responsibilities on a limited basis for certain functions, units or programs.
• May be required to be on-call, and report to work during all significant weather events or random incidents.
• May perform other duties as assigned.