The Vegetation Groundman position offers a valuable entry-level opportunity to build a rewarding career in the critical field of clearing and maintaining our nation's Power Grid. As a Vegetation Groundman, you will play a vital role by assisting in the removal, clearing, and maintenance of civil, matting, and forestry clearance efforts. If you are passionate about pursuing a career in power grid maintenance and actively making a difference in the safety and efficiency of our nation's infrastructure, we invite you to apply. You will report to the Foreman.
Essential Functions:
Securing the safety of yourself and others utilizing proper tools, safety equipment, and PPE.
Assist in visual observation and safety checks in the process of vegetation management and clearing.
Assisting fellow workers in meeting project objectives.
Readily joining storm restoration efforts in times of need.
Operating vehicles and equipment in a professional and safe manner.
Participate in ongoing training to improve technical and leadership skills.
Available to work outages, storms, emergencies including on call rotation.
Minimum Requirements:
Valid Driver's License and ability to obtain a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) within 60 days.
Willingness to travel long distances on short notice.
Lift, carry, push, or pull materials and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
Work for extended periods at different job locations, including out‑of‑state assignments.
Willing to work outside of normal business hours, including weekends, holidays, emergency callouts, and overtime.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the responsibilities of this job, you will be required to talk, listen and use hand signals to communicate. The job frequently requires you to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle objects, operate tools or controls; reach with hands and arms.
Work Environment:
While performing the responsibilities of this job, you are frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. You are occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions at construction job sites. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud. You will perform job responsibilities in extreme heat, cold, wet, windy, and storm conditions.
Medical, dental and vision insurance
HSA, dependent care and medical flexible spending accounts
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
401(k) with company match
Life insurance, and short-term and long-term disability
Paid time off, paid holidays, and family and medical leave
Founded in 2011, Burford’s Construction is the leading provider of services in the electric utility industry throughout the Southeastern, Midwestern and Western United States.
Our team of qualified professionals allows Burford’s to serve all project needs. It is our belief that our work entails a true partnership with our clients to consistently exceed expectations.
Core Values:
Learn more about our parent company at pike.com
Burford’s Construction, LLC, is an equal opportunity employer.
Burford’s Construction is a leading provider of services in the electric utility industry throughout the Southeastern, Midwestern, and Western United States. With a great team of qualified professionals, Burford’s Construction can serve all project needs.
Those services include:
We offer these services as turnkey support to customers across our service territory in Transmission, Distribution, and Generation. It is our belief that our work entails a true partnership with our clients to consistently exceed expectations. Our company culture and core values of safety for all, environmental stewardship, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and productivity are integral in every partnership.
As part of the Pike Corporation, Pike Engineering is the nation’s leading engineering, technical services, and consulting company, providing a full suite of engineering and project management services to the electric utility industry, from power engineering to energy delivery. We take pride in providing our diverse utility customer base with integrated and innovative solutions, which are especially important as our energy systems evolve in unprecedented ways. We partner with our clients to help ensure their success. Integrity and a passionate commitment to quality is at our core, and we’ve assembled a proven team of engineers, designers, project managers and technicians with experience in all areas of power and energy to help us exceed client expectations.
