Position Summary: A Landscape Maintenance Foreman, is a working team member that oversees seasonal clean-ups, mulching, edging, trimming, landscape maintenance, pruning, fertilization, weed control, planting of trees and shrubs, flower installation, leaf clean-ups, and similar tasks.
Core Skills:
Leadership
Time Management
Industry Knowledge
Equipment Operating
Plant Identification
Responsibilities:
- Supervising, training, and motivating the work of a 2 to 3-member team to ensure safety, quality, and efficiency
- Mulching, weeding, edging, and fertilizing garden beds
- Pruning or shearing small trees, hedges, and shrubs
- Planting shrubs, flowers, and trees with proper horticulture guidelines
- Well-versed in the life cycles and health issues of plants, trees, and shrubs while monitoring and maintaining plant care.
- Clean grounds (e.g., dispose of leaves and debris, dispose of waste appropriately, lay gravel and mulch).
- Supervise the use of machinery and equipment and contribute to its upkeep, maintenance, and storage.
- Perform snow and ice removal on commercial and residential properties (remove snow by shovel or plow, spread salt/chemicals to clean sidewalks and parking lots).
- Perform general and routine building maintenance duties as assigned.
- Coordinating with Production Manager on daily/weekly schedule, material/equipment needs, and budget hours
Experience/Requirements:
- A high-school diploma or equivalent is a requirement for the Landscape Maintenance Foreperson position.
- Three or more years of experience working in landscaping, including experience overseeing workers.
- Fluent in Spanish and English preferred.
Physical Requirements:
- Good physical condition and stamina.
- Move and handle material generally weighing up to 50 pounds.
- Working outside with regular exposure to varying weather conditions ranging from below zero temperatures to 100 plus temperatures.
- Maintain regular and predictable attendance.
