JOB PURPOSE
Maintenance Crew members are responsible for performing a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled landscape tasks including horticulture, grounds maintenance, and equipment operation.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Landscape Maintenance
- Performs grounds maintenance functions (e.g., pulling weeds, raking leaves, sweeping sidewalks, and cleaning debris).
- Clears ditches, digs holes, and performs handwork as necessary using a pick, shovel, or other hand tools.
- Waters vegetation using a hose; cleans canals, drains, and tree wells.
- Performs various types of pruning (e.g., hard pruning, natural pruning, and formal pruning); properly prepares soil and installs annual color, plants, and trees.
- Maintains lawns and planter beds as directed by the Foreman.
- Properly installs tree stakes and ties.
- Safely operate landscape equipment such as, commercial mowers, string trimmers, blowers, and backpack sprayers.
- Maintains tools and equipment to ensure safety.
- Safely load and unload equipment on and off trucks and trailers.
- Actively participates in safety meetings.
- Actively contributes to achieving performance goals (e.g., job quality, safety, customer service); complies with all company policies and safety procedures.
- Communicate effectively with other crew members, crew leader & leadership team.
- Provides excellent service to clients, work-site partners, and company staff.
Working Conditions
- Work is predominately outdoors, exposed to varying temperatures, weather conditions, and noise levels
- Exposure to dust, pesticides, herbicides, grease, oils, dust, fumes, and electrical currents.
QUALIFICATIONS
Preferred Experience Requirements
- At least one (1) year of professional landscape management experience
Preferred Education Requirements
- High School or equivalent
- Bilingual English and Spanish skills are desirable
Required Skills
- Use and maintain hand tools, light landscape equipment, and demanding landscaping equipment properly and safely.
- Use all PPE as required; prune trees with proper equipment; apply chemicals, fertilizers, and fungicides correctly; plant various types of vegetation.
- Work independently; communicate and follow directions; time management to show up for work punctually and complete tasks; work well with others; and provide excellent customer service.
Physical Requirements
- Frequently stand, walk, or crouch on narrow and/or slippery surfaces
- Stoop, kneel, and/or bend to pick up or move objects
- Walking for long distances and on sloped ground and uneven surfaces
- Move, lift, and carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds
- Normal manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination
- Corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
