Crew Leader - Union (CDL REQUIRED)

About the Role

The Crew Leader directly supervises a crew on the job site, ensuring safe, efficient, and quality work while meeting deadlines. This position involves developing and training crew members, planning and directing work, managing materials and equipment, and resolving customer issues. The Crew Leader reports directly to the Operations Manager.

Responsibilities

• Work with management to create schedules and follow job specifications, including materials and timelines.
• Organize, supervise, lead, and train employees to complete projects within established guidelines and timeframes.
• Ensure contractual obligations are fulfilled in line with proper horticultural practices.
• Comply with the equipment preventative maintenance program.
• Inspect job sites weekly and maintain punch lists provided by the manager.
• Identify ways to improve work processes, efficiency, and quality.
• Communicate with onsite clients as outlined in the communication plan.
• Respond to client requests and follow up to ensure their needs are met.
• Keep the manager informed of all client concerns and communication on the job site.
• Maintain safe working conditions on job sites at all times; follow and implement all company safety guidelines.

Requirements

• Minimum of two years of professional landscape maintenance experience.
• High school diploma or GED required.
• Current State Technician and/or Applicator license preferred but not required.
• General knowledge of irrigation systems.
• General knowledge of horticultural and maintenance practices.

Skills

• Must be able to effectively communicate in English; bilingual in Spanish highly preferred.
• Ability to train others and exercise leadership skills.
• Demonstrates dependability; consistently at work and on time, responds to management direction, and commits to required hours for job completion (varies based on weather/season).
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to resolve conflict while maintaining composure.
• Ability to plan, organize, and direct a team efficiently.
• Aptitude to identify and act on opportunities to support team efforts.
• Can safely operate and maintain all equipment used for landscape maintenance.
• Valid CDL and Medical Card.

Environmental Considerations

• Works around hazardous equipment with moving mechanical parts.
• Works outside in all weather conditions, including cold, heat, and temperature swings.
• Exposed to excessive noise from machines, requiring hearing protection.
• Works in corridors with uneven terrain.
• May be exposed to irritating plants, biting or stinging insects, fumes/odors, dust/mites, chemical and/or waste hazards.
• May encounter dogs and other animals.
• Work may be performed at varying heights above ground.

Physical Requirements

Must have the ability and endurance to perform tasks for at least 8-hour periods. Must understand and demonstrate proper safety procedures, abiding by all OSHA regulations, with the ability to respond to emergency situations in a timely manner. Must maintain attention and concentration for extended periods and wear PPE as necessary. Must be able to enter and exit a vehicle numerous times a day.

• Rarely (less than 10%): Climbing poles, color vision.
• Occasionally (up to 33%): Sitting, kneeling, crawling, climbing ladders, balancing, lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Frequently (up to 66%): Stooping, squatting, sense of touch, climbing on/off truck, gripping, reaching, range of motion, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing stairs, lifting over 10 lbs to 50 lbs.
• Continuously (67% to 100%): Standing, walking, body twisting, manual dexterity, speaking clearly, seeing distant, seeing, reading, hearing – speech range, lifting up to 10 lbs.

Benefits

We offer a competitive range of benefits to support employees’ health, well-being, and financial security. Medical, dental, and vision benefits are available to all eligible employees on the first day of employment.