Grounds Maintenance Supervisor

NATURE OF WORK

Supervise activities of workers engaged in landscaping or ground-keeping activities. Work may involve machine use, workforce coordination, and answering inquiries from potential customers regarding methods and material.

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Provide workers with assistance in performing duties as necessary to meet deadlines.
• Recommend changes in working conditions or equipment use to increase crew efficiency.
• Order the performance of corrective work when problems occur and recommend procedural changes to avoid such problems.
• Confer with other supervisors to coordinate work activities with those of other departments or units.
• Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.
• Inventorize supplies of tools, equipment, or materials to ensure that sufficient supplies are available, and items are in usable condition.
• Investigate work-related complaints to verify problems and to determine responses.
• Train workers in tasks such as transplanting or pruning trees or shrubs, finishing cement, using equipment, or caring for turf.
• Direct activities of workers who perform duties such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.
• Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.
• Prepare or maintain required records, such as work activity or personnel reports.
• Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions.
• Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.
• Plant or maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, or pruning.
• Perform administrative duties, such as authorizing leaves or processing time sheets.
• Direct or assist workers engaged in the maintenance or repair of equipment, such as power tools or motorized equipment.
• Direct or perform mixing or application of fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, or fungicides.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• A minimum of 3 years grounds maintenance supervision
• Bi-lingual in English and Spanish (desired)
• Valid Florida Driver’s license

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Must have the use of sensory skills in order to effectively communicate and interact with other employees and the public through the use of the telephone and personal contact.
• Physical capability to effectively use and operate various items necessary for grounds maintenance.
• Significant standing, walking, moving, climbing, carrying, bending, or kneeling.
• Some reaching, sitting, standing, pushing, pulling, crawling, and handling.
• Must be able to access a variety of work sites for inspection.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

• General supervision is received from a professional supervisor who confers on difficult problems and reviews completed work for the quality of professional results.
• Tasks are usually performed under little direct supervision allowing the use of independent judgment.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

• Supervision is for ground maintenance workers.