LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION FOREMAN

About the role

This leadership role in landscape installation promises a rewarding career path within the green industry. With potential for growth, individuals can aspire to advance into management after just one season of summer/winter work.

This is an introductory role in the landscape installation, and will lead to a rewarding career in the green industry. It is possible to move up into a management role after one season of summer/winter depending upon the individual.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to your team through hard work and great attitude, developing your crews skillset in our industry by providing mentorship and leadership to crew members.
• Operating tools and machinery such as skid loaders, tractors, dump trucks, mini excavators, tampers, backpack blowers etc.
• Working in the outdoors with whatever weather conditions Mother Nature throws at us.

Requirements

• Comfortable with long summer hours outdoors Monday through Friday usually half days on Friday.
• 7 days/wk availability for winter snow removal.
• A genuine, trustworthy, humble, leader, goal driven person that will contribute to our work environment in a positive way.
• Must be able to lift 80lbs without assistance and have full range of body motion.
• Class D drivers license.
• CDL Class A would be greatly preferred and beneficial.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in landscaping, with a minimum of [X years] in a supervisory or leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of landscape installation and maintenance techniques, plant identification, and horticultural practices.
• Project management skills.
• Proficiency in operating landscape equipment and tools, including but not limited to mowers, trimmers, chainsaws, and irrigation systems.
• Able to use basic tools safely and properly: shovel, grading rake, spade, wheelbarrow, sod roller, etc.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate and effectively communicate with team members, clients, and subcontractors.
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record. Must be insurable on company’s insurance policy.
• Class A driver’s license.
• Landscape industry certifications (e.g., Landscape Industry Certified Technician) are desirable but not required.
• High school diploma or GED.

Skills

• Leadership
• Operational skills (tool usage)
• Outdoor work
• Project management
• Plant identification and care
• Communication
• Physical strength and endurance

Benefits

• Opportunity for growth within the company.
• 401k retirement plan offered.

Pay

The salary for a landscape foreman varies depending on factors such as experience and earns between $50,000 and $60,000 per year, with the potential for bonuses or overtime pay.

Schedule

The position spans from April to November, requiring employees to lift 60 pounds unaided and possess unrestricted upper and lower body mobility for optimal performance.