LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION TECHNICIANS AND APPRENTICES

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
• Project Management
• Plant Identification
• Horticultural Practices
• Equipment Operation
• Communication
• Safety Awareness

Benefits

• Opportunity for growth within the company.
• Retirement plan offered by Supreme Lawn.

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

Full-time position spanning from April to November.