Mowing Team Leader

Job Description

Job Description

Description : ABOUT US :

For 27 years, Southern Landscape Group has been Central Virginia’s premier landscape design / build and maintenance firm. With a focus on high-end residential and commercial properties, we deliver unparalleled experiences and service to our clients daily.

At Southern, it all starts with our team! We realize that we are only as good as the people we have representing our brand; therefore, our emphasis is on finding, retaining, and training the highest quality people! Our mission is to support and grow our teams so we can make our clients’ lives better. Our modern fleet of equipment & trucks, modern facility & technology, and focus on safety make working here a mutually beneficial experience.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Mowing Team Leader is an experienced team member working with minimal supervision. The primary function of the Mowing Team Leader is to direct the activities of a team of two or more employees on a job. The Mowing Team Leader is able to operate a variety of equipment and has basic horticultural knowledge.

JOB FUNCTIONS :

• Reviewing job notes for clear understanding of scope of work to be performed on daily basis
• Plan daily tasks, labor, materials, and equipment for current and next day’s work
• Read and interpret aerial service maps
• Working knowledge and understanding of pesticides used
• Mix and apply various pesticides using proper PPE and application techniques
• Lead team members performing the following landscape services :
• Mowing : use push, walk behind, and stand on mowers to cut turf using alternating mowing patterns
• Edging : use stick edger to hard edge turf against hardscape surfaces; use string trimmer to soft edge around softscape edges and trim unreachable turf areas by mower
• Blowing : using handheld or backpack blower to blow off all hard surfaces
• Landscape bed maintenance : spray and pull weeds
• Pruning : horticulturally correct tree / shrub / perennial pruning
• Plant health : identify basic plant health issues regarding diseases and insects
• Irrigation : controller programming, minor irrigation repairs, and seasonal adjustment
• Floral services : care and maintenance
• Spring clean-ups : bed cleanout, bed edging, pre-emergent, plant fertilization, and mulch installation
• Leaf removal : use of Ventrac, backpack blowers, stand-on zero turns with baggers, and truck mounted leaf vac to conduct seasonal leaf removals
• Snow removal
• Any other tasks necessary.
• Operates small and medium duty tools and equipment to include but not limited to : push mower, zero turn mower, walk behind mower, leaf vac, Ventrac, hedge trimmers, backpack blowers, bed edgers, re-definers, rototiller, chainsaw, pole saw, string trimmer, stick edger, ladder, backpack sprayer, dump trailer / bed, mulching trailer, wheel loader
• Identifies enhancement ideas to improve client property and submits via issue tickets.
• Learns and has a working knowledge of all properties, responsibilities and knows limits of work.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Time will be spent in an outdoor environment with limited ability to control noise, airborne contaminants, and temperature. Be able to lift 50 pounds regularly.

The team member is expected to work the assigned hours at Southern Landscape Group from Monday through Friday as well as weekends & overtime as dictated by seasonal needs. This is an hourly wage position with a normally expected workday of 6 : 50 AM until 5 : 00 PM.

Requirements : REQUIREMENTS

CERTIFICATIONS

Note : This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.? Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.