We have an open position for an experienced and an A+ team leader Landscape Foreman to join our growing Landscaping Company. The Landscape Forman’s role will include coordinating our crews of landscapers in groundskeeping activities. You will schedule landscapers, oversee equipment operation, and ensure that the property under their charge is well-maintained. As the Foreman, you will also be responsible for training the crew of landscapers in their tasks.
For our Landscape Foreman to be successful, you will need to be dedicated, delegate tasks, follow them, encourage, and have excellent communication skills.
Landscape Foreman Duties & Responsibilities:
- Confer with landscapers to coordinate maintenance or cleaning activities
- Estimate maintenance service requirements or costs
- Inspect buildings or grounds to determine condition
- Inspect landscaping to assess treatment needs
- Establish work standards
- Direct activities of landscapers
- Direct or perform mixing or application of fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, or fungicides
- Provide workers with assistance in performing duties as necessary to meet deadlines
- Inspect work to ensure standards are met
- Complete inventory checks and equipment inspections
- Document work hours or activities
- Recruit and train new crew members
Landscape Foreman Requirements:
- High school diploma, GED, or suitable equivalently
- A minimum of 2 years experience in a landscaping or groundskeeping position
- Must be able to safely operate maintenance equipment, including lawnmowers, leaf blowers, and hedge trimmers
- Strong knowledge of pest management and essential lawn maintenance.
- Ability to work in various weather conditions
- Great attention to detail with excellent organizational skills.
- Valid driver’s license
- Reliable and self-motivated
- Ability to lift 50 pounds
- Ability to work after hours, over weekends, and on public holidays with short or no notice