Field Supervisor

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for Foreman training, retention, and the direction of Foreman activities on job sites. Provides effective leadership and ensures quality service for every client. Plan, organize, direct, or coordinate activities of workers, such as planting and maintaining trees, shrubs, flowers, and lawns. This position indirectly supervises crews, which includes assigning and directing daily tasks but does not have direct managerial responsibility.

We are offering a $1,000 signing bonus for this opportunity! Conditions apply.

• High School Diploma, GED, or 4 years related field or direct experience may be considered in lieu of minimum educational requirements.

• At least 6 years of commercial landscape experience required

• Valid driver license issued by the state where employed is required
• Pesticide License issued by the state where employed or ability to obtain within one year

• Supervisory Experience
• Ability to safely operate and train staff on the use of commercial landscape equipment and tools
• Demonstrate proper pruning techniques while taking into account the plant material and season
• Understand fertilization basics for both turf and plants
• Working knowledge of herbicide applications and relevant practices
• Excellent knowledge of safety regulations
• Have a general understanding of annuals installation and maintenance
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and complete them under tight deadlines
• Ability to motivate and lead subordinates
• Ability to read and understand maps for navigation and job planning
• Ability to communicate effectively with employees and management
• Bi-lingual English/Spanish strongly required
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out tasks
• Deal with standardized situations with occasional variables

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

• Constantly required to talk, hear, see, sit, stand and walk
• Must be able to see at close vision, distant vision, peripherally, have depth perception and have the ability to adjust focus
• Frequent use of hands to manipulate, handle or feel objects, tools or controls
• Frequently required to reach, bend, twist, stoop, crouch, climb and balance on surfaces that may be narrow and/or slippery
• Frequently required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

• Frequently works with mechanical objects and outside in all weather conditions
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals
• Frequently exposed to loud noise levels

• Enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.
• Effective planning process that includes Scope, Time, Equipment, People and Sequence to ensure optimum execution for each project assigned.
• Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.
• Direct activities of workers who perform duties such as landscape maintenance, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.
• Schedule work for crews depending on work priorities, crew and equipment availability, and weather conditions.
• Maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, and pruning.
• Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.
• Train and coach employees regarding consistent maintenance techniques.
• Provide workers with assistance in performing duties as necessary to meet deadlines.
• Inventory supplies of tools, equipment, and materials to ensure…