Hardscape Team Leader

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.

A Hardscape Team Leader is an experienced team member working in the hardscape division of the company. This position leads a team of two or more in the installation of pavers, retaining walls, water features, low‑voltage lighting, utilities, concrete, and stonework as well as managing subcontractors on‑site. A Hardscape Team Leader is able to operate a variety of equipment and has basic horticultural knowledge.

He/she has advanced knowledge in construction means, methods, techniques, electricity, basic plumbing, and works with minimal supervision.

• Review job notes for clear understanding of scope of work to be performed on a daily basis
• Plan daily tasks, labor, materials, and equipment for current and next day's work
• Read, measure, and interpret landscape, architectural, and civil plans
• Lead team members performing the following landscape and hardscape services:
  • Landscape bed installation and maintenance
  • Pruning: horticulturally correct tree/shrub/perennial pruning and dead heading
  • Irrigation: proper installation, controller programming, minor irrigation repairs, and seasonal adjustment
  • Water features: installation of water features
  • Lighting: proper installation of low‑voltage lighting systems, controller programming, repair and replacement of lighting system components
  • Drainage: installation of drainage pipe, drain boxes, drainage channels, dry creek beds, and swales
  • Excavation and grading: use machinery, hand tools, and grade measuring tools to properly excavate, contour, shape, and fine grade soil to achieve desired look and function
  • Watering: new install plant and turf watering
  • Plant installation: plant identification, bed preparation, proper plant installation, layout, care and maintenance
  • Spring clean‑ups: bed cleanout, bed edging, pre‑emergent, plant fertilization, and mulch installation
  • Pavers: installation of interlocking concrete pavers
  • Retaining walls: installation using segmental retaining walls, boulders and natural stone
  • Stepping stones and steps: installation using natural stone
  • Masonry: mix and prepare mortar for wet lay applications including firepits, fireplaces, flagstone patios, coping stone, capstones, cobblestone edging, and grouting
  • Concrete: knowledge of different mixes and applications that are used for footings, mud slabs, and broom finish and ability to install each application
  • Utilities: how to call in a utility locate, update an existing ticket, and identify utility markings
  • Blowing: using handheld or backpack blower to blow off all hard surfaces
  • Snow removal
• Operates small and medium duty tools and equipment to include but not limited to compact track loaders, track loader, mini‑excavator, pressure washer, hedge trimmers, backpack blowers, bed edgers, re‑definers, rototiller, chainsaw, pole saw, string trimmer, ladder, backpack sprayer, dump trailer/bed, mulching trailer, wheel loader, zip level, tape measure, cordless & hammer drill, sawzall, circular saw, voltage meter, plumb bob, level, gas/electric water pumps, architectural and engineers scale
• Plan, order, and receive bulk materials
• Manage subcontractors on site
• Identifies enhancement ideas to improve client property and submits via issue tickets
• Learns and has a working knowledge of all properties, responsibilities, and knows the limits of work

The role involves an outdoor environment with limited ability to control noise, airborne contaminants, and temperature. The employee is expected to be able to lift 50 pounds regularly. Working hours are Monday through Friday with possible weekend and 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.

• A high school degree or GED is required as well as two years of documented experience in the green industry
• Must have great verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to use Apple technology…