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Gardenalia is Seeking a Landscape Maintenance Crew Supervisor!

Job Description:

  • Assists in fulfilling the goals of the property owner and Gardenalia by directing a landscape maintenance crew.

  • Responsible for ensuring that Gardenalia’s strict gardening and landscape maintenance standards are met.
  • Supports positive lines of communication with Maintenance Division Director, fellow employees, and the property owner.
  • Organizes and directs the landscape crew and answers to Gardenalia’s Maintenance Division Director  and Operations Manager.
  • Receives the daily work orders from the Maintenance Division Director and directs the crew, setting priorities, and overseeing the work.
  • Ensures proper labor relations and conditions of employment are maintained.

  • Qualifications- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Qualifications- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The right candidate will possess:

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Detail orientated approach to reading and following work orders.
  • A firm grasp on the palette of trees, shrubs, perennials, pests, weeds, and garden practices and plants native to Pennsylvania.

Have Experience in:

  • Instructing, directing and evaluating employees.
  • Maintaining favorable client relations.
  • Directing a landscape crew to follow a work schedule that maintains timely completion of the job and profitability.
  • Professional and detailed pruning methods.
  • Safe operation of small machinery such as a chainsaw, power hand tools, garden tools, and basic tool use (limited need for this)

Job Duties

The Landscape Maintenance Crew Supervisor:

  • Manages employees.
  • Maintains daily records of crew hours, gas receipts, delivery receipts.
  • Maintains and keeps track of lunch and break times.
  • Orients and trains new employees.
  • Ensures that the crews are sufficiently supplied with all materials needed for the job.
  • Transports the crew, tools, and supplies.
  • Maintains the crew’s break and lunch schedule.
  • Is responsible for basic functioning and maintenance of the truck, chainsaw and other equipment and reports issues to the Operations Manager.
  • Is responsible for weekly truck and yard cleaning.
  • Ensures that the trucks and yard are ready for work each day.
  • Facilitates a work environment that is polite, friendly and positive.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Desirable Personal Attributes

The ideal candidate:

·       Is professional and dependable.

  • Possesses excellent interpersonal skills, time management skills, and organizational skills
  • Is honest with a positive and optimistic outlook.
  • Possess a strong work ethic.

Physical Requirements

  • Candidate must have great physical stamina and a strong back.
  • Can help move heavy root balls sometimes up to 300 lbs.
  • Can lift 50 lbs.

Education / Training

·      High school diploma/GED

·      Certification / Accreditation from reputable trade school.

·      Bachelor’s degree desirable or professional experience equivalent.

·      Current PA driver’s license.

Working Conditions

This position is outdoors, and the conditions are affected by the weather – long hot days, wet rainy days and cold temperatures.

Experience /Background in

  • Gardening
  • Farming
  • Landscaping
  • Experience in building trades or landscape construction

Pay

  • $15-$18 per hour depending on experience
  • 40 hours per week
  • Working Saturdays may be required on a rotating basis
  • Occasional overtime may be required

 

 

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