Grounds Lead Supervisor (5037) (Grounds)

HES Facilities•Grayslake, IL

About The Position

The Grounds Lead Supervisor is responsible for training, managing, and supervising the grounds crew and its workload. The role also performs groundskeeping work to deliver landscape services that meet or exceed client and management standards. Duties include preparing trucks and equipment, maintaining grounds and plantings, removing snow, and maintaining tools, equipment, and structures. Experience in grounds or lawn care is helpful, and strong people skills are important.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent; a high school degree is preferred.
Some lawn-care experience is helpful.
Ability to operate lawn-care machinery, including mowers, edgers, and backpack blowers.
Good communication and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks.
Ability to solve problems, follow directions and a work schedule, focus on details, and work with minimal supervision.
Self-motivated and able to work flexibly in a team while maintaining a professional and respectful demeanor with coworkers, clients, and vendors.
Ability to perform heavy lifting, pushing, and pulling; lift and carry up to 50 pounds; and leverage an 80-pound walk-behind mower over curbs.
Ability to walk up to 10 miles per day, sometimes uphill and over uneven terrain, and bend and kneel for up to six hours or more per day.
Ability to work hours that vary up to 12 hours per day and work in extreme weather conditions.
Ability to use a hand saw; earplugs may be required when working around loud equipment.

Nice To Haves

Experience in groundskeeping or lawn care.
High school degree.

Responsibilities

Train, manage, and supervise the grounds crew and its workload.
Prepare company trucks and trailers by loading and securing gas cans, mowers, and other equipment.
Mow turf; trim and edge lawns; sweep and blow leaves and clippings; prune shrubs and trees; pull weeds; and remove debris and trash.
Operate powered grounds equipment, including mowers, tractors, snow blowers, chain saws, clippers, sod cutters, and pruning saws.
Shovel snow from walks, driveways, and parking lots and spread salt; be available for snow removal at night, on weekends, and on holidays.
Maintain established lawns through mulching, aerating, weeding, thatch removal, trimming, and edging.
Seed and care for trees, shrubs, plants, flowers, bulbs, and sod, including preparing and applying erosion-control blankets and applying fertilizer, herbicide, pesticide, and fungicide.
Maintain sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters, and other grounds features.
Prepare soil and beds for flower or groundcover installation, apply mulch and soil amendments, and perform core aeration.
Prune, plant, remove, or replace shrubs, plants, flowers, and trees; replace sod when needed; and apply appropriate planting depth, placement, spacing, mulching, and watering.
Wash trucks and equipment and maintain or repair tools, equipment, fences, benches, and minor outbuildings using hand and power tools.