Hardscape Crew Lead | Harrison, OH
About The Position
This is a full-time, year-round position for a Hardscape Crew Lead. The role involves directing hardscape crew members on equipment, planning, and executing assigned work. The position offers hands-on job site training and involves working on a 2-3 person crew performing hardscape or landscape installation, along with landscape maintenance. Responsibilities include reading work orders and landscape plans, ensuring installation work follows company standards, and enhancing property appearance and value through crew direction. Daily tasks include grounds and turf maintenance, planting, trimming, mowing, weeding, and mulching. The role also involves diagnosing insect, disease, and cultural/environmental turf and shrub conditions, and maintaining open communication with management and clients. The employee will drive, use, maintain, and operate landscape equipment.
Requirements
- Love of the outdoors
- Must have 3-4 years' experience in hardscape and landscape installation
- Knowledge of equipment maintenance
- Experience operating equipment such as skid steers, mini excavators, etc.
- Ability to complete the Davey landscape career development books upon hire
- Ability to complete the Davey first aid, CPR and defensive driving course upon hire
- Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in snow maintenance is a plus!
- Background in Horticulture or Landscaping
- Turf, Weed, Tree and shrub ID knowledge
Responsibilities
- Directs hardscape crew members on equipment and plans and executes assigned work or tasks.
- Performs hardscape or landscape installation, along with landscape maintenance.
- Provides hands-on job site training.
- Reads work orders and landscape plans.
- Ensures installation work follows company standards.
- Enhances the appearance and value of properties through direction of crew in the execution of daily grounds and turf maintenance.
- Properly plants, trims, mows, weeds, mulches, fertilizes and so much more.
- Learns to diagnose insect, disease, and cultural/environmental turf and shrub conditions.
- Maintains open communication with management and clients to provide feedback on landscape needs.
- Drives, uses, maintains, and properly operates landscape equipment.
Benefits
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Opportunities for advancement
- All job specific equipment and safety gear provided
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match
- Employee-owned company & discounted stock purchase options
- Group Health Plan
- Employee referral bonus program
- Locations throughout US in major cities and desirable areas
- Career Development Program supported by Industry Expert Safety Specialists & Skills Trainers
- Scholarship Program for Children of Employees
- Charitable matching gift program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
