Horticulture Technician

Southern Landscape Group Inc • Evington, VA

108d

About The Position

A Horticulture Team Technician is an experienced team member working under the supervision of a team leader. The primary function of a Horticulture Team Technician is to assist the Horticulture Team Leader in performing horticultural services on client properties. A Horticulture Team Technician is able to operate a variety of equipment and has thorough horticultural knowledge as well as lighting, water gardens, and irrigation.

Requirements

• 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 for time tracking and job management
• Must have great analytical problem solving and decision making ability
• Must have excellent customer service skills and the ability to communicate with clients and professionals
• Ability to use Google translate efficiently to communicate with Spanish speaking workers
• Assist team leader with training and coaching a team of two or more team members to help develop their skills & ensure team members receive proper training
• Maintain a clean, safe, and efficient job site and ensures truck/tools/equipment are properly maintained
• Ensure daily tasks are completed on schedule and budget to quality standard
• Responsible for all tools being returned to the shop at the end of a workday and tagging any tools needing repairs
• Ability to drive truck & trailer combinations
• Maintain a neat and clean professional appearance
• Works as a team member throughout Southern Landscape Group with a positive attitude
• Knows and supports the company’s vision, mission, and core values

Responsibilities

• Reviewing job notes for clear understanding of scope of work to be performed on daily basis
• Read, measure, and interpret landscape plans
• Working knowledge and understanding of pesticides used
• Mix and apply various pesticides using proper PPE and application techniques
• Perform landscape bed maintenance: spray and pull weeds
• Pruning: horticulturally correct tree/shrub/perennial pruning and dead heading
• Plant health: identify, diagnose, and treat plant health issues regarding diseases and insects
• Irrigation: minor irrigation repairs
• Water features: care & maintenance of pumps, aquatic plants, water chemistry, and fish
• Lighting: repair and replace low-voltage lighting
• Floral services: annual 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
• Blowing: using handheld or backpack blower to blow off all hard surfaces
• Snow removal
• Operates small and medium duty tools and equipment including hedge trimmers, backpack blowers, bed edgers, re-definers, rototiller, string trimmer, ladder, backpack sprayer, dump trailer/bed, mulching trailer, wheel loader, tape measure, plumb bob, level
• Identifies enhancement ideas to improve client property and submits to team leader
• Learns and has a working knowledge of all properties, responsibilities and knows limits of work.

Benefits

• Hourly wage position
• Normal workday from 7:00 AM until 5:00 PM
• Opportunity for overtime as dictated by seasonal needs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees