Landscape Crew Lead - Install | $20-25/hr
About The Position
The Grounds Guys of Northwest San Antonio is seeking an experienced Landscape Install Crew Lead to join their expanding team. This is a hands-on role where the individual will work alongside the crew, organizing the jobsite, ensuring project efficiency, and upholding quality standards. The company is looking for someone who can lead by example, learn their systems, take ownership of projects, and develop into a strong landscape installation leader. Installation projects include sod, decorative rock, mulch, steel edging, irrigation, drainage, trees, shrubs, landscape beds, and complete landscape renovations for residential and commercial properties.
Requirements
- 2+ years of professional landscaping experience preferred
- Strong landscape installation experience
- Ability to understand instructions, project scopes, and installation plans
- Strong work ethic and dependable attendance
- Ability to lead by example and work alongside the crew
- Good organization and time-management skills
- Takes pride in producing high-quality work
- Willingness to learn and accept coaching
- Ability to identify problems in the field and communicate them to management
- Valid driver's license and reliable transportation required
- Ability to legally and safely operate company vehicles
Nice To Haves
- Previous crew leadership experience is preferred but not required for the right candidate
- Experience driving a truck and trailer preferred
- Experience operating commercial landscape equipment and skid steers is a plus
Responsibilities
- Work alongside and help lead a landscape installation crew
- Review project scopes and understand the work to be completed
- Help organize crew members, tools, equipment, and materials
- Assign and coordinate daily tasks as directed
- Keep the crew productive and projects moving efficiently
- Monitor project progress and communicate questions, issues, or material needs to management
- Help ensure projects stay within estimated labor hours
- Maintain clean, organized, and professional jobsites
- Inspect work for quality and accuracy
- Help train crew members on proper installation techniques and equipment use
- Follow and reinforce company safety procedures
- Communicate professionally with customers when needed
- Take increasing ownership of projects as experience and ability are demonstrated
- Install trees, shrubs, flowers, ornamental grasses, and sod
- Install mulch, decorative rock, steel edging, and other landscape materials
- Build and renovate landscape beds
- Perform grading and site preparation
- Assist with irrigation installation and repairs
- Load, unload, and transport tools, equipment, and materials
- Safely operate trucks, trailers, skid steers, and commercial landscaping equipment as qualified
Benefits
- Competitive pay based on experience ($20.00–$23.00/hour)
- Weekly pay
- Overtime opportunities
- Year-round work
- Company-provided uniforms
- Professional tools and equipment
- Variety of landscape installation and renovation projects
- Hands-on training from experienced team members
- Clear opportunity to take on greater project and leadership responsibility
- Advancement opportunities as the company grows
- Team-oriented work environment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
