Landscaping Construction Crew Leader

SavATree • Vineyard Haven, MA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

SavATree's landscape technicians are responsible for maintaining and enhancing outdoor spaces, ensuring that landscapes are visually appealing, healthy, and environmentally sustainable. They use their knowledge of aesthetics to creatively design gardens, walkways, sitting areas, bridges, and other functional aspects of outdoor areas. Duties can include making sure plants grow well in their assigned area as well as cleaning up debris around yards and other areas. In this role you will have you will have the opportunity to work outside on beautiful properties in your community. You will apply your expertise to ensure the on-going health, beauty and well-being of each client’s landscape.

Requirements

• A Degree in Turf, Entomology, Plant Sciences, Horticulture, or equivalent experience
• 1-2 years of hands-on experience in lawn care maintenance and turf application
• Knowledge of plants, trees, and grasses in growing, pruning, and fertilizing shrubs, lawns, bushes, trees, and flowers
• Minimum 2 years of experience in landscape related field
• Must be able to operate equipment safely
• The responsibility and independence to work autonomously
• Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills to understand and meet client needs
• Valid driver's license
• Ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs. repeatedly through an entire work shift
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Requires good manual dexterity
• Excellent stamina is required
• Work with and near heavy equipment and other vehicles on a regular basis

Nice To Haves

• Horticulture/Arboriculture Trade Certification a bonus

Responsibilities

• Maintaining and enhancing outdoor spaces
• Ensuring landscapes are visually appealing, healthy, and environmentally sustainable
• Creatively designing gardens, walkways, sitting areas, bridges, and other functional aspects of outdoor areas
• Making sure plants grow well in their assigned area
• Cleaning up debris around yards and other areas
• Applying expertise to ensure the on-going health, beauty and well-being of each client’s landscape

Benefits

• Health and dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Vehicle program
• Matched 401(K)
• Training and development opportunities
• Support for continuing education in the industry
• Sign-on bonus of up to $3,000 (determined by experience and credentials at time of hire)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level