Landscaping Construction Crew Leader

SavATree•Tisbury, MA

5d•$30 - $38•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 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
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
Requires frequent standing, kneeling, walking, pulling, reaching, stooping and bending
Requires walking primarily on uneven turf or rocky areas while on job sites
Will be exposed to dust, dyes, grease, odors, mechanical and electrical hazards, and all types of weather and temperature conditions
Job requires ability to work with hand tools, small and large engine equipment, skid steers, and loaders
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
Knowledge of plants, trees, and grasses in growing, pruning, and fertilizing shrubs, lawns, bushes, trees, and flowers

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