Maintenance Crew Leader

Gachina Landscape Management•Menlo Park, CA

About The Position

The Maintenance Crew Leader leads a maintenance route or crew and is responsible for meeting the listed client and site standards. The role reports to the Account Manager and the client. Duties and competencies include communicating with the client in English, handling written client requests and extra-work requests or work orders, identifying plants, evaluating crew performance, managing irrigation and water use, repairing and adjusting irrigation components, reporting chemical and material use, identifying plant diseases, driving safely, maintaining vehicles and equipment, reporting incidents, and reviewing and signing time cards.

Requirements

All Maintenance Level-III competencies.
English written and verbal communication with the client.
Plant identification and sensitivity competency at 75%.
Lateral repair competency at 100%.
Head adjustment and repair competency at 100%.
A driver's license and safe driving record.
Ability to perform water management using a soil probe, visual site review, and controller programming or remote use.

Responsibilities

Lead a maintenance route or crew.
Meet minimum standards for all Maintenance Level-III competencies.
Handle written client requests in English and communicate verbally with the client in English.
Handle extra-work requests and work orders.
Identify plants and demonstrate plant sensitivity (75%).
Conduct crew performance evaluations.
Manage water use through soil-probe and visual site reviews; program and use controllers remotely.
Repair laterals (100%).
Adjust and repair heads (100%).
Prepare chemical-use, pest-control, and material-use reports or work orders.
Identify diseases using the referenced disease list.
Maintain a safe driving record and take responsibility for vehicle inspections.
Complete incident and vehicle-accident reports.
Maintain tool and equipment inventory and responsibility.
Review and sign time cards.