Mowing Technician

Southern Landscape Group IncEvington, VA
Onsite

About The Position

Southern Landscape Group is Central Virginia’s premier landscape design/build and maintenance firm with 27 years of experience, focusing on high-end residential and commercial properties. The company emphasizes finding, retaining, and training high-quality team members to deliver unparalleled experiences and service. They offer a modern fleet of equipment and trucks, a modern facility and technology, and a focus on safety. A Mowing Team Technician works under the direction of a Team Leader, assisting in mowing operations and possessing the ability to operate various equipment and basic horticultural knowledge.

Requirements

  • A high school degree or GED is required
  • 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
  • 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
  • Valid Virginia driver’s license with insurable driving record
  • VDACS Registered Tech Certification
  • CPR/First Aid Certification

Nice To Haves

  • Working knowledge and understanding of pesticides used

Responsibilities

  • Reviewing job notes for clear understanding of scope of work to be performed on daily basis
  • Read and interpret aerial service maps
  • Mix and apply various pesticides using proper PPE and application techniques
  • Mowing: use push, walk behind, and stand on mowers to cut turf using alternating mowing patterns
  • Edging: use stick edger to hard edge turf against hardscape surfaces; use string trimmer to soft edge around softscape edges and trim unreachable turf areas by mower
  • Blowing: using handheld or backpack blower to blow off all hard surfaces
  • Landscape bed maintenance: spray and pull weeds
  • Pruning: horticulturally correct tree/shrub/perennial pruning
  • Plant health: identify basic plant health issues regarding diseases and insects
  • Irrigation: minor irrigation repairs
  • Floral services: care and maintenance
  • Spring clean-ups: bed cleanout, bed edging, pre-emergent, plant fertilization, and mulch installation
  • Leaf removal: use of Ventrac, backpack blowers, stand-on zero turns with baggers, and truck mounted leaf vac to conduct seasonal leaf removals
  • Snow removal
  • Operates small and medium duty tools and equipment to include but not limited to: push mower, zero turn mower, walk behind mower, leaf vac, Ventrac, hedge trimmers, backpack blowers, bed edgers, re-definers, rototiller, string trimmer, stick edger, ladder, backpack sprayer, dump trailer/bed, mulching trailer, wheel loader
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
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