Residential Lawn Maintenance Crew Leader
About The Position
ABC Home & Commercial Services is seeking reliable and hardworking individuals to join their Lawn Maintenance Team as a Residential Lawn Maintenance Crew Leader. This role involves leading a crew to provide professional lawn and outdoor space services to customers, ensuring high-quality work and excellent customer service. The company emphasizes a fun, stable, and challenging environment with a focus on work/life balance and building strong customer and employee relationships. This position is commission-based on productivity, with a potential first-year earning of $65k-$75k. Applicants must be local to the Austin area.
Requirements
- Must hold a valid driver's license with an issue date of at least five years prior to the date of this application.
- Ability to work outside for long periods of time, sometimes in extreme temperatures.
- Excellent communication & customer service skills.
- Ability to prioritize workload, work under pressure and still maintain good composure.
- Experience working with routes, service stops, and meeting deadlines of your service route.
- Dependable and self-motivated with a desire to work year-round.
Nice To Haves
- Previous Lawn Maintenance or relevant experience (working outdoors/labor intensive) preferred (1-3 years minimum)
- High school diploma or GED desired.
- Bilingual is a plus but not required.
Responsibilities
- Verifies property address/location before services begin.
- Reads all notes added to route to ensure additional and special instructions are followed.
- Ensures mowing, trimming, edging, blowing, and all other lawn maintenance work is done in a professional manner.
- Instructs crew members in the proper operation of mowing equipment and safety procedures.
- Directs workflow and work performed by other members of the crew.
- Greases and oils machines and equipment, checks blades for replacement or sharpens, reports any malfunctions for repair, and ensures all equipment needed for work is loaded and working properly.
- Ensures trailer lights and gate are working properly, reporting any malfunctions for repair.
- Identifies and reports any damages to customer’s property immediately to the Service Manager.
- Inspects the work area before leaving the customer’s property to ensure all maintenance was provided according to contracted services.
- Uses personal protective equipment at all times as required by safety standards.
- Meets deadlines of route and informs Service Manager of all resets and skipped services or not completed work on a daily basis.
- Inspects all equipment when moved to a new trailer and checks vehicles when a new one is assigned.
- Responsible for knowing and following all company and department policies and protocols, including the PTO policy.
- Attends required department meetings and company or vendor training as required.
- Works on Saturdays when work is not completed during normal work days.
- Performs other duties as assigned by management.
Benefits
- Health, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance
- 401(k) with company matching
- Paid vacation and sick leave (PTO)
- Participation in Profit Sharing Plan
- Additional compensation for promoting & referring our services (Lead Now Program)
- Company clubs & committees, and company outings
- Paid trainings and development opportunities
- Tuition reimbursement
- Educational scholarships for employees and family members
- Wellness program, including gym membership
- Volunteer Engagement Program: 16 hrs. a year of Approved Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
- Company vehicle with gas card (for service specialists)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
