Tree Crew Leader/Tree Trimmer -Landscaping Maintenance

The Club at Quail Ridge•Boynton Beach, FL

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Leads and participates in tree and landscaping maintenance for community grounds. The position oversees a crew, organizes daily assignments, transports crew members to work areas, and performs skilled tree work and general landscape maintenance. Duties include tree trimming, removal and installation; maintaining grounds and landscaping; operating powered equipment; clearing debris; and ensuring safe work practices at job sites. The role may also involve minor equipment maintenance and pesticide application.

Requirements

At least three years of experience in all landscape operations.
Ability to supervise employees.
Ability to interact with employees across landscape maintenance operations, including mower operation, irrigation, tree operation, fertilizer operation, and weed-eater operations.
Ability to lift, carry, pull, and push up to 50 pounds.
Ability to walk approximately 8–9 hours per day.
Ability to operate, or learn to operate, a gasoline Cushman.
Ability to operate a cherry picker or bucket truck.
Ability to operate and properly use a chainsaw.
Heavy physical exertion is required.

Responsibilities

Schedule and organize daily assignments for the assigned crew and perform landscape work in designated areas.
Transport crew members to and from designated work areas.
Lead, direct, inspect, and review the work of crews performing tree trimming and related operations; participate in the crew's work.
Remove dead trees; cut down trees; grind stumps; chip wood and mulch; trim trees; and clean up debris.
Trim and shape ornamental trees, including in Quail Ridge, and remove branches from gutters and doors.
Clear fence lines and trim or remove shrubs and trees near electrical power lines in accordance with safety regulations.
Trim or remove excess, dead, or diseased limbs and branches using powered or hand saws and pole pruners; lower limbs with slings or lines when needed; and load trimmings into a chipper or truck.
Operate hydraulic booms, cherry pickers, aerial lifts, bucket trucks, and other assigned tree-trimming equipment.
Ensure crew members follow safe work practices and use cones, roadblocks, and flags to mark off work sites for pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
Carry the assigned two-way radio at all times and handle special requests from the supervisor.
Maintain assigned areas in good horticultural condition; mow grass, feed and trim shrubs, tend flowerbeds, and inspect work areas to maintain standards.
Operate gasoline edgers, weed eaters, hedge trimmers, blowers, mowers, buggies, and other powered landscaping equipment.
Collect and transport trimmings and debris, haul mulch, and rake or pull pine needles, grass, cuttings, and weeds.
Repair and maintain community walks and lots; plan, plant, and maintain interior and exterior landscaping according to the landscaping plan.
Remove trash, debris, and junk from grounds and enforce safety regulations at work sites.
Adjust, clean, and perform minor mechanical work on grounds equipment.
Apply pesticides when required.
Perform other duties or tasks as required, assigned, or directed by management.