Grounds Maintenance Supervisor

Job Description

Grounds Maintenance SupervisorNATURE OF WORK

Supervise activities of workers engaged in landscaping or ground-keeping activities. Work may involve machine use, workforce coordination, and answering inquiries from potential customers regarding methods and material. EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Provide workers with assistance in performing duties as necessary to meet deadlines.
• Recommend changes in working conditions or equipment use to increase crew efficiency.
• Order the performance of corrective work when problems occur and recommend procedural changes to avoid such problems.
• Confer with other supervisors to coordinate work activities with those of other departments or units.
• Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.
• Inventory supplies of tools, equipment, or materials to ensure that sufficient supplies are available, and items are in usable condition.
• Investigate work-related complaints to verify problems and to determine responses.
• Train workers in tasks such as transplanting or pruning trees or shrubs, finishing cement, using equipment, or caring for turf.
• Direct activities of workers who perform duties such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.
• Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.
• Prepare or maintain required records, such as work activity or personnel reports.
• Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.
• Plant or maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, or pruning.
• Perform administrative duties, such as authorizing leaves or processing time sheets.
• Maintain required records, such as personnel information or project records.
• Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment a...