Landscape Maintenance Crew Member - Deering Park

SUMMARY/OBJECTIVE

The Landscape Maintenance Laborer is responsible for performing a variety of landscape and grounds maintenance duties to maintain the appearance, health, and overall condition of residential and commercial properties. This position uses hand tools, power equipment, and landscaping machinery to complete routine maintenance tasks, including mowing, trimming, edging, planting, watering, digging, raking, sod installation, and the installation and care of trees, shrubs, foliage, flowers, and other landscape materials. The Landscape Maintenance Laborer works under the direction of a supervisor or crew leader and assists in ensuring all work is completed safely, efficiently, and in accordance with company quality standards.

JOB FUNCTIONS

• Perform landscape maintenance, groundskeeping, and basic property maintenance duties.
• Operate landscape equipment and machinery, including mowers, tractors, blowers, edgers, weed eaters, and pruning saws.
• Mow, trim, and edge lawns using appropriate equipment and tools.
• Maintain established lawns through mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, dethatching, and trimming or edging around flower beds, walkways, and walls.
• Utilize hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, hedge trimmers, brush trimmers, and axes to perform landscape maintenance tasks.
• Prune and trim trees, shrubs, and hedges using shears, pruners, and chainsaws.
• Collect and remove litter, debris, and landscape waste from work areas.
• Water lawns, trees, shrubs, flowers, and plants using hoses, portable sprinkler systems, watering cans, or other irrigation methods.
• Maintain flower beds by trimming, picking flowers, weeding, and performing general upkeep.
• Rake, mulch, and compost leaves and other organic materials.
• Plant seeds, bulbs, flowers, grass, ground covers, trees, shrubs, and other landscape materials using appropriate gardening tools.
• Apply mulch to landscape areas to protect plants and improve appearanc...