Landscape Maintenance Team Leader

The landscape maintenance team leader manages the horticultural requirements of a predetermined route of clients. The team leader supervises one to three employees and may be called upon to provide specific horticultural information to assist other team leaders or management. The team leader is capable of operating a variety of equipment and has a working knowledge of horticultural practices, woody and perennial plants, cultural requirements, best practices, and pest management. Also, the team leader should possess a basic understanding of the maintenance requirements of all landscape and hardscape elements installed by Rine, including a basic understanding of irrigation principles.

Responsibilities

Plans and organizes the day's route, ensuring that sufficient resources and materials are available, and completes it in the most time-efficient manner.

Performs a wide variety of horticultural tasks to ensure an attractive landscape and an optimal level of plant health, including weed control, certain perennial cultural practices, pruning, pest treatments, mowing, trimming, edging and other routine lawn-care activities.

Ensures that multiple tasks at each client are organized and completed on a priority basis and within the parameters established for the account. Considers improvements to accounts and makes recommendations to management.

Diagnoses pest issues, makes recommendations, and/or takes remedial action as directed by standard company policy or management. Diagnoses other site problems and makes recommendations for their improvement.

May repair, replace, and/or clean brick pavers; replace dead or damaged plant material, noting probable cause of decline; repair or replace low-voltage lighting; service garden ponds; perform minor repairs on irrigation.

Operates a variety of mechanical equipment including but not limited to rototiller, sod cutter, string trimmer, mower, plant auger, chain saw, power shear, backpack blower.

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