Company description

Love & Carrots is DC’s foremost urban farming and edible landscaping company. We design, install and maintain urban farms, vegetable gardens, and native landscapes across DC, MD, and VA, using organic methods. Love & Carrots is a fun, flexible, and casual yet professional workplace. We love what we do!

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Landscape Maintenance Foreman to join our team. We are in the beginning stages of creating a Landscape Maintenance program to complement our other services.. The Landscape Maintenance Foreman will be the core personnel, responsible for performing a variety of work tasks in order to manage the timely and quality completion of landscape maintenance service contracts. They will be required to manage a schedule and eventually a crew, train new team members, operate a variety of tools and equipment, and provide daily progress reporting on job time and cost data.

This position will also be a part of our installation crew initially as scheduling requires - . Some office time will eventually be required.

Core Capabilities:

• Solid knowledge of ecosystem-minded organic landscape management practices
• Solid knowledge of native perennials, shrubs, and trees and their care needs
• Small equipment experience: operating, troubleshooting and completing simple fixes
• A focus on customer service and quality of work
• Effective communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Excellent problem solving abilities, highly organized
• Being proactive, eagerness to grow and excel is essential
• Team player, responsibility and dependability, ethics and integrity
• Excellent team leader and teacher

Core Job Duties:

• Carry out landscape maintenance tasks including:
  • Weeding, mulching, pruning, edging, disease assessment and treatment, perennial planting etc
  • Cut grass, trim edges, clean up debris, blow trimmings, apply organic fertilizer, perform other lawn care duties
  • Leaf removal, fall cleanups
  • Operate electric equipment including, but not limited to, lawn mowers, line trimmers, blowers, hedge trimmers, pruning saws, sod cutters
  • Move and install soil, mulch and plant material to assist with the construction of landscape gardens and related areas
  • Operate larger trucks and trailers to bring equipment to site
• Plan and prepare for maintenance routes including:
  • Forecasting materials needs
  • Help create schedules, communicate client requests and landscape needs
  • Loading/unloading of trucks and trailers in the AM and PM including all daily labor, equipment and materials required to complete daily objectives
• As we build our client list, supervise the work of crew members to ensure proper safety, quality, and productivity
• Inspect all work for quality to eliminate the need for return visits due to customer satisfaction issues
• Train crew members on proper and safe job methods
• Conduct daily inspections and maintenance on vehicles, tools, and equipment

Other Job Duties

• Construction projects, shop and yard maintenance, vehicle and equipment maintenance
• Complete and submit all required job information on a daily basis, including: daily time and service record forms, attendance tracking, requests for time off, etc.
• Maintain and enforce standards of cleanliness and organization in assigned trucks, trailers, equipment, jobsites, and shop/yard areas
• Ensure that all work activities are carried out in a safe and efficient manner, and that all crew members are in compliance with government and company PPE standards
• Comply with all company policies and regulations
• Work in accordance with all local health and safety laws and regulations
• Communicate with customers in a polite and courteous manner

Requirements:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in the landscape maintenance industry
• Capable of operating required equipment and tools in a safe and responsible manner
• Effective communication skills – must be able to carry out verbal instructions, read labels and signs, complete daily reports to office and/or customers
• Time management skills
• Knowledge of specific materials, methods, tools and equipment required to complete various landscape/construction practices
• Ability to work both independently with little supervision, and as part of a team
• Ability to walk, stand, crouch for long periods of time and carry out strenuous physical tasks in all kinds of weather conditions
• Valid driver’s license and safe driving record required to fulfill job duties with company vehicle

Work Conditions:

• Ability to work with hand tools, power tools, small engine equipment, and materials
• Ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs. repeatedly through an entire work shift
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment
• Requires good manual dexterity
• Excellent stamina is required
• Work with heavy equipment and larger vehicles on a regular basis
• Work outdoors in various conditions including heat and humidity, rain, dust, noise, and cold
• Flexible working hours including occasional weekend work

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $20.00 - $30.00

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline