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.

Love & Carrots is hiring an experienced Landscape Construction Foreman to lead installation crews in building high-quality landscapes. Our projects include natural and manufactured stone patios, permeable pavers, fencing, pergolas, retaining walls, raised garden beds, drainage and stormwater management, and native landscapes.

We're looking for a qualified individual to bring a high level of landscape construction experience to our team. Successful applicants will take pride in craftsmanship, lead by example, enjoy teaching others, and want to be part of a great, collaborative group.

Job description

Core Responsibilities

• Work alongside and under the direction of Lead Foreman and Construction Manager as needed.
• Lead a crew of 2–4 on residential landscape construction projects of all sizes.
• Translate landscape designs into high-quality patios, retaining walls, drainage systems, fences, raised beds, planting beds, and other landscape features.
• Coordinate daily tasks, materials, equipment, and jobsite logistics.
• Train and mentor crew members while maintaining a positive, productive work environment.
• Communicate with Project Managers and Designers regarding progress, scheduling, and any field issues.
• Ensure projects are completed safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards.
• Ensure project sites are maintained in an orderly fashion and sites are left clean.
• Operate and oversee the use of large trucks and construction equipment including skid steers, mini loaders, compact excavators, and power equipment.

Additional Responsibilities

• Innovation: improve crew efficiency, expand company capabilities, and increase the quality of our final product
• Estimate Accuracy: Collect site data used for accurate estimating
• Systems: Identify areas for improvement and communicate to management, help craft new systems and solutions as needed

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional landscape construction experience.
• 2+ years of crew leadership or foreman experience.
• Strong knowledge of hardscape installation, grading, drainage, ICPI permeable pavers, stone masonry, carpentry, irrigation.
• Ability to read construction drawings and layout projects accurately.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• A driver's license is required to fulfill job duties. Clean driving record required to fulfill job duties. Must have experience and ability to safely drive work vehicles including larger trucks and trailer

Physical demands of the role:

• Ability to repeatedly lift heavy (75lbs +) objects throughout the day.
• Ability to perform frequent high-intensity manual labor including pushing, pulling, and lifting various equipment and materials.
• Ability to accomplish physically demanding work for the entire day in all weather conditions.
• Ability to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and walk for long periods of time.
• Experience with and ability to use various hand tools such as shovels, rakes, saws, ladders, and pruning shears, etc.
• Experience with and ability to use power tools and machinery, including: excavator, skidsteer, circular saw, drills/drivers, augers, sod cutters etc.

Preferred Experience
(not required, but strongly favored)

• Bilingual (English/Spanish).

Compensation

• Starting rate: $30/hr +, commensurate with experience
• $100 annual gear stipend
• Biweekly cell phone stipend
• Health and dental insurance, 401k, and a generous paid time off package
• Paid training and opportunities for advancement.
• High-quality tools and equipment.
• Year-round, full-time work.
• Our office/headquarters has a large vegetable garden for staff to harvest from
• A supportive team that genuinely cares about craftsmanship, sustainability, and loves what they do.
  Schedule

The crew generally works four 10-hour days during the main season, switching to 5 day weeks for the winter. Start times listed below are subject to shifts based on weather or available sunlight:

Shoulder seasons (March - May, September - November):

• Monday - Thursday 7:30AM - 6PM

Summer hours (June - August)

• Monday - Thursday 6/6:30AM - 4:30/5PM

Winter hours (December - February)

• Monday - Friday 8:30 - 4:30

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $20/hr +

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Deadline

no deadline