Landscape Crew Member

POSITION TITLE: Landscape Crew Member (Safety Sensitive)

REPORTS TO: Landscape Crew Leader

FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt / Seasonal

SUPERVISES: No Direct Reports

OBJECTIVE: Under the direction of the Landscape Crew Leader, the Crew Member is responsible for assisting in the implementation of landscape projects and various other related duties.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Loads plants, materials and tools necessary for implementation of each day’s work, to prevent unnecessary return trips to the nursery.
• Installs plants and materials on landscape projects, in a culturally appropriate manner, to ensure serviceability of plant material and a professional appearance of the project.
• Operates equipment and handles tools necessary for implementation of the landscape project, in a safe and efficient manner, to expedite the completion of the project and to ensure safety.
• Assists in keeping the project site as clean as possible, and assists in leaving the site clean and free of debris at the end of each day, to avoid unnecessary liability and inconvenience at clients’ property.
• Assists in unloading trucks at the end of each day and in returning plants and materials to their proper places, to prevent the build-up of debris, and to ensure the health of the plant material.
• Reports to work on a timely and regular basis.
• Completes special projects and performs other duties as requested.

COMPETENCIES:

• Customer Focus – Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

• Partnering and Relationship-Building – Able to communicate, establish rapport and build relationships across a broad range of people with diverse cultural backgrounds and personality types to include employees, vendors, community leaders and customers.

• Multi-tasking – Able to be flexible, versatile and to maintain composure when asked to perform multiple tasks in a very busy seasonal environment. Manages time and priorities.

• Planning – Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into the process steps; develops schedules and task/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks.

• Priority Setting – Spends his/her time and the time of others on what’s important; quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus.

• Problem Solving – Uses logic to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.

• Team Player – Is an active team player both contributing to the team and helping teammates succeed; practices team skills frequently; consistently reviews ways to support the success of others especially during busy season.

• Decision Quality – Makes good decisions based on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment; sought out by others for advice and solutions.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• At least 36 months’ experience in landscape construction.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

• Requires sitting, standing, walking, reaching, stooping, bending, balancing and lifting up to 100 pounds.

• Repeated hauling of loads up to 150 pounds in a wheelbarrow of distances up to 100 ft., and up a 30% incline onto a truck bed.
• Repeated use of proper hand tools as necessary to perform the planting of trees, shrubs and other plant materials in the methods approved by Southwood.
• Exposure to fertilizers and pesticides.

• Work environment is a combination of indoors in a greenhouse and outdoors in all types of weather including extreme heat, cold, and various types of precipitation.

This job description is merely a guideline, and is not intended to be a full listing of activities. Duties and responsibilities may change, or additional duties may be assigned at any time with or without notice.