Job Description
Job Description
A well-recognized landscape firm based in the New York City area is looking for a well qualified Landscaping Foreman to specialize in the installation and maintenance of exterior softscapes. Join a team that has been setting industry standards for over 50 years!
Responsibilities
- Understand the job responsibilities for each day and prepare crews accordingly.
- Schedule and monitor crews daily through tracking software.
- Carefully oversee the loading and unloading of trucks with tools and equipment for the days assignment.
- Operate landscape equipment and machinery.
- Ensure Crews are operating efficiently.
- Train crew members on proper techniques for planting, pruning, edging, and other landscaping tasks.
- Manage all phases of landscape installation and projects.
- Execute planting plans as per architectural drawings.
- Install plants efficiently.
- Ability to quantify material effectively, and work within time constraints.
- Complete projects from conception to completion.
- Manage crews in a way that achieves maximum productivity. Typically 3 crews of 3 people each.
Requirements
- Highly professional
- Reliable
- Must be bilingual (English / Spanish)
- Clean driving record CDL is a plus!
- Knowledge of landscaping, annuals, perennials, grasses, trees, and shrubs is a plus!
- Proper care of plant material and maintenance is required.
- 5 plus years of experience in landscaping.
- Ability to lift heavy objects, bend, kneel, stand for long periods of time.
- Ability to work in all weather conditions.
- Must be reliable, knowledgeable, and have sufficientrelevant experience.
- Must be able to represent the company in aprofessional manner.
Compensation
- $27 - $35 per hour based on experience
- PTO, vacation, holidays, 401(k), and more!
- 4 10-hour days with OT opportunities