Brief Overview: A Landscape Maintenance Foreman, is a working team member that oversees seasonal clean-ups, mulching, edging, trimming, landscape maintenance, pruning, fertilization, weed control, planting of trees and shrubs, flower installation, leaf clean-ups, and similar tasks.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervising, training, and motivating the work of a 2 to 3-member team to ensure safety, quality, and efficiency
• Mulching, weeding, edging, and fertilizing garden beds
• Pruning or shearing small trees, hedges, and shrubs
• Planting shrubs, flowers, and trees with proper horticulture guidelines
• Well-versed in the life cycles and health issues of plants, trees, and shrubs while monitoring and maintaining plant care.
• Clean grounds (e.g., dispose of leaves and debris, dispose of waste appropriately, lay gravel and mulch).
• Supervise the use of machinery and equipment and contribute to its upkeep, maintenance, and storage.
• Perform snow and ice removal on commercial and residential properties (remove snow by shovel or plow, spread salt/chemicals to clean sidewalks and parking lots).
• Perform general and routine building maintenance duties as assigned.
• Coordinating with Quality Control Manager on daily/weekly schedule, material/equipment needs, and budget hours

Qualifications

• Good physical condition and stamina.
• Move and handle material generally weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Working outside with regular exposure to varying weather conditions ranging from below zero temperatures to 100 plus temperatures.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance.

Certifications and Licensing

• Must have a valid driver's license and approval from underwriting to drive company vehicles
• Ohio Commercial Pesticide License is desired within 1 year of accepting position; alternately, the completion of the Service Person Training Program

Education requirements

• A high-school diploma or equivalent is a requirement for the Landscape Maintenance Foreperson position.
• Fluent in Spanish and English preferred.

Experience

• Three or more years of experience working in landscaping, including experience overseeing workers.

Work hours

• Available to work 50-55 hours a week, April through October; start time 7 AM
• Available to work 25-45 hours a week, November through March; start time 8 AM
• Winter work available: Snow plowing, or walk-behind crew paid $30/Hour; on-call

Why work at Landscapes by Terra? We do a lot more than talk when it comes to investing in our people. We work hard to properly recognize, train, and promote our employees, and to create a great company culture!

***$500 Truck and Trailer Driver Bonus*** (must have a valid driver's license with fewer than 2 points to be considered)

Our compensation packages include:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance (60% employer paid)
• Short term Disability Insurance (100% employer paid)
• Life Insurance Policy (100% employer paid)
• Simple IRA with 3% Employer Match
• Competitive, Living Wage based on Experience
• Immediate Paid Holidays
• Company cell phone provided

Other general benefits include:

• Employee Referral Program that could earn you and a friend up to $2250
• Great Company Culture with monthly appreciation events
• Endless room to grow as a Foreperson Assistant, Foreperson, and Management
• Company paid Training and Educational Programs (i.e., continuing education, certifications, licensing, and more).

Job Type: Full-time positions

Work site Locations: throughout the Greater Columbus Area

Shop Location: Marysville, OH

Pay: $20 - $24 per hour