What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Crew Leader - Daly City CA, Menlo Park CA, San Jose position at Gachina Landscape Management?
Maintenance Crew Leader Position
Classification: Full Time/Hourly
Reporting Locations: Daly City CA, Menlo Park Ca, and San Jose CA.
Reports To: Account Manager
Summary:
Experienced landscape professionals will demonstrate safe power equipment and hand tool operations, landscape practices that promote plant health, irrigation repairs & controller programming, shrub pruning, and planting, power mowing, trimming, blowing, raking, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, sod laying, sprinkler installation, irrigation repairs such as main lines, lateral repairs, sprinkle repairs, clock programming, and running manual irrigation valves.
Responsibilities:
The Maintenance Crew Leader main responsibilities are:
- Lead a group of two or three persons.
- Drive a truck with a trailer attached.
- Cut lawn with mowers (21”, 36”, 48”, and riding mowers).
- Blow leaves and debris from site areas with blower (24.8lbs).
- Trim shrubs, plants, and small trees with hand pruners and hedge trimmer (13lbs).
- Plant shrubs and color annuals on site properties.
- Trim grass and weed areas with string line trimmer (12lbs).
- Apply fertilizer with a spreader (pushing 35lbs, front backpack 9lbs) and chemicals with backpack sprayer (with 3 gallons of chemical 35 lbs).
- Apply water with a hose or with the irrigation system depending on site. Load and unload equipment, materials, and garbage from truck.
- Safe hand tool operations such as: picks and shovels, rakes, pruning saws, hand pruners or bush trimmers, and axes.
- Safe power/electric equipment operations such as: lawn mowers, blowers, weed-eaters, edges, hedge-trimmers, chainsaws, sod cutters, or pruning saws, tractors, twin-axle vehicles.
- Water lawns, trees, or plants, using sprinkler systems, hoses, water carts, or watering cans.
- Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
- Trim trees or other vegetation from the ground. (Trees under 15 feet)
- Manual or mechanical weed control
Screening Requirement for Drivers Only:
1. Drivers operating a F150 vehicle must have a valid California Driver License and clear a basic background check
2. Drivers operating a F350 vehicle and up must have a valid California Driver License, clear a basic background check, and complete a Department of Transportation (DOT) examination.
For more information on Driver requirements, please contact recruiter at 866-238-9752
Qualifications and Experience:
Required:
- 1-3 years’ experience in maintenance and/or crew lead position
- Valid CA Driver’s License and must be pre-authorized by the Company’s insurance
- Professional demeanor and appearance
- Responsive with positive attitude and initiative
Physical Requirements:
- Full range of mobility in upper and lower body
- Able to reach overhead objects
- Able to lift, pull and push materials and equipment to complete assigned tasks
- Able to lift 25 pounds of weight frequently throughout the workday
- Able to work in various positions including, but not limited to stooping, standing, bending over, sitting, kneeling, and squatting.
- Reliable transportation to job site/office
- Report to work at the designated time and location
- Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, (composite or steel-toe boots), safety glasses, gloves, (leather, cloth, and plastic gloves), hearing protection, hard hats, face covering or mask and the understanding of safe social distancing protocols.
Work Conditions:
- Outdoors, exposed to weather, sounds and other noise levels.