What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lawn Maintenance Crew Member position at Great Outdoors?
Great Outdoors CulturePosition Overview: You will be responsible for all general maintenance tasks related to lawn maintenance including but not limited to lawn mowing, trimming and edging for Commercial Properties, Home Owners Associations and Residential homes, servicing lawn machinery, and snow management services.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Maintain the lawn to ensure it meets specific requirements and expectations.
- Perform maintenance such as cutting the grass, emptying bins, managing weed control and leaf raking
- Edging all hardscapes for a crisp finish to work
- Work with hand tools and machinery such as zero-turn mowers, weed whips, and edgers.
- Service all mowing equipment and machinery
- Maintain a clean lawn by clearing rubbish and litter from the garden and grounds.
- Provide guidance to management on matters related to the lawn route.
- Keep work vehicles and equipment clean and organized.
- Ensure a safe environment for staff and clients by adhering to safety and health regulations.
- Perform such other activities as may be temporarily or permanently assigned.
- Oversee and supervise crew members
Requirements:
- Must have reliable transportation to and from work.
- Must be legally able to be employed in Michigan
- Possess and maintain a valid MI License,
- Ability to lift 50lbs or more on a daily basis.
- Provide the labor, and skill to perform turf maintenance services to include grass cutting, trimming, edging etc.
- Be able to communicate effectively to crew members, management and customers
- Produce quality work, efficiently
- Be able to operate basic equipment – blower, hedge trimmer, etc.
- Be able to operate basic hand tools such as shovel, rake, soil knife, etc.
- Bilingual-Spanish, preferred.