What are the responsibilities and job description for the Landscape Crew Leader / Foreman position at Meadow Ridge Construction, LLC?
About the Position
Green’s Outdoor Creations is hiring an experienced Landscape & Hardscape Crew Leader / Foreman. We have full-time work available for a dependable leader with strong technical knowledge who can organize a crew, work alongside the team, and deliver quality installations.
Hardscape experience is required. Candidates must also be ready and willing to plow snow and perform winter weather services.
Responsibilities
- Lead and perform installation of paver patios, walkways, retaining walls, edging, and related landscape improvements.
- Complete site preparation, excavation, grading, base installation, compaction, and drainage according to project specifications.
- Establish layouts, elevations, and slopes using plans, measurements, string lines, and laser levels.
- Coordinate planting, sod installation, mulching, landscape maintenance, and seasonal cleanups.
- Organize daily crew assignments, equipment, and materials to meet schedules and approved labor budgets.
- Train crew members, inspect work throughout installation, and correct quality issues promptly.
- Safely operate equipment within your training and qualifications, including skid steers, mini excavators, compactors, and saws.
- Record crew hours, materials used, and daily project progress accurately.
- Communicate unexpected conditions, delays, and scope changes to management before proceeding.
- Maintain equipment, protect customer property, and keep job sites clean and organized.
- Plow snow, spread deicing materials, and assist with winter weather response.
- Be available for early morning, overnight, weekend, and holiday snow assignments as weather conditions require.
Required Knowledge & Qualifications
- Demonstrated hands-on experience installing hardscapes from preparation through completion.
- Knowledge of paver base preparation, aggregate selection, compaction, bedding layers, edge restraints, joint materials, and drainage slopes.
- Knowledge of retaining wall foundations, leveling courses, backfill, drainage, and reinforcement where specified.
- Ability to read plans, calculate material quantities, measure accurately, and establish grades.
- Ability to recognize conditions requiring management or engineering review.
- Practical knowledge of landscape installation, soil preparation, and drainage.
- Ability to lead a crew, explain proper techniques, and solve installation problems.
- Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record for company driving duties.
- Ability to pass a DOT physical and maintain a current DOT medical examiner’s certificate is required.
- Readiness to operate snowplow equipment safely and participate in winter weather response is required.
- Dependable attendance and reliable transportation to the reporting location.
- Ready to report at 7:00 a.m. on regular scheduled workdays; snow response schedules vary.
- Ability to perform outdoor physical work in varying weather conditions, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Experience towing and backing equipment trailers preferred.
Our Standard
Work Location: In person
Salary : $44,128 - $58,231