Mowing Team Leader

For 27 years, Southern Landscape Group has been Central Virginia’s premier landscape design/build and maintenance firm. With a focus on high‑end residential and commercial properties, we deliver unparalleled experiences and service to our clients daily.

The Mowing Team Leader is an experienced team member working with minimal supervision. The primary function of the Mowing Team Leader is to direct the activities of a team of two or more employees on a job. The Mowing Team Leader is able to operate a variety of equipment and has basic horticultural knowledge.

• Reviewing job notes for clear understanding of scope of work to be performed on a daily basis
• Plan daily tasks, labor, materials, and equipment for current and next day’s work
• Read and interpret aerial service maps
• Working knowledge and understanding of pesticides used
• Mix and apply various pesticides using proper PPE and application techniques
• Lead team members performing the following landscape services:
  • Mowing: use push, walk‑behind, and stand‑on mowers to cut turf using alternating mowing patterns
  • Edging: use stick edger to hard edge turf against hardscape surfaces; use string trimmer to soft edge around softscape edges and trim unreachable turf areas by mower
  • Blowing: using handheld or backpack blower to blow off all hard surfaces
  • Landscape bed maintenance: spray and pull weeds
  • Pruning: horticulturally correct tree/shrub/perennial pruning
  • Plant health: identify basic plant health issues regarding diseases and insects
  • Irrigation: controller programming, minor irrigation repairs, and seasonal adjustment
  • Floral services: care and maintenance
  • Spring clean‑ups: bed cleanout, bed edging, pre‑emergent, plant fertilization, and mulch installation
  • Leaf removal: use of Ventrac, backpack blowers, stand‑on zero‑turns with baggers, and truck‑mounted leaf vac to conduct seasonal leaf removals
  • Snow removal
  • Any other tasks necessary
• Operate small and medium duty tools and equipment including but not limited to: push mower, zero‑turn mower, walk‑behind mower, leaf vac, Ventrac, hedge trimmers, backpack blowers, bed edgers, re‑definers, rototiller, chainsaw, pole saw, string trimmer, stick edger, ladder, backpack sprayer, dump trailer/bed, mulching trailer, wheel loader
• Identify enhancement ideas to improve client property and submit via issue tickets
• Learn and have a working knowledge of all properties, responsibilities and limits of work

Time will be spent in an outdoor environment with limited ability to control noise, airborne contaminants, and temperature. Be able to lift 50 pounds regularly. The team member is expected to work the assigned hours at Southern Landscape Group from Monday through Friday as well as weekends & overtime as dictated by seasonal needs. This is an hourly wage position with a normally expected workday of 6:50 AM until 5:00 PM.

• A high school degree or GED is required as well as two years of documented experience in the green industry
• Great verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to use Apple technology for time tracking and job management
• Great analytical problem‑solving and decision‑making ability
• Excellent customer service skills and the ability to communicate with clients and professionals
• Ability to use Google Translate efficiently to communicate with Spanish‑speaking workers
• Responsible for training and coaching a team of two or more team members to help develop their skills & ensure team members receive proper training
• Maintain a clean, safe, and efficient job site and ensure truck/tools/equipment are properly maintained
• Ensure daily tasks are completed on schedule and budget to quality standard
• Responsible for all tools being returned to the shop at the end of a workday and tagging any tools needing repairs
• Ability to drive truck & trailer combinations
• Maintain a neat and clean professional appearance
• Perform daily check‑ins with Group Leader by 3:00 PM to discuss current project status and equipment needs for the following day
• Work as a team member throughout Southern Landscape Group with a positive attitude
• Know and support the company’s vision, mission, and core values

• Valid Virginia driver’s license with insurable driving record
• VDACS Registered Tech Certification
• CPR/First Aid Certification
• NALP Landscape Technician Cert. – Landscape Install & Irrigation
• VCH (Skilled)
• Valid Virginia CDL class “A”, with “O” exemption and valid medical card (skilled)

Note:

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.

• Mid‑Senior level

• Temporary

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