landscaping supervisor

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Hire, supervise and schedule staff
• Plan and direct grounds maintenance
• Organize and direct planting of trees, gardens and lawns
• Organize and direct construction of decks and decorative or retaining walls
• Plan, manage and supervise landscape construction work
• Establish work schedules and procedures
• Repair and maintain equipment
• Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies
• Resolve work problems, provide technical advice and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Excellent oral communication
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Team player