Horticulture Crew Leader - Bruce : Job Details

The Bruce Company is proud to be a local, family-run landscaping company that's been in business for 70 years. We are passionate about achieving incredible results for our customers and offer an exciting and collaborative company culture where our employees grow along with our company.We arecurrently seeking a Horticulture Crew Leader with Horticulture andLandscape experience to join our Landscape Maintenance Team. If you are dedicated to customer success and love learning new skills we would like to learn more about youWhy Choose The Bruce Company?

• Enjoy work/life balance, weekly pay, and year-round benefits.
• Team-oriented work environment to help you succeed in your career.
• Work on some of the largest Landscape projects in Dane County.
• Establish and develop your career with Southern Wisconsin's leader in landscaping!

Duties & ResponsibilitiesThe Horticulture Crew Leader is responsible for performing landscape maintenance tasks and overseeing a crew of employees who complete spring and fall cleanup, prune shrubs and trees, plant flowers, and complete overall maintenance of the landscape at our customer sites

• Directs organizes, and oversees Landscape Maintenance tasks to ensure quality and timely completion of work on customer sites.
• Drives company vehicle to transport crew from The Bruce Company to assigned job sites.
• Trains Crew Members on an ongoing basis.
• Identify problems at the work site and follow through appropriately
• Performs general labor including but not limited to planting and maintaining flowers, shrubs, and trees, watering lawns/plants, providing flower care, string trimming, pruning, sheering, mowing, edging, mulching, weeding, chemical application, raking and disposing of leaves, and picking up debris.
• Loads and secures all tools and other necessary equipment and materials.
• Follow and set the standards for a quality company image that invites customers to repeat their business.
• Emphasize the importance of exceptional customer service to coworkers.
• Communicate effectively with other coworkers to function as a team.
• Set the standards for a quality company image that invites customers to repeat their business.
• Leads by example, and guides Crew Members, regarding company policies and procedures such as attendance, conduct, and dress code.
• Assist with snow removal during the winter months as business needs dictate.
• Performs other tasks as assigned by supervisor and/or manager.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• Stands and walks for long periods throughout the day.
• Squats, stoops, or kneels and lifts objects from the ground frequently.
• Full extension of arms above the head and in front of the body.
• Consistently lifts weight of up to 50 pounds.
• Occasionally carries and pushes/pulls weights of up to 50 pounds.
• Fine motor skills are required for the use of small equipment and hand tools.

Schedule

• Full-time Seasonal position
• Typical work hours are Monday through Friday from 6:45 am to 5:00 pm
• Hours vary in winter months (approximately December through March) based on snow removal

Skills You Need

• Previous experience with or ability to learn effective landscaping maintenance skills and techniques.
• A minimum of 2-4 years of landscape maintenance/horticulture experience is required.
• Previous foreman or crew leader experience is preferred.
• Previous experience with landscape tools and equipment (pruners, string trimmers, sheers, backpack blower, backpack sprayer) is preferred.
• Knowledge of flowers, trees, shrubs, and other landscape products is helpful but not required.
• Category 3.0 Turf and Landscape Certification is helpful but not required
• Being bilingual in Spanish and English is helpful

Benefits The Bruce Company offers a competitive hourly wage, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and retirement benefits, paid vacation, and more coupled with a challenging and team-oriented work environment to help you succeed in your career.Join our team of outdoor living experts and experience for yourself why many of our employees have chosen to make their life-long careers at The Bruce Company. Visit us at www.brucecompany.com to learn more.The Bruce Company is proud to be an Affirmative-Action Equal Opportunity Employer.This position description is not intended to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities of the job. Further, the duties assigned may be added, deleted, or modified at any time at the discretion of management.