Landscape Constructionforeperson

**We work outdoors at a distance, creating and caring for beautiful outdoor living spaces.**
- **Our team**_ has positions available for ambitious, entrepreneurial, career-minded, life-long learners. This management position is part of a well-established business with multiple streams related to the outdoor living space, design, and gardens. If you thrive in a fast-paced, self-motivated environment, enjoy working outdoors, and using power equipment while creating extraordinary environments, we are looking for YOU.

Interested in becoming a Red Seal Apprentice in Horticulture? We can offer support for the career-minded.

The importance of attitude and team effort cannot be overstated. We are proud of our work but not too proud to get down and dirty when the time comes. There will be dirt.

**Requirements**:

- Must have 5 years prior experience as a landscape construction foreperson.
- Valid driver’s license and safe driving record.
- Ability to read drawings and plans.
- Excellent organizational, leadership, and time management skills.
- Ability to communicate and report effectively.
- Problem-solving abilities.
- Good physical condition, manual dexterity and stamina.
- Able to bend, kneel, walk, stand, crouch for long periods of time during the workday.
- Able to lift 60-80 pounds repeatedly throughout the workday.
- Able to work in all outdoor conditions: heat, cold, humidity, rain, dust, mud, etc.
- Positive outlook, ‘can do’ attitude and a team player.
- Flexible work hours, scheduled weekly, Monday - Friday, and generally between the hours of 7:00am and 4:00pm.

**Job description**:

- Supervise, direct and manage crews for maximum efficiency and quality of work. Leads by example.
- Provide on-the-job training of crew to maximize quality, efficiency and safety practices. Strives to improve job skills and develop the potential of each crew member.
- Reports for duty at the designated location and time each day, ready to work. Ensures timely arrival on the job site by all crew members.
- Ensures all safety rules and company policies are followed by all crew members. Ensures all personal protective equipment is worn at times when equipment or job task specifies.
- Communicates clearly with the Landscape Designer, Landscape Facilitator and client as needed to ensure a smooth, efficient and quality product. Communicates production goals with crew members to ensure installation meets contract specifications.
- Maintains a comprehensive overview of each job to ensure the best possible profitability and quality. Provide end of day/end of job reports for Landscape Facilitator and Landscape Designer.
- Monitors and tracks job hours of all crew members and reports them in a timely manner to the Landscape Facilitator for payroll purposes and job cost accounting.
- Communicates potential changes or problems to the Landscape Designer or Landscape Facilitator, in a timely manner and recommends potential solutions.
- Keeps trucks and tools neat, clean and in good working order including to clean shop. Enlists the help of all crew to assist in this task.
- Completing inventory checks and equipment inspections.
- Scheduling training sessions wherever required.
- Recruiting and training new crew members.
- Stocks and drives landscape vehicles to the jobsite.
- As needed, performs pre-install visits to job site at the request of the Landscape Designer to aid and assist with their design and estimating process.
- Previews future job sheets to familiarize with the project, plan necessary equipment, coordinate deliveries, prep crew, etc.
- Conducts weekly “stand-up” meetings with crew to cover items such as planting basics, safety practices, tool maintenance, further training, weekly plans, etc.
- Maintains a clean and safe job site at all times.
- Follows all safety rules, company policies and regulations.
- Completes other duties as assigned Landscape Foreman
- Take the mandatory photo(s) and descriptive notes of finished (and unfinished) work on QuickBooks App daily.
- **Working Conditions**:_
- Full-time, Permeant
- 8 Hour shift

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent, Apprenticeship

Pay: $35.00-$38.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- landscaping: 5 years (preferred)

Work Location: On the road

Expected start date: 2024-05-31