Position Description:
Mundo Verde is actively recruiting for a Lawn Care Specialist to join our team. The Lawn Care Specialist is part of the Mundo Verde Maintenance & QA Team dedicated to the care of established lawns as part of overall landscape maintenance. Lawns beautify and enhance our environment, returning oxygen to the air we breathe, controlling soil erosion and deflecting noise and light. Verdant lawns add value to the customer’s property. The Lawn Care Specialist’s responsibilities include full maintenance of lawn care while utilizing knowledge of pesticides and chemicals.
Work Environment:
The Lawn Care Specialist position requires a 90% outdoor and 10% Indoor work environment. The person must be able to work in hot, dusty, rainy, or cold conditions. In addition, the position requires travel between work locations, communication with customers and other team members. The position requires use of lawn care equipment, computers, tablets, cameras, cell phones and vehicles.
Position Responsibilities:
Lawn Care Quality, Efficiency and Unparalleled Customer Service
- Overall knowledge and experience in the following, not limited to: Regional types of turf, Common diseases and infestations, Chemical application programs; Fertilization
- Ensures the proper treatment and application of fertilizers and other chemicals to control the suspected or diagnosed disease to stimulate the growth of turf and/or to prevent and control the growth of weeds on the turf of the property.
- Assist in the development of customized weed treatment programs based on evaluation and customer needs.
- Ensures that chemical and personal equipment safety guidelines are followed, including training of lawn maintenance crews.
- Ability to prioritize and organize workload and schedule.
- Accurately knows how to measure lawns.
- Manage material ordering process and inventory control.
- Helps develop Application program for company and maintains written records of lawn care process, including fertilization and chemical application.
- Responsible for the safe storing of products
- Works independently and with minimal supervision
Team Building
The purpose of team building is to encourage collaboration. Working together we accomplish more. We build on each other’s strengths.
- Recognize that teamwork is a value. Collaboration leads to better results for the customer and employee.
- Promote good communication within teams and to Support Team.
- Utilize Support Team as the first line of management supervision, creating a two-way flow of communication between Support Team and Core Team
- Promote, train, and follow Safety Procedures.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
Back-End Company Operations
- Provides support to other Supervisors in maintaining shop organized to include tools, equipment, material, trucks.
- Assists in monitoring fleet and equipment are in a scheduled maintenance plan.
- Weekly project/property status/update reports to management
- Overall status of project, percent complete, on target, etc.
- Ongoing issues, concerns
- Schedule, on-time or delayed.
- Participate in weekly project meetings. Must be prepared to provide updates for projects.
- Pursue sales opportunities, new customers, projects.
Experience Requirements and Qualifications:
- At least 2 years horticultural work experience
- At least 1 year of supervisory or managerial experience
- Commercial Pesticide Applicator license preferred
- Valid Texas Driver's license required and willingness to travel to project sites
- Proficient with MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and Company's Operating Software
- Ability to lift 50+ lbs.
- Ability to understand irrigation systems, landscape planting, and basic trouble shooting.
- Knowledge of soil testing, lawn evaluation, watering requirements, fertilizer, and pesticide application
- Familiarity with lawn care equipment use and maintenance
- Customer Service skills including written and verbal communication
- Team player
- Available for some weekend work expected.
- Strong work ethic
- Bi-lingual (Spanish) helpful but not required.
- Non-commercial Agricultural Pesticide Applicator License
- Continuing Education – Attend at least twenty hours of continuing education training per year. During the first year of employment must obtain the Non-Commercial Agricultural Pesticide Applicator License.
https://www.texasagriculture.gov/Portals/0/forms/PEST/Applicator/pa_400N_application_for_pesticide_applicator_license.pdf
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
Schedule:
Work Location: In person