Landscape Maintenance Technician II

Mission Landscape Companies; Riverside (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Mission Landscape Companies in Riverside, CA is seeking a Landscape Maintenance Technician II to maintain the landscape and grounds of various properties, including mowing turf areas, trimming plants, and basic care of garden equipment. You will also monitor safety and report hazards to your supervisor promptly.

Level II responsibilities include adapting procedures to meet landscape maintenance needs, working on non-routine tasks, and making decisions within your area of responsibility with

Qualifications

• Ability to read and follow oral and written instructions accurately.
• Strong safety awareness and ability to report hazards promptly.
• Good physical stamina for outdoor work and lifting.
• Ability to work in a team and follow supervisor directions.

Responsibilities

• Mowing lawns and turf areas.
• Trimming plants.
• Removing weeds.
• Cleaning and basic maintenance of garden equipment.
• Riding in company vehicle to job sites.
• Maintaining a constant watch for safety problems and reporting hazards to supervisor.

Skills

Reading & following instructions

Safety awareness

Physical stamina

Teamwork

Education

One year related experience or training

Tools

Hand tools

Mowing equipment

Job description

Job Summary

The Landscape Maintenance Technician II will be responsible for maintaining the landscape and grounds of industrial, commercial, residential, retail or public properties. This includes mowing turf areas, trimming plants, and basic care of garden equipment. The Landscape Maintenance Technician II will also maintain a constant watch for safety problems and notify their supervisor immediately of any unsafe working conditions or practices observed in the work area.

JOB TITLE: MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN II

EXEMPT: NO

REPORTS TO: Supervisor

Job Summary

The Landscape Maintenance Technician II will be responsible for maintaining the landscape and grounds of industrial, commercial, residential, retail or public properties. This includes mowing turf areas, trimming plants, and basic care of garden equipment. The Landscape Maintenance Technician II will also maintain a constant watch for safety problems and notify their supervisor immediately of any unsafe working conditions or practices observed in the work area.

Level II: Applies skills and job knowledge in area of specialization; may adapt procedures, operations, techniques, tools, materials, and/or equipment to meet needs of landscape maintenance; may work on non-routine tasks; resolves issues-makes working decisions within area of specialization or responsibility with minimal supervision.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Mowing lawns and turf areas
• Trimming plants
• Removing Weeds
• Cleaning
• Basic care of garden equipment
• Riding in company vehicle to job sites
• Maintaining a constant watch for safety problems
• Notifying supervisor immediately of unsafe working conditions or practices observed in the work area

Additional Responsibilities

• Performing basic pruning skills as necessary
• Using various hand tools to perform maintenance tasks
• Following oral directions to successfully perform job duties
• Reading a limited number of two and three-syllable words and recognizing similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers
• Printing and speaking simple sentences
• Adding and subtracting two-digit numbers and multiplying and dividing with 10's and 100's
• Applying common sense understanding to carry out detailed oral and written instructions
• Dealing with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations

Qualifications

• Knowledge and ability to use various hand tools
• Able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily
• Ability to follow oral and written direction
• Able to correctly operate mechanical equipment required for mowing, trimming, and cleaning
• Thorough knowledge of shrub and tree pruning
• Ability to recognize common pests and decease

Education And/or Experience

• One year related experience and or training, equivalent combination of education experience

Physical Demands

• Standing, walking, using hands to fingers, handling, or feeling objects, tools or controls
• Frequently reaching with hands and arms and stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling
• Occasionally sitting and climbing or balancing
• Regularly lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds, frequently lifting or moving up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lifting or moving up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

Work Environment

• Working in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions
• Frequently working near sharp mechanical parts
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic, or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock
• Loud noise level in the work environment
• Follow company core values; Safety, Teamwork, Integrity, Quality, & Service

Paid Holiday

Employee's will receive regular pay for selected holidays, must work the day before and the day after the holiday in order to receive pay.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by and employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily and correctly.