LEAD GROUNDSKEEPER

ABM Industries; Tyler (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Veteran-friendly employer

Job summary

ABM Industries is seeking a Landscape Crew Lead in Texas to oversee a team of groundskeepers, manage daily site operations, and ensure high standards of property maintenance. The role involves travel and hands-on supervision of mowing, planting, irrigation, and safety checks, with a focus on efficiency and team development.

You will coordinate labor, train crew members, and report performance while maintaining outdoor spaces, beds, and fixtures.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day site operations and delegate work to crew members
• Maintain a work schedule, and ensure service expectations are met
• Report crew labor time
• Conduct training and development of team members
• Provide leader with updates regarding crew performance
• Identify opportunities for improvement and efficiency
• Maintain property grounds
• Ensure proper maintenance of mowers, blowers, and sprinkler systems
• Perform removal, installation, and maintenance of plant material in beds and containers, and manual weeding
• Perform a range of landscape maintenance duties including leaf removal, pruning shrubs and trees, fertilizing, lawn care and watering
• Assist in tree relocation
• Remove litter and emptying trash cans
• Clean roads, parking lots and walks to ensure safety of pedestrian and vehicular traffic
• Perform basic carpentry and painting tasks
• Remove ice and snow from walks, roads and lots, including the application of ice melter and road sand.
• Establish new plants and plantings both in landscape and through greenhouse culture
• Use manual and automatic watering systems to ensure adequate moisture for plantings
• Perform safety checks on equipment and perform preventative equipment maintenance as required
• Maintain safe work areas during and after work projects
• Clean spills as needed, including body fluids

Job description

Overview

The Landscape Crew Lead maintains property grounds by overseeing a team of groundskeepers performing routine landscaping tasks and performs technical and mechanical repairs and installations related to standard landscaping procedures. This job requires travel

Benefit Information: ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package. For information about ABM’s benefits, visit ABM Team Member Benefits | Front Line Team Members | (Programa de Beneficios de ABM)

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day site operations and delegate work to crew members
• Maintain a work schedule, and ensure service expectations are met
• Report crew labor time
• Conduct training and development of team members
• Provide leader with updates regarding crew performance
• Identify opportunities for improvement and efficiency
• Maintain property grounds
• Ensure proper maintenance of mowers, blowers, and sprinkler systems
• Perform removal, installation, and maintenance of plant material in beds and containers, and manual weeding
• Perform a range of landscape maintenance duties including leaf removal, pruning shrubs and trees, fertilizing, lawn care and watering
• Assist in tree relocation
• Remove litter and emptying trash cans
• Clean roads, parking lots and walks to ensure safety of pedestrian and vehicular traffic
• Perform basic carpentry and painting tasks
• Remove ice and snow from walks, roads and lots, including the application of ice melter and road sand.
• Establish new plants and plantings both in landscape and through greenhouse culture
• Use manual and automatic watering systems to ensure adequate moisture for plantings
• Perform safety checks on equipment and perform preventative equipment maintenance as required
• Maintain safe work areas during and after work projects
• Clean spills as needed, including body fluids

A good job for someone just entering the workforce or returning to the workforce with limited experience and education. ABM is a military and veteran friendly employer, veterans and candidates with military experience encouraged to apply. Military Occupational Specialty Code: 11B, 12T, 88M, BU, 1341, 3E2X1

Qualifications

The Landscape Crew Lead maintains property grounds by overseeing a team of groundskeepers performing routine landscaping tasks and performs technical and mechanical repairs and installations related to standard landscaping procedures. This job requires travel

REQNUMBER: 164962

ABM is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer qualified applicants without regard race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran or any other protected factor under federal, state, or local law. ABM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance in completing the employment application, please call 888-328-8606. We will provide you with assistance and make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.