Lead Groundskeeper Full Time Day - Tampa

ABM industries; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

ABM Industries is seeking a Lead Groundskeeper to oversee a landscape maintenance crew and ensure grounds are kept in top condition. The role involves directing daily tasks, ensuring safety, and maintaining mowing, irrigation, and planting systems.

The candidate should have at least 1 year of landscape experience, be 18 or older, and hold a valid driver’s license. This on-site position comes with ABM’s comprehensive benefits package and growth opportunities within the facilities services sector.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a landscape maintenance crew.
• Must be 18 years or older.
• Valid driver’s license.
• At least 1 year of landscape experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a groundskeeping crew to perform routine tasks.
• Ensure services meet schedule expectations and quality standards.
• Report crew labor time and progress to the supervisor.
• Maintain safety and training best practices on site.
• Inspect and maintain mowers, blowers, and sprinkler systems.
• Perform lawn care, pruning, fertilizing, and planting tasks.
• Remove litter and clean roads, parking lots, and walks.
• Assist with basic carpentry, painting, and snow removal as needed.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Safety awareness

Time management

Maintenance knowledge

Education

No formal education required

Tools

Lawn equipment

Irrigation systems

Job description

The Lead Groundskeeper maintains property grounds by leading a team to perform routine tasks using standardized procedures specific to the landscape industry.

Benefit Information: ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package. For information about ABM's benefits, visit ABM Employee Benefits | Front Line Team Member

• Communicate work to crew members
• Ensure service expectations are met according to work schedule
• Report crew labor time
• Guide team members according to training and safety requirements
• 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 tasksRemove 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 recommend preventative equipment maintenance as required
• Maintain safe work areas during and after work projects
• Clean spills as needed, including body fluids

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must have a valid Driver's license
• No high school diploma, GED or college degree required
• A minimum of 1 years' experience