landscaping foreman/woman
Command Construction & Landscaping Ltd
Location
Kelowna, BC | Canada
Job description
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience
3 years to less than 5 years
Work site environment
Work setting
- Landscape contractor
- Greenhouse
- Construction company
- Urban area
- Various locations
- Nursery - horticulture
- Commercial and/or industrial construction
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Hire, supervise and schedule staff
- Organize and direct planting of trees, gardens and lawns
- Plan, manage and supervise landscape construction work
- Maintain work records and logs
- Read blueprints and drawings
- Establish work schedules and procedures
- Repair and maintain equipment
- Requisition or order materials, equipment and supplies
- Resolve work related problems
- Prepare and maintain work materials and supplies
- Professionalism in customer service
- Plant and move trees
Experience and specialization
Landscaping experience
Equipment and machinery experience
- Automated irrigation system
Construction specialization
- Stone garden walls
- Rock gardens
- Retaining walls
- Interlocking brick
- Fieldstone paths
Area of specialization
Additional information
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver's licence
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Repetitive tasks
Own tools/equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Gloves
- Safety vest
- Safety equipment/gear
- Hard hat
- Safety glasses/goggles
- Ear plugs
- Mask
- Cellular phone
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Excellent oral communication
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Team player
- Flexibility
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent written communication
- Dependability
- Values and ethics
- Reliability
- Organized
- Punctuality
Benefits
Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Group insurance benefits
- Stocks/shares
Job tags
Salary
