East Coast Facilities, Inc.
Location
Allentown, PA | United States
Job description
Pay Scale: $15-$17 per hour (ASC)
Benefits Available: Health Care, 401K, Professional Uniforms, Comprehensive Training for Career Advancement
Brief Overview: A Landscape Technician performs services such as lawn mowing, clean-ups, mulching, trimming, landscape maintenance, pruning, trimming, fertilization, weed control, planting of trees and shrubs, flower installation, leaf clean-ups, and similar tasks. Our Landscape Technicians work under a crew leader in a crew of up to 8 persons.
Landscape Technician (Maintenance, Installation, Arbor Care, Irrigation) - Job Description
East Coast Facilities, Inc. provides facility maintenance to commercial, industrial, institutional, government and corporate clients.
Trade Skill Requirements
- If applicable drive company vehicles as directed
- Operate various types of equipment and machinery associated with this job description
- Has a minimum two-year apprenticeship in one or more of the following job sub-categories:* Professional landscape maintenance operations
- Professional landscape construction services
- Landscape repairs, restoration, and remediation
- Licensed arbor care and tree trimming services
- Landscape irrigation repairs and maintenance
- Perform other assigned tasks related to landscape management
- Winter Season Operations* Plow snow using trucks or loaders
- Shovel snow using hand shovels or snow blowers
- Apply salt and other de-icing agents to paved surfaces
- Assist with pre-storm preparedness
- Assist with post-storm clean up and restocking
Company Excellence Requirements
Client Management
- Professionally represents East Coast Facilities, Inc. always.
- Able to recognize when they do not have the answer for the client and let them know they will find out or get the Crew Leader involved
- Keeps the Crew Leader aware of all client concerns and communication on the job site
- Maintains positive, responsive, and flexible attitude to all clients
Safety Management
- Maintains and promotes safe working conditions in the field always
- Follows company procedures on discipline if any safety rules are broken
- Have zero preventable accidents
Image Compliance
* Maintains clean, neat, and professional image through the use of approved ECF uniforms and by monitoring & maintaining proper employee actions
Equipment Management
* Is accountable for neglect and abuse of assigned equipment
General Qualifications
- Must have a minimum two-year apprenticeship in one or more of the job sub-categories listed above
- Can pass drug test
- Can pass a criminal background check
- Comply with business ethics, applicable laws, and regulations
- Maintain confidentiality of proprietary information
Work Environment/Physical Requirements
- Work in/or about situations near direct automotive traffic
- Work near or about natural bodies of water
- Work with various types of work lifts
- Able to work overtime or extended shifts if required by Management
- Ability to work in extreme conditions – working temperatures may be between 0 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit
- Ability to work in direct sunlight for extended periods of time
- Ability to work in extreme cold or wintry precipitation
- Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs.
- Ability to bend, stoop and twist continuously throughout the dayHow will my rate of pay be determined?
Each job category has a range of pay associated with it. Hiring managers have corporate guidance on assigning the appropriate rate of pay based on a variety of factors including:
- Years of proven experience for the job you are applying for
- If you qualify and meet our underwriting procedures to drive company vehicles
- Your knowledge and ability to operate equipment classes
- If you have special licensing, such as a CDL, Pesticide Applicators License, Tree Trimming License, ISA Arborist Certification, Lift Certification, etc.
- References of direct supervisors impact the rate of pay of new hires
- Hiring managers can rate match a recruited team member from a competitor
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