Landscape Technician - East Coast Facilities, Inc. - Broward Service Center

Pay Scale: $14-$17 per hour 

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 be 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 back ground 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 day

How 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