Lawn Maintenance Technician

Rock Solid Landscape is a full-service lawn and landscape company based of out NW Ohio. The Lawn Maintenance Technician is primarily responsible for performing lawncare services on time and on budget within the required parameters of the project. The technician is accountable to the Lawn Maintenance Lead and the Lawn Maintenance Foreman.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Mowing service to include mowing, weed eating, edging and clean-up.
• Lawn applications to include all chemical applications.
• Recognizing weed, insect, fungus, and mole problems and taking necessary control measurers.
• Aerating and seeding.
• Spring and fall clean up.
• Landscape bed maintenance to include mulching, pruning and weed control.
• Recognizing and reporting problems with irrigation systems in lawns being serviced.
• Complete all required documentation in a timely manner.
• Organize and maintain necessary equipment and materials and reports needs to supervisor.
• Must work hours needed to achieve production and goals, including working Fridays or Saturdays as required during peak season or to as requested by supervisor.
• Uses and maintains vehicles and equipment in a safe, appropriate fashion; checking all fluid levels daily and filling as needed; promptly reports any defects or damage by end of shift.
• Assists team members with other assigned duties, as requested.

Standards:

• Complete tasks as assigned and, in a manner, instructed by the supervisor.
• Completes all tasks assigned to specified quality levels by agreed upon deadlines. 
• Maintains a clean, neat, and safe job site defined by Rock Solid Landscape standards.
• Treats customers in a polite, friendly, and respectful manner and will never ignore them.
• Observe and comply with all safety practices and reports any unsafe practices to a supervisor.
• Meets or exceeds standards for safe, proper use of vehicles and equipment.
• Maintains a clean, neat, and professional appearance and conduct defined by Rock Solid Landscape standards.

Requirements:

• Must be able to stand and work for 8+ hours per day.
• Must be able to walk, bend, crouch, stoop, dig, rake, push a fertilizer spreader.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to operate vehicles and landscape equipment.
• Must comply and wear the mandatory uniform style and colors required for each position.
• Must have a valid driver’s license to operate a commercial motor vehicle and must be able to pass a physical examination requirements and drug & alcohol testing for a DOT medical card if needed.
• Must be able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with customers and co-workers, in person and on the telephone.