Landscape Crew Leader

Richland County School District One, South Carolina
Classification Description  Landscape Crew Leader
FLSA:  Non-Exempt
240 Days
Salary Range: $40,345.00 - $60,028.00 General Statement of Job
Under general supervision, supervises and performs the maintenance of District school grounds in order to ensure a safe and attractive environment for students and District staff.  Landscapes grounds and lays out athletic fields.  Supervises equipment operators and groundskeepers; reviews work of subordinates for safety and completeness.   Reports to the Director II, Maintenance Services.
 
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions:

• Supervises District grounds maintenance functions; assigns work loads and establishes work schedules; directs and supervises duties of assigned staff.  Supervisory duties include instructing; assigning, reviewing and planning work of others; maintaining standards; allocating personnel; acting on employee problems; and recommending employee discipline.
• Reviews the work of subordinates for completeness and compliance with directives and regulations; offers advice and assistance as needed.
• Ensures that all subordinates have been properly trained in equipment operation and safety.
• Ensures that all projects are completed in accordance with established specifications, schedules and standards of quality.
• Determines maintenance needs of school grounds and determines appropriate courses of action.  Duties include planning, overseeing and participating in the repair of equipment and structures; landscape design and implementation; athletic field design and construction. 
• Maintains safe, clean, attractive grounds, including play areas, driveways, parking lots, fences, lawns, and flower beds.
• Approves bids for projects and repairs.
• Operates and maintains a variety of equipment, such as a telephone, tractors, backhoe, truck, lawn mower, weed eaters, back-pack blowers, post hole diggers, drills, and various other yard, hand and power tools.  Exercises care and safety in the use of equipment and tools required to complete assigned tasks.
• Complies with all federal laws, state statutes, Board policies, administrative rules, and directives.
• Interacts and communicates with various groups and individuals, such as the immediate supervisor, school personnel, subordinates, students, contractors, etc.

Additional Duties:

• Performs related duties as required.

Minimum Education and Training
Requires a high school diploma supplemented by two years of groundskeeping or landscaping experience, some of which has been in a leadership or supervisory capacity, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.  Must possess a valid state CDL license with appropriate endorsements.
 
Minimum Qualifications and Standards Required
Physical Requirements:
Must be physically able to operate a variety of machines and equipment, including heavy equipment, power and yard tools, hand tools, etc.  Must be able to exert up to twenty pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.  Physical demands are in excess of those for sedentary work; must be able to remain on feet for periods of time and perform manual tasks.  Must be able to lift and/or carry weights of up to 100 pounds.

Data Conception:
Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable functional, structural or compositional characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.

Interpersonal Communications:
Requires the ability of speaking and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information.  Includes giving assignments and/or directions to subordinates and receiving assignments and/or directions from supervisor.

Language Ability:
Requires the ability to read a variety of policy and procedures manuals, equipment manuals, work orders, etc. Requires the ability to prepare logs, reports, etc., with proper format.  Requires the ability to speak with and before others with clarity, voice control and confidence.

Intelligence:
Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagrammatic form, and to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.  Requires the ability to apply influence systems in managing a crew; to make routine independent judgments in absence of supervision, and to acquire knowledge of topics related to primary occupation.  Must have the ability to comprehend and interpret r