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Description
Directly supervise and coordinate landscape crews and projects to deliver safe, high-quality installation and maintenance. Plan labor, equipment, and schedules; review scopes and contracts; respond to client inquiries; and prepare estimates and project budgets.
Job tasks Attributes
  • • Establish and enforce operating procedures and safety standards for landscape work.
  • • Inspect completed landscape work to ensure quality, specifications, and contract compliance.
  • • Direct crews performing planting, turf care, hardscape, and tree or shrub pruning.
  • • Schedule crews and equipment based on priorities, site access, and weather.
  • • Oversee planting and maintenance, including mulching, fertilizing, irrigation, mowing, and pruning.
  • • Monitor projects to ensure instructions are followed and deadlines and budgets are met.
  • • Train staff in planting, pruning, hardscape finishing, equipment use, and turf care.
  • • Assist crews as needed to meet quality and schedule goals.
  • • Manage inventory of tools, equipment, and materials and ensure readiness.
  • • Coordinate activities with other supervisors, subcontractors, and site stakeholders.
  • • Hire, onboard, and evaluate staff, and administer coaching or discipline as needed.
  • • Direct or perform safe mixing and application of fertilizers and pesticides per regulations.
  • • Review work orders and contracts to determine staffing, equipment, and service needs.
  • • Maintain required project, safety, and personnel records.
  • • Prepare work activity and personnel reports.
  • • Order corrective actions and recommend process improvements when issues arise.
  • • Identify plant pests or diseases and prescribe appropriate treatments.
  • • Investigate and resolve work-related complaints or site issues.
  • • Oversee maintenance and minor repair of landscape tools and motorized equipment.
  • • Supervise installation and maintenance of landscaped areas, including grading, sod, beds, and seasonal tasks such as snow removal where applicable.
  • • Perform administrative tasks such as approving time sheets and time-off requests.
  • • Recommend changes in methods, staffing, or equipment to improve crew efficiency.
  • • Collaborate with managers or landscape architects to plan layouts, phases, and schedules.
  • • Communicate with customers to scope work and negotiate pricing and change orders.
  • • Answer client inquiries regarding methods, materials, and pricing.
  • • Prepare estimates from labor, material, and equipment costs and manage job budgets.
  • • Conduct site walks to assess soil, irrigation, plant health, and safety conditions.
  • • Design or oversee installation and tuning of irrigation systems, calculating coverage and pressure needs.
  • • Ensure compliance with environmental, pesticide, and company safety regulations.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
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