Description

Are you looking for Landscaping Opportunities? Do you have a green thumb?

We are looking for someone that is passionate about lawn care and the artistry of landscaping. If you find that this is your "happy place" then we are excited to speak with you about a seasonal opportunity in horticulture within our EarthCare Division. Take a moment to learn more about who we are and what our passions are, I think you will find this to be a welcoming change.

Summary/Objective

Supervise/oversee a crew that will provide grounds maintenance and landscaping services to our external customers. In addition to ensuring the quality of service provided, the Crew Supervisor will be responsible for the oversight of Weaver EarthCare crew members, individuals with disabilities, in alignment with the Mission of Weaver Industries.

Essential Job Functions

• Maintain confidentiality of records relating to clients' treatment.
• Encourage clients to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives, helping them to develop insight into themselves or their relationships.
• Collect information about clients through interviews, observation, or tests.
• Fill out and maintain client-related paperwork, including federal- and state-mandated forms, client diagnostic records, and progress notes.
• Guide clients in the development of skills or strategies for dealing with their problems.
• Perform crisis interventions with clients.
• Act as client advocates to coordinate required services or to resolve emergency problems in crisis situations.
• Police grounds remove all trash and debris
• Trim around flower beds and obstacles
• Mow using a: push mower, walk behind mower or riding a tractor
• Weed flower beds
• Sweep walk and driveways
• Plant and mulch beds
• Rake debris

Supervisory Responsibility

1. Must train and oversee crew members (per DODD rules and properly supervising and safety techniques, reviewing the training effectiveness)
2. Must oversee the health and safety of all crew members
3. Must maintain a Safety Program for crew members, reviewing for continuous improvements
4. Must maintain all crew members’ ISPs, making sure the most recent ISP for each crew member has at the work site (per DODD rules)
5. Must follow MUI/UIR reporting procedures (per CSBDD and the DODD rules)
6. Must report any changes or behavior issues to the crew member’s Service & Support Administrator (SSA), the Weaver EarthCare Operations Manager and the Employment Services Manager
7. Must complete and submit all required paperwork (tracking forms, etc.)

Qualifications

• Lawn maintenance and landscaping skills preferred
• The ability to obtain an Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) Commercial Pesticide License (Category 5 Industrial Vegetation, CORE Commercial Core) a plus
• Must complete and maintain certification; as well as understand the requirements set forth by the Department of  Developmental Disabilities (DODD) and the County of Summit Board of DD(CSBDD)
• Must be eligible, capable and willing to drive a 12-15 passenger van to transport crew members to and from the worksite
• Good customer service skills
• Clean driving record
• Must be willing to work as a team member,
• Follow instructions
• Handle change in routines
• Display appropriate socialization at all times

Work Environment

• Must be able to perform all duties in cool, mild, and hot weather

Physical Demands

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the job. To perform the required duties, you:

• Must be able to work with your hands, walk, stoop, kneel, bend and reach with hands and arms
• Must be able to lift 30 lbs., carry 30 lbs.
• May work in conditions that may include exposure to blood-borne pathogens, communicable diseases, potentially infectious material and aggressive behavior

TO BE READ AND SIGNED BY APPLICANT

I understand that information I provide regarding current and/or previous employers may be used, and those employer(s) will be contacted for the purpose of investigating my safety performance history as required by 49 CFR 391.23(d) and (e).  I understand that I have the right to:

• Review information provided by previous employers;
• Have errors in the information corrected by previous employers and for those previous employers to re-send the corrected information to the prospective employer, and
• Have a rebuttal statement attached to the alleged erroneous information, if the previous employer(s) and I cannot agree on the accuracy of the information

Signature _________________________________            Date ___________________