About Complete Landscaping Services
Complete Landscaping Services is part of Monarch Landscape Companies, a leading network of landscape brands across the U.S. We proudly serve commercial clients throughout Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., and deliver reliable, high-quality landscape maintenance and construction services. At Complete, your achievements determine your rewards, your abilities define your success, and your professionalism leads to autonomy!
- Job Title: Arbor Supervisor
- Division: Arbor
- Location: Sterling, VA
Summary
Work closely with Arbor District Manager in support of both District and Company goals, through effective project and employee management.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education
- At least 3-5 years of professional tree work experience
- At least 2-4 years project management experience
Language Skills
- Ability to speak effectively before employees and customers
- Ability to verbally understand and communicate in English
- Bi-lingual English/Spanish preferred but not required
Mathematical Skills
Reasoning Ability
- Apply common sense understanding to carry out tasks
- Deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables
Certificates, Licenses and Registrations
- Valid driver license issued by the state where employed is strongly preferred
- Valid ISA Certified Arborist Certification, or ability to obtain within 6 months
Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Basic tree care principals, pruning techniques, tree ID and disease ID
- Tree climbing (above 15 feet), cabling, and safety procedures
- Aerial rescue; safe work practices; proper PPE; hazard recognition; Dig Alert procedures and tree removal techniques; basic knots and rope operation for rigging; emergency tree rescue procedures
- Excellent internal and external customer service skills, ensuring clients’ needs are met in an accurate, complete, and timely fashion by demonstrating courtesy, efficiency, and professionalism
- Administrative procedures (e.g. safety forms, purchase order system, equipment inventories, etc)
- Leadership and employee development
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Create, manage, and control scope of work, ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget
- Schedule and assign daily tasks to Arbor crews and ensure completion
- Routinely monitor sites for quality and adherence to safety protocols.
- Ensure Arbor Crew Lead conducts daily job site safety inspection and tailgate meeting with crew
- Enforce proper use, care, and storage of company property
- Perform, demonstrate and train on arbor climbing tasks
- Safely climb trees using climbing hooks and belts, or climb ladders to access work area
- Understand and execute methods needed to meet or exceed job and labor budget and margin goals
- Review and approve employee timecards on a regular basis, for accurate and timely submission to payroll
- Effectively assess labor needs and execute labor plan by hiring or terminating employees as needed while keeping District Manager abreast of labor changes
- On-board and train new employees
- Safe operation of shredding and chipping equipment, including the feeding of brush and limbs into machines
- Safe operation of arbor vehicles and equipment, including but not limited to: boom trucks, loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, tractors, sprayers, power saws, chainsaws, pole pruners, backpack blowers, and hand tools
- Safe and proper application of chemicals, including adherence to state regulatory requirements
- Shows up to work each day on time; completes all tasks within time expectations; adheres to company dress code policy; wears clean clothes to work each day; follows inclement weather policy and sick leave reporting procedures
- Direct supervision of two or more employees
- Training, planning, assigning, and directing work
- Problem resolution
- Install lightening protection on trees
- Educate public on work being performed
- Trim, top, and reshape trees to achieve attractive shapes or remove low hanging branches
- Cable, brace, tie, bolt, stake, and guy trees and branches to provide support
- Cut away dead and excess branches from trees using climbing equipment or buckets of extended truck books, and/or chainsaws, hooks, handsaws, shears, and clippers
- Lower branches with ropes or block and tackle
- Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, and prepare trees for moving
- Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment
- Other duties as assigned
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
- Frequently climbs trees above 15 feet, and performs work on branches or truck platforms
- Constantly required to talk, hear, see, sit, stand and walk
- Must be able to see at close vision, distant vision, peripherally, have depth perception and have the ability to adjust focus
- Frequent use of hands to manipulate, handle or feel objects, tools or controls
- Frequently required to reach, bend, twist, stoop, crouch, climb and balance on surfaces that may be narrow and/or slippery
- Frequently required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
- Frequently works with mechanical objects and outside in all weather conditions
- Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals
Total Rewards
At Monarch, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage, and retain top talent. Elements of our Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.Monarch also provides eligible employees with an array of additional benefits, including:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans
- Retirement Savings & Employee Equity Program
- Flexible Time Off, 6 paid Holidays, Bereavement, and Jury Duty
- Education Assistance & Career Advancement
- Company Vehicle
- On-Demand Pay through DailyPay
- Referral Bonus Programs
- Gym Membership and Mobile Carrier Discounts
The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as position, tenure, geographic location, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Please note that the salary information shown below is provided in compliance with state specific laws. Salaries are based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations, and therefore may be different in other locations or operating divisions.
Pay range: $25 - $30 per hour
Pay: $25.00 - $30.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid jury duty
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
