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Steve Ceja

San Jose,CA

Summary

Landscape Maintenance Supervisor with a strong background in managing teams and coordinating landscaping projects. Experienced in plant identification, irrigation systems, and equipment operation. Brings solid leadership skills and the ability to maintain high levels of quality control while ensuring safety protocols are met. Effectively contributed to previous employers by enhancing property aesthetics and value through successful landscape maintenance initiatives.

Completed efficient, high-quality landscaping work for business, residential and institutional customers. Maintained cost-effective operations and achieved high satisfaction ratings. Background includes working alone or with crew members to perform several jobs per week.

Focused Lawn Care Technician offers outstanding communication and time management abilities. Safely operates and manipulates light-powered equipment and mechanical hand tools to complete landscaping tasks.

Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

Seasoned Landscape Maintenance Supervisor known for high productivity and efficiency in task completion. Possess specialized skills in landscape design, irrigation management, and pesticide application which enhance operational workflows. excel at team leadership, client communication, and problem-solving, ensuring projects are completed to high standards while fostering positive work environments.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Landscape Maintenance Supervisor/Irrigation Technician

Colony landscape
San Jose, CA
11.2009 - Current
  • Maintenance Supervisor/ Irrigation Technician/production management
  • Practicing sustainable is a hard task. It’s about protecting the environment people live in without
  • harming the surroundings. In order to maintain a beautiful garden, one must understand how
  • using chemicals herbicides and toxic pesticides affect the environment and the human body. It
  • takes an extra effort but the method I would use to avoid weeds would be getting down in my
  • knees and pulling out it out with my hands. When I design a garden, I try to use water methods to
  • achieve minimal impact in the environment. These are just a two examples on how I have
  • practice sustainable design. Furthermore methods can be applied to have a wonderful, safe and
  • beautiful garden.
  • •In colony landscaping Everyday is a different challenge. In this company, I am hear to listen to my boss, get
  • orders and figure out a strategy or solution to the problem. I get work orders that have a
  • deadlines, therefore always try my best to finish in a proper time. I have the ability to manage a
  • crew, basic understanding of landscape blueprint and layout a job. I know irrigation, drainage
  • and basic understanding of plants and their lighting. In this company, I have learned to operate
  • varies machines such as bobcat, trencher and related equipment. I have good communication
  • skills. If i am not getting a call, I am working along with my crew. In addition, I try my best in
  • any kind of work given to me. Overall, I can explain more in detail if you wish to know more.
  • •Throughout my experience in the landscape field, I have learned from other, taught myself and
  • put myself in challenging positions to install or maintain a garden. I have learned to install
  • irrigation systems, to installing sod, to turf fields and much more. I learned how to manage a
  • crew. Nothing is easy in life but I am passionate finding solutions to the landscape problems.
  • Sustainable landscape is becoming more important in our lives because of global warming.
  • Sometimes maintaining a sustainable garden requires an extra step, extra effort but it is duable.
  • The idea to have a successful garden is sometimes it requires to preserve existing conditions such
  • as plants or trees.I believe construction materials should be carefully selected in order to achieve
  • a healthy environment
  • COLONY LANDSCAPE, Maintenance Supervisor/ Irrigation Technician,
  • •In the landscape industry, I evaluate the health of plants, turf and trees based
  • on observations. Plants should have a natural look, the color of the plant tells you if the plant is
  • healthy or not.

Supervisor Directly.. supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in landscaping or grounds keeping activities. Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.

Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.

Direct activities of workers who perform duties such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.

Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions.

Plant or maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, or pruning.

Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.rain workers in tasks such as transplanting or pruning trees or shrubs, finishing cement, using equipment, or caring for turf.Inventory supplies of tools, equipment, or materials to ensure that sufficient supplies are available and items are in usable condition.Provide workers with assistance in performing duties as necessary to meet deadlines.

Good ability to use excavation equipment hand tools and power tools

Physically able to work long hours outside in bad weather

Good team worker and gets along with others

Good troubleshooting ability to identify leaks and repair pipes

Ability to use trenchers and drills

understands patient confidentiality

Flexible and able to work long hours to project completion

• Irrigation specialists design and install irrigation systems. In addition, they inspect, audit, adjust and repair the systems to ensure they perform at maximum efficiency and conserve water. I work in residential and commercial environments as well as for municipalities and in sports turf management.Technology has played an increasingly important role in smart watering systems with computerized controls becoming common and zoned systems now used to balance landscape needs. Installing and repairing plumbing, irrigations systems, fixtures, and maintenance, including testing for leaks, cleaning out blocked lines and drains.

Dealt one-on-one with customers to resolve complaints

Repaired and installed plumbing fixtures like hot water tanks, water heaters, dishwashers, garbage disposals and sinks

Installed, assembled and repaired pipes and fixtures of heating and drainage systems

Drilled holes in floors and walls to accommodate passage of pipes

Assisted in fitting vales, pumps and systems by making use of hand tools

●Landscaper Operated vehicles and power equipment, such as jack hammer, skill saws, skill drills.

Used shovel and pick axe, to dig holes for planting of trees and bushes as well as trenches.

Grade specified area for decorative rock and planting.

Installed irrigation system for plants, trees, and grass.

Extensive tree pruning

Planting & maintaining large hedge walls

Light sprinkler system repairs

Create and maintain a lush healthy yard that meets and exceeds customer specific wants and needs.

This includes fertilization, seeding, mowing, weed whacking, finger hoeing, edging, hedge trimming, laying sod, tree & shrub planting and removal, flower planting & transplanting, mulching, basic stonework, debris removal and cleanup

Experience in sod removal and laying, trimming, weeding, edging, mulching planting,

Exhibited the ability to successfully follow planned landscape designs to determine where to lay sod, plant flowers or foliage, and/or other decorative garden accessories.

Provided proper upkeep of hand and power tools and equipment, including maintenance on company vehicles. Ensured vehicles and tools were cleaned before being stored, and shop

Worked in a team environment as well as independently

Grounds Crew Member

Sharon Heights Golf Course
Palo Alto, California
11.2007 - 11.2009
  • Performed regular maintenance of grounds, including mowing, trimming, edging, pruning, and planting.
  • Conducted daily inspections of equipment to ensure proper functioning and safety.
  • Assisted in the installation of new landscaping features such as trees, shrubs, and flower beds.
  • Prepares and maintains golf course greens, fairways, and other golf course surfaces as required, ensuring compliance with all golfing regulations and standards. Sets course tee and cup placements, installs and repairs irrigation systems, and operates and maintains greenskeeping equipment.

Education

GED -

Andrew Hill High School
San Jose, CA
05-2007

Skills

  • Communication
  • Problem solving
  • TeamLeader
  • Time management

  • Soil analysis
  • Scheduling Coordination
  • Water management
  • Turf management
  • Weather Monitoring
  • Work order processing
  • Irrigation Systems
  • Irrigation management
  • Landscape design
  • Lawn Aeration
  • Yard mowing
  • Shrubbery trimming
  • Planting
  • Sprinkler system maintenance
  • Grounds Maintenance
  • Soil preparation
  • Garden maintenance

Timeline

Landscape Maintenance Supervisor/Irrigation Technician

Colony landscape
11.2009 - Current

Grounds Crew Member

Sharon Heights Golf Course
11.2007 - 11.2009

GED -

Andrew Hill High School
Steve Ceja