Spray Technician Supervisor

Salary Range: $28.00 - $32.00 Hourly Job Code: RGS-MASTS00003 Positions Available: 1 Position Summary RGS Landscape & Arbor Care is seeking an experienced Spray Technician Supervisor to oversee and perform pesticide, herbicide, fertilizer, and plant health care applications across commercial landscape maintenance properties and plant health care sites. This is a working supervisor position . The right candidate must be able to lead spray technicians in the field while also performing chemical applications, operating spray equipment, maintaining accurate application records, and ensuring all work is completed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with product labels, SDS requirements, company policy, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations. This position is best suited for someone with strong technical spray experience, solid leadership skills, excellent attention to detail, and the discipline to ensure application work is safe, compliant, well-documented, and professional. Primary Responsibilities: The Spray Technician Supervisor will be responsible for: Supervising and leading a team of spray technicians. Planning and coordinating daily spray routes, schedules, and application work. Performing pesticide, herbicide, fertilizer, and plant health care applications as needed. Training technicians on safe chemical handling, proper application techniques, equipment operation, PPE use, and regulatory compliance. Ensuring all applications are completed according to product labels, SDS requirements, laws, regulations, and company standards. Monitoring field performance, coaching technicians, and providing feedback. Conducting safety inspections of job sites, equipment, vehicles, and application practices. Mixing, loading, applying, and handling materials safely and accurately. Maintaining accurate application records, reports, timekeeping, job costing, and production documentation. Use an electronic handheld device accurately and consistently for daily timekeeping, job costing, service documentation, application records, and other required field reporting. Managing chemical inventory, including safe storage and maintaining proper stock levels. Coordinating calibration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and upkeep of spray equipment. Communicating professionally with clients, residents, vendors, supervisors, and team members. Driving and operating company trucks and spray equipment safely and in accordance with company policy. Participating in operations meetings and reporting schedules, progress, issues, and application outcomes. Qualified applicants must have: California Department of Pesticide Regulation QAC or QAL certification. Valid California driver’s license and auto insurance. 5+ years of chemical application experience. 2+ years of experience managing spray technicians or spray crews. Strong knowledge of pesticide and fertilizer labels, SDS requirements, PPE, re-entry intervals, environmental precautions, and spill response. Strong plant identification skills for common Southern California plants and trees. Ability to diagnose common plant and tree pests, diseases, and environmental stressors. Strong understanding of pesticide use, storage, transportation, application, and recordkeeping requirements. Experience with spray equipment, including nozzles, calibration, pressure, drift control, mixing, handling, and troubleshooting. Strong math skills for calculating application rates, treatment areas, and mix quantities. Ability to train, coach, supervise, and hold technicians accountable. Strong communication and customer service skills. Ability to use handheld devices and software for timekeeping, job costing, service documentation, and compliance records. Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Outlook. Ability to read and write in English well enough to complete regulatory documentation and communicate safely. The position also requires repeatedly getting in and out of trucks and equipment, working outdoors, and wearing required PPE in accordance with company safety policies and applicable standards. Working Conditions: Work is performed outdoors in varying weather and jobsite conditions, including heat, sun exposure, rain, wind, dust, fumes, noise, vibration, uneven terrain, public-access areas, moving vehicles, heavy equipment, and exposure to fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, insects, plants, and other landscape-related conditions. Work may occur on commercial properties, multifamily communities, resorts, retail centers, public rights-of-way, and other assigned locations. Equipment Used: This position may require use of: Company trucks and light- to medium-duty vehicles. Spray rigs, hose reels, electric and gas diaphragm pumps, closed systems, and manual spray equipment. Handheld electronic devices and company-provided cellphone. Basic landscape tools and equipment. Equipment used for loading, hauling, securing, and field setup. Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate is an experienced and detail-oriented spray professional with strong technical knowledge, sound judgment, and proven field leadership skills. This individual must be able to supervise technicians, perform chemical applications, maintain accurate records, and ensure all work is completed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with applicable regulations, product labels, SDS requirements, and company standards. The successful candidate will be organized, dependable, bilingual in English and Spanish, comfortable using electronic field reporting tools, and capable of communicating professionally with team members, supervisors, clients, and residents. This position requires someone who leads by example, maintains high standards for safety and quality, and understands the importance of accurate documentation and regulatory compliance. Your ability to represent the company with integrity and the highest level of ethical behavior, communicate regularly and consistently with the team, be results-oriented, and identify client needs are a must. This job description is intended to state the essential function of the position and to be an accurate reflection of the current job, but it is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. Management reserves the right to assign other duties and tasks and revise the job as needed by the Company, its properties, or the position. RGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical condition, disability, or any other legally protected status. #J-18808-Ljbffr Rgsls