Landscaping Supervisor

Omni Hotels & Resorts•Hot Springs, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Omni Homestead Resort & Spa, a historic Allegheny Mountain resort in Virginia, has been delighting vacationers for over 250 years and recently completed a $170 million renovation. It is a four-season resort offering superb restaurant dining, championship golf, spa, winter sports, and numerous other activities. Associates at The Omni Homestead Resort & Spa enjoy a dynamic and exciting work environment, comprehensive training and mentoring, and a culture of respect, gratitude, and empowerment. The Landscaping Supervisor performs tasks common to the care of grounds and landscapes, including seeding, watering, mulching, fertilizing, and applying chemicals to plantings. This role involves inspecting plant materials for insects, disease, and damage, as well as transplanting, pruning, trimming, and cultivating trees, shrubs, ground cover, and flowers. The supervisor will also participate in the planning and implementation of ornamental beds and seasonal annual plantings, lead grounds enhancement programs, coordinate irrigation scheduling and repair, ensure proper application and record-keeping of pesticides and fertilizers, and prepare outdoor locations for guest use as needed by resort operations. The position requires safely operating light vehicles and portable power tools, ensuring equipment maintenance, and assisting with snow and ice removal.

Requirements

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
Ability to communicate effectively with guests, management, vendors/suppliers and associates.
Valid Virginia Driver's License and comply with Company motor vehicle requirements.
Effective communication skills, both oral and written

Nice To Haves

Experience in landscaping or grounds care

Responsibilities

Performs tasks common to the care of grounds and landscapes by seeding, watering, mulching, fertilizing, and applying chemicals to plantings; inspecting plant materials for insects, disease, physical and mechanical damage; transplanting, pruning, trimming, and cultivating trees, shrubs, ground cover, and flowers.
Participate in the planning and implementation of ornamental beds and season annual plantings.
Lead improvement programs with respect to enhancement of the grounds.
Coordinate and report needs for irrigation scheduling and repair.
Ensure proper application of pesticides and fertilizers. Keeping detailed records of applications.
Prepare outdoor locations for use by guests as needed by resort operations.
Safely operates light vehicles such as pick-up trucks, tractors, or riding mowers and portable power tools and equipment such as saws, grass trimmers, snow/leaf blowers, sprayers and other groundskeeping equipment by obeying applicable traffic laws and following operator instructions, and wearing appropriate safety items such as goggles, gloves, or other appropriate protective clothing.
Ensures that grounds maintenance equipment maintenance equipment is well cared for by performing routine cleaning of tools, equipment and machines.
Assists in preventing accidents resulting from snow- or ice-covered walkways by use of snow removal equipment on trucks and tractors; operating snow blowers, tractors or using shovels to remove snow and spread gravel and salt on surfaces.
Supports safe work habits and foster a positive work environment.
Contributes to the overall success of the resort by performing all other related duties as assigned.