Lawn and Plant Healthcare Manager

Mariani Landscape•Town of Southeast, NY

41d

About The Position

Work With The Best We are building the premier outdoor living company in the country by creating a “family of family companies” across the nation. Now you can build your landscaping career with the best, working in one of our many company locations nationwide. Learn from the top experts in the field and work on some of the country’s largest and most complex landscape projects. Take advantage of opportunities to share and exchange best practices across our network. The opportunities are endless. Job Overview The Associate Field Service Manager is responsible monitoring the health of all plants and greenscapes, watering and feeding plants, trimming trees and shrubs, fertilizing and mowing lawns, weeding gardens and keeping green spaces and walkways clear of debris and litter. You should know how to use and maintain landscaping equipment, including mowers, trimmers and fertilizers, while following health and safety regulations.

Requirements

Proficient in the following: pruning, irrigation, transplanting, identification
Knowledge of navigating the internet, proficiency in Office Suite, working knowledge of estimating software and job costing software
Working knowledge of use and maintenance for skidsteer, walk behind skidsteer, sod cutter, demo saw, etc…
Natural leader and problem solver with a demonstrated sound work ethic.
Confident and professional at all times.
Experience with collaboration and critical thinking exercises.
Demonstrated time management and dexterity.
Comfortable processing terminations and providing technical assistance.

Responsibilities

Manage the daily operations of crews or technicians.
Make sure all crews have all equipment and/or materials for daily jobs
Make sure all crews understand what they are supposed to do for their daily jobs
Keep crews on budget and up to date with changes.
Communicate internally any changes to schedules as quickly as possible
Prior to jobs occurring, contact Client Representatives regarding questions that need answered.
If site walkthroughs are necessary, schedule them.
Update Client Representatives on status of jobs and/or if there are issues
24 Hour rule on responding to Client Reps on a bid review request.
Learn to use Microsoft Teams, e-mail and phone to review as many proposals as possible remotely.
Set meetings when you need to go over things face to face
Use your resources to estimate things that you are not familiar with.
Use subcontractors to get #’s that are out of crew scope