Landscape Maintenance Operations Manager

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Job Overview 

Back to Nature is an ecologically inspired luxury landscape architecture/construction firm in New Jersey seeking a talented Landscape Maintenance Operations Manager to join our team.

Responsibilities and Duties 

• Weekly and daily scheduling and dispatching of hort./fine gardening crews, mow crews, enhancement crew, annual color and décor crew, and equipment across all service lines

• Training, management and oversight of foreman and crews

• General setup/layout of maintenance visits to ensure property quaility and accuracy as sold/requested by client manager/ manitenance manager

• Regular communication with Client Managers to ensure that client’s expectations are being met or exceeded

• Communicating with in-house team as needed to ensure potential issues are quickly resolved

• Strategic planning, routing, and forecasting so that work is being comleted by necessary deadlines

• Monitoring and adjustments of irrigation systems to ensure optimal health of all plant material and turf

• Ensure all weekly, bi-weekly, monthly plant healthcare inspections and treatments are being performed on sites

• Coordiante outside PHC (Plant Health Care) treatments with Client Manager

• Accurate completion of job reports (Weekly)

• Perform weekly safety meetings as provided by MPG and oversee overall safety on jobsites and implementation of company safety protocols

• Ability and willingness to do other job functions as requested

• Developing and maintaining positive management and field relationships and attitudes.

Job Requirements 

• Strong organization, communication, critical thinking, analytic, and problem-solving skills

• Desire to be the best in industry and to further advance the landscape profession

• Proficiency or ability to learn Microsoft Office, Smartsheet, and other computer programs as necessary

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in landscape field preferred but not required

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in landscape / horticulture

• Attention to detail

• Proactive, self-motivated, innovative, collaborative problem solver

• Plant ID knowledge

• Driver’s License

The Perks 

• 401(k) plan with company match  

• Medical insurance  

• Dental insurance  

• Vision insurance  

• FSA/HSA  

• PerkSpot  

• Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance  

• Paid time Off  

• Tuition Reimbursement (after one year of service) 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Mariani Enterprises, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment with regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, age, sex (including sexual harassment), sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, military status or unfavorable discharge from military service or any other characteristic protected by law.