Field Manager – Maintenance Landscape
The Maintenance Field Manager is vital in all aspects of our landscape maintenance department, along with Snow & Ice Management services. This position requires an enthusiastic individual who wants to grow with us, manage a crew, and deliver exceptional results. The Maintenance Field Manager’s role is key to ensuring our work meets or exceeds client expectations. This individual must bring a strong desire to learn, participate, and train in safety meetings, as well as manage effective routes, ensure clocks, and training is done to RM’s standards. It’s physically demanding and would be a working role alongside the crew.
Key Responsibilities:
- Commercial Landscape Skills: effectively manage and train crew members to perform all levels of landscape maintenance with tasks assigned. Tasks include weeding, bed clean-up, bed maintenance, mulching, shrub trimming, watering, ground care maintenance, edging, trimming, raking, sweeping, mowing, and more. Adhering to all safety protocol, achieving production/enhancement/construction targeted results and client expectations within contract of services and budgeted hours/expenses. Working within allotted labor costs. Performing high quality outcomes for Green Season and Ice & Snow Season.
- Equipment Knowledge and Operation: strong knowledge of all types of equipment used in landscape maintenance. Equipment includes but is not limited to; string trimmers, edgers, leaf blowers, spray backs, chainsaws, hand pruners, hedge trimmers, spreaders, tractors, and mowers. Operation of landscape maintenance equipment and tools in a safe and efficient manner. Mulching, spring clean ups, and fall clean ups. Additional experience with understanding commercial vehicles and various trailers is helpful, plus driving experience.
- Reporting and Quality Control: report production/route/crew efficiency-based feedback and equipment/injuries/damage-based issues to Production Manager. Responsible for onsite production, completing a general pre-and-post site evaluation before moving to the site.
- Relationship Building and Collaboration: nurture strong relationships between Field Managers, Production Managers, Administrative staff, and other Crew Members.
- Equipment Maintenance: adhere to all required schedule maintenance appointments, notify Shop Manager of truck, trailer, and/or equipment issues by phone to diagnosis and/or provide service call. Complete all Repair Ticket Tags for equipment and Shop Repair/Service Request forms for truck and trailer repairs on return to the yard.
- Time Recording and Procedures: adhere to time clock procedures, safety rules and regulations, equipment operation, equipment maintenance and proper landscape procedures in accordance with company training procedures. Responsible for all crew members clocking.
- Training: ability to grow within the company, attend and participate in all scheduled meetings and training sessions as required. Ensure all new hires are fully trained within RM guidelines.
- Green and Snow Season Duties: role requires additional duties assigned at season changes, portfolio or site responsibilities, and equipment role.
- Safety: ensure that all work is performed safely and in accordance with company and industry standards and regulations. Contribute to our safety culture by wearing assigned Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Qualifications:
o Must be at least 18 years of age.
o US work authorization.
o Experience: 2+ years of landscaping maintenance, production, irrigation, enhancement, or construction crew experience and/or supervision, plus Ice & Snow management.
o Transportation and Commercial Driving: reliable transportation and ability to commute to the yard and/or direct-to-site, Non-CDL DOT Medical Certificate, and valid driver’s license. Experience driving commercial vehicles and trailers.
o Leadership: lead and manage a team of landscape enhancement crew members, providing guidance, training, and oversight on all tasks. Delegate tasks and responsibilities to the team based on project requirements.
o Basic Knowledge: working understanding of procedures, methods, techniques, and equipment in landscape maintenance routines, human relations skills to interact with co-workers, managers, and clients.
o Abilities: to learn and perform essential duties of role; to plant, prune, care for lawns and plants. Learn and apply herbicides or pesticides safely. Understand basic pest and plant diseases, Use and take care of hand tools, mechanical equipment, power tools, and rolling equipment.
o Physical Abilities: to stand for extended period, walk long distances, manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to heavy weights up to 50lbs on regular basis, ability to push, pull, and guide materials over 75lbs, climb, stoop, kneel, and crouch on a regular basis, bend, twist, reach out, or stretch, hand-eye coordination, hand and finger dexterity; including ability to grasp, visual operation of ground equipment, able to move two or more limbs together, make fast or slow repetitive movements, read or understand verbal instructions (operation of, safety procedures, etc.), auditory ability to hear machines, alarms, and others, and speaking abilities to carry on conversations. Work in extreme temperature conditions.
o Outdoor Preparation: bring and wear appropriate uniform and additional protection such as rain gear, dry clothes, go-bag with food, water, and/or any medications needed throughout the day, work boots, and sunscreen.
o Communication, Problem Solving, and Software skills: excellent verbal/written communication, and interpersonal skills. Proficiency with Apps (i.e. Aspire). Strong ability to evaluate and solve issues that arise in the field.
o Experience: intermediate to advance sports field and landscape maintenance, production, irrigation, enhancement, or construction crew experience and/or supervision, plus Ice & Snow management.
o Commercial Driving: Non-CDL DOT Medical Certificate, and valid driver’s license.
o High School Diploma or Equivalent.
o Technical School or College Degree
o Bi-Lingual in Spanish.
Compensation and Benefits (Regular Full-time):
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Paid Time Off (PTO)
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Holiday Pay (6)
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NY Sick Pay
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401(k)/401(k) Matching
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Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
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Supplemental Voluntary Benefits
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Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Schedule, Travel, Working Conditions, and Location:
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Green Season: Monday to Friday with 7a prompt start, with occasional overtime and weekends; scheduled-based work.
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Snow Season: 24/7 operations, on call, based on assignment.
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Reporting to yard and/or direct-to-site as instructed.
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Work is performed outdoors where significant health and safety considerations exist from physical labor and working in the elements with machinery.
