Softscape & Landscape Operations Manager
Sylvan Gardens LLC is seeking an experienced and team-oriented individual to serve as a Softscape & Landscape Operations Manager.
Responsibilities include oversight of safety practices, quality control and client satisfaction and ensuring the efficiency of landscape and softscape crews.
This is a hands-on position with a mix of management and labor required per each job.
Responsibilities
• Scheduling
• Material Purchasing. Minimum of 3-years experience.
• Review & Interpret Estimates
• Quality Control
• Client Satisfaction
• Safety of Employees
• Ensure services are delivered profitably
• Hands-on management and training of crews
• Identify and implement new efficiencies and improvements
• Communicate well with crew members, clients, and designers
Objectives
Our Maintenance crews service our largest and most tenured accounts. As a Crew Supervisor, you'll be in charge of the team that maintains our good standing.
In working for these clients, you and your crew won't just be maintaining the grounds -- you'll be maintaining our most important business relationships.
The careful and timely completion of scheduled work is only half the job. Communicating with clients, leading your Crew Members and working with our management teams all require that you can handle multiple tasks and point them all toward achieving the same goal of reliable, friendly work.
In working on these sites, you'll be working for a range of clients. Whether on a commercial property busy with employees or in a neighborhood working for an HOA, our clients will come to see you and your crew regularly.
When they do, we know they'll see us arriving on schedule, working hard and always ready to meet their expectations.
Requirements
• Technologically savvy (Microsoft, LMN Software)
• Valid Pennsylvania Driver’s License
• Excellent communication skills
• Plant knowledge and identification.
• Understanding of water management & drainage, grading & site layout and low-voltage lighting systems
• Capable of reading and understanding site plans, blueprints and architectural drawings
• Understands elevations and use of a laser transit
• Can proficiently & safely operate and train employees on the following equipment:
- Skid steers, mini-excavators, plate compactors, concrete saws, hammer drills, jack hammers, circular saws, dust management systems & other relevant equipment.
• Ready to work outdoors in various conditions
• Able to safely lift 75 pounds
• Bilingual English/Spanish a PLUS
Compensation & Benefits
A competitive compensation package and benefits plan, which includes: education, bonus program, retirement, health benefits and sick day / vacation policy. This position is full time. Compensation will be based on skills and experience. To be considered, your application MUST include the following:
• Resume
• List of certifications and other proof of skills (portfolio of prior work preferred)
• Salary requirements
• Previous employment information contact information Please send resumes via email or mail to: Sylvan Gardens Landscape PO. Box 626 Ingomar, PA 15127
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $65,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year
Benefits:
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
Schedule:
• 10-hour shift
• Monday to Friday
Supplemental Pay:
• Bonus pay
Experience:
• Landscape: 3 years (Required)
License/Certification:
• Driver's License (Required)
Work Location: In person
Where You’ll Fit In
Sylvan Careers
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Crew Member
Our entry-level position, laborers work regular seasonal hours in our maintenance and design/build teams. An ability to work with different crew leaders in season-specific jobs is key. Experienced laborers with a knack for problem solving are our first choice for new hires as crew leaders or in other management roles.
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Assistant Crew Supervisor
Our assistant crew leaders work closely with the crew leader/foreman to assist and direct laborers and job needs. Will work to create familiarity with our most prominent properties and all equipment. Assistant Crew Leaders can move quickly into roles as drivers and crew leaders.
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Crew Supervisor / Foreman
Crew Leaders are the first rung in the management ladder. Our crew leaders work closely with laborers, operations managers and our clients to help take the work from designed to done. Crew Leaders are eligible for benefits including health insurance and paid time off, as well as assistance in earning green industry certifications. Strong knowledge of equipment, industry standard practices and a driver's license are essential.
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Operations Manager
Operations Managers have broad responsibilities in production, management and customer relations. An ability to oversee projects from the design phase to completion & customer follow-up is a must, as is providing production staff with the material and guidance they need to complete work on time. Eligible for health insurance, company vehicle and other benefits, these positions require an ability to complete multiple production and management tasks at once.
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Account Manager
Account managers are the first point of contact for our clients. The success of our company is founded on customer service, and those in this position maintain our reputation by understanding our clients' needs and concerns and relaying relevant information to the production staff. Eligible for all available benefits and bonus programs and continuing education assistance in green industry programs. Significant hands-on industry experience and formal landscape education required.
Compensation | $$$$$
Join the team that grows! We know it’s not enough to just sign a paycheck. That’s why we provide careers our employees can take charge of.
Sylvan Gardens offers clear and specific career paths in our landscape maintenance and design & build teams. We work closely with full-time staff to see that they can work their way up into new roles with greater responsibilities and benefits.
We always work to promote from within, making sure that a career at Sylvan Gardens is a lasting and fulfilling one. Start yours today by learning more about our roles and opportunities.
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