Commercial Landscape - Area Manager

• Job Title: Commercial Landscape - Area Manager
• Location: Houston, TX

JOB SUMMARY:

Manage daily operations of sites within assigned territory to ensure delivery of high-quality service to clients. Responsible for client and employee retention, crew productivity, and workplace safety.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education  

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Landscape Architecture or Horticulture preferred
• Equivalent work experience

• At least 7 years related work experience

• As required by state and federal law
• Valid driver license issued by the state where employed
• Commercial Pesticide Applicators License, or ability to obtain within 1 year
• Certified Landscape Technician (CLT) or ability to obtain within 1 year

• Strong relationship building and customer relations skills
• Strong management and leadership skills
• Experience working the commercial property managers a plus
• Effective oral and written communication
• Ability to operate commercial landscape equipment and tools
• Have a working understanding of irrigation repairs and familiarity with irrigation controller monitoring and adjusting
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and perform well under deadlines
• Organizational skills
• Flexibility
• Basic understanding of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, diagram and/or schedule format
• Ability to read, write and comprehend English
• Ability to speak effectively before employees and clients
• Bi-lingual English/Spanish strongly preferred, including ability to read, interpret and translate documents and verbal presentations
• Basic math

• Constantly required to talk, hear, see, sit, stand and walk
• Frequently required to drive a vehicle unaccompanied
• Must be able to see at close vision, distant vision, peripherally, have depth perception and have the ability to adjust focus
• Frequent use of hands to manipulate, handle or feel objects, tools or controls
• Frequently required to reach, bend, twist, stoop, crouch, climb and balance
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and seldom lift and/or move up to 75 pounds
• Occasionally required to look at computer screens and operate a keyboard and mouse

• Occasionally works with mechanical objects and outside in all weather conditions
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals
• Occasionally exposed to loud noise levels

• Serve as client point-of-contact for day-to-day site issues, and expeditiously and proactively identify, address, and resolve client needs
• Conduct walkthroughs with client and other company representative as appropriate
• Schedule, assign, and direct field production staff to ensure all services are performed according to contract specifications, on budget, according to schedule and with a high standard of quality
• Effectively communicate with production teams the tasks necessary to provide a consistent, high quality product for clients
• Effectively assess labor needs and execute labor plan by hiring or terminating employees as needed
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills; develop morale and recognize employee achievements; foster opportunities for professional development of employees
• Review and approve timecards for accurate and timely submission to payroll
• Analyze and understand cost reports and budget variances related to contract projects
• Routinely monitor sites for quality, assess opportunities for potential maintenance, irrigation, and enhancement upgrades and repairs
• Collaborate with Service & Operations Support to propose, track, and resolve minor enhancement projects to current clients, including final review and approval before communicating to client
• Work closely with Project Manager on A/B client communication and expectations, including site information and capital or large-scale projects
• Meet or exceed annual sales goals
• Ensure safety on every site by conducting and enforcing safety training and meetings, as well as consistently monitor job sites for potential safety hazards
• Responsible for creating contemporaneous, prompt, and thorough documentation of all coaching, conversations, counseling, and performance management discussions with employees.
• Constantly promote and encourage adherence to company policies and best practices
• Training, planning, assigning and directing work
• Conflict resolution
• Recommending potential clients to business development team, based on current relationships
• Other duties as assigned

Pay: $60,000 - $70,000

Texcape Services is an EEO and E-Verify participating employer.

Texscape Services is an On Demand Daily Pay employer