Landscape Project Manager

***This job will be located in Naples, FL and dispersed to either Naples or Fort Myers***

Title: Landscape & Maintenance Account Manager

Reports to: Landscape Regional Manager

Based at: Naples, Florida

Job purpose:

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in landscaping installation and/or grounds maintenance activities. Work may involve reviewing contracts to ascertain service, machine and workforce requirements; answering inquiries from potential customers regarding methods, material, and price ranges; and preparing estimates.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Manage less than 30 employees
• Daily processing of Foreman Sheets
• Daily customer service resolution
• Daily/Weekly review of job hours
• Daily preparation of Estimates/Proposals
• Daily/Weekly Scheduling, Routing, Inventory, Estimating
• Weekly updates to labor requirements and sales projections
• Overseeing dispatch, scheduling and equipment, vehicle and tool inspections
• Demonstrate professional role model behaviors on ethics and integrity
• Managing crew productivity on each job and ensuring that jobs are completed on or before total estimated hours
• Disciplining field employees when necessary and communicating with branch staff as needed regarding employee issues
• Conducting and managing safety training; monitoring and enforcing safety practices and
• policies

Other Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Serve as back-up to staff in order to fulfill contract
• Perform or assist with any duties or operations, as required to maintain workflow and to meet schedules and quality requirements.
• Attend various meetings with departmental managers, senior staff, committee members, and others concerned with departmental and program issues. Attend internal training sessions as requested.
• Interview, select, recommend, hire, train and supervise assigned staff. Provide direction to staff and assist in the investigation and resolution of problems. Evaluate performance and provide counseling and coaching to employees.
• Initiate personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, terminations, or disciplinary measures. Maintain harmonious employee/employer relations. Determine current and future staffing levels. Develop and implement staffing plans and related budgets
• Coordinating pre-employment drug testing, verifying work history, collecting new hire paperwork, submitting paperwork to Office Administrator and performing new hire
• orientations
• Networking in local area to find crew level employees; recruiting, hiring and training
• employees

Physical Requirements:

• Exposure to extreme weather and temperature.
• Regular pushing, pulling, stretching, reaching, kneeling stooping and bending.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.

Tools and Equipment to be used:

• Computer and peripherals, word processing, spreadsheets and software programs, standard office and safety
• Personal protective equipment Skid Steer or Tractor, Lawn maintenance equipment, chain saw, mechanical tools, etc.