Production Manager

Essential Duties And Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may also be assigned.

Financial

• Assist in setting labor budgets
• Manage Job Hours Tracking
• Responsible for material purchases per policy

Client Management

• Day to day contact
• First respondent to client requests

Employee Management

• Hires field employees
• Assigns all uniforms and company equipment
• Implements and utilizes the Gardener Training Series
• Maintains the Training Board
• Evaluates crew leader performance
• Evaluates crew member performance
• Makes wage and compensation recommendations for field employees
• Assists in decisions of seasonal labor reduction
• Coordinates and communicates concerns between office and field
• Operations
• Implements and follows disciplinary actions and procedures
• Responsible for morale of crew members

Safety Management

• Chooses topics and implements all Safety Tailgate Meetings, and fills out
• Report of Safety Meeting
• Participates in the New Hire Training
• Performs all vehicle and equipment inspections
• Responsible for identification of unsafe equipment or vehicles, and follows company safety recommendations

Marketing and Sales Management

• Identifies and suggests target properties for replacement
• Measures properties for proposal generation
• Implements Job Start Ups with crew leaders
• Creates and presents Remedial Proposals and identifies sales opportunities

Field Management

• Establish, implement, and manage labor and material budgets
• Schedule daily routes and add new jobs in proper order
• Manage Job Sequencing with crew leaders
• Manage morning dispatch and afternoon return
• Monitor time management with each crew as needed
• Revise schedules as needed
• Review Landscape Management Report’s
• Supply crews with all needed equipment and material
• Train crews on fertilizing, spraying, and small plantings as directed by the Agronomic Calendar
• Fill in as crew leader in their absence
• Manage performance expectations
• Order and schedule delivery of Remedial material and return rental equipment

Equipment and Shop Management

• Implement, manage and track PM process
• Order supplies for equipment
• Do minor repairs or take equipment to repair shop
• Report equipment abuse
• Open and close shop
• Secure loaner or spare equipment
• Order and stock shop supplies
• Monitor and check proper fuel mixtures for gas cans
• Lock shop fuel pumps
• Keep shop cleaned and organized

Office and Administration

• Complete New Hire Packets
• Assist with time sheets
• Coordinate client information between office and field
• Communicate uniform, field, and office supply needs
• Verify Remedial Billing Schedules with office
• Assist in providing a professional office environment
• Maintain a clean and functional training area
• Be proactive in responding to deadlines

Licenses and Permits

• Shall possess a valid State driver’s license appropriate to the class and capability of the vehicle(s) that they are assigned to operate and driving record must meet company standards as well as the State requirements where the vehicle is driven
• Provide office with required info for vehicle and drivers licenses

Brand and Compliance

Assist Owner in USL Brand and Compliance expectations

Qualifications

To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Language Skills

While performing duties, employees are regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; may read and interpret data, information and documents; observe and respond to people and situations; learn and apply new information or skills; work under deadlines; and interact with others encountered in the course of work.

Physical Demands

The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $48,000.00 - $52,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus opportunities

Experience:

• Landscaping: 3 years (Required)
• Crew management: 1 year (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• New Bern, NC (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $48,000 - $52,000