Horticulturist/Manager Residential Landscape Maintenance Department

Horticulturist and manager for Residential Landscape Maintenance Department

Lazar Landscape Design and Construction - Oakland, CA

Full-time

Would you call yourself a horticulturist or garden enthusiast? Are you a fluent bilingual Spanish/English speaker? Do you have amazing organizational and communication skills? Are you a pleasant team player?

Are you intrigued? Then we want to meet you!

We are looking for a leader to manage 40 gardens, clients, and a small maintenance crew. Someone with deep plant knowledge, who can identify the needs of a garden and communicate those needs to both clients and crew members. And someone who would be interested in helping us grow the department.

Day to day, you will find yourself:

Meeting with the crews each morning to organize their day and any coordination that needs to happen with clients.

Regular site visits to all of our gardens

Organizing and scheduling crew routes and extra work.

Proactive communication with our clients about their gardens

Creating and presenting maintenance contracts to new clients

Training and assisting crew on plant ID, proper pruning techniques, fertilization and pesticide practices, etc.

If you want a job that is challenging, rewarding, and different every day – and you think you have what it takes – send us your resume!

If we decide to work together, we offer:

Full time employment

Competitive pay

Health insurance

401k

Requirements:

Plant knowledge is required. Bilingual is a must. A good work ethic, and self-sufficient ability to run the show without supervision. Willingness to work with others, build team and client relationships. And a desire to work hard.

Hours are 7:30 am to 4 PM, Monday through Friday.