Job Description – Maintenance Production Manager
Salary: $40,000.00 to $47,000.00 – depending on experience
Purpose and Description
The Maintenance Production Manager is responsible for assisting with managing any and all landscape & lawn care maintenance aspects of Lotus Lawncare & Services LLC.
*Must be Self- motivated, hardworking, dependable, and responsible*
Requirements
- Must have at least 2 years in Production Management
- Must have at least 2 years experience in landscaping & mowing
- Must have valid Missouri or Kansas driver’s license and social security number
- Neat and clean appearance
- Missouri/KS Commercial Pesticide Applicator License
Responsibilities/Activities
- Manages and schedules labor, equipment and material to accomplish landscape maintenance production schedules within established budgets. Maintains strict adherence to established schedules and budgets.
- Understands contract specifications and ensures they are met and maintains customers’ complete satisfaction.
- Provide most recent plans and/or documents to field staff at the beginning of the day and provide instruction to ensure Crew Leader and crew are prepared to complete the job.
- Ensures all work is completed in adherence to safety policies and guidelines.
- Investigates any accident or safety violation, prepares appropriate reports, takes action steps to correct and prevent future occurrences. Defines and implements solutions to re-occurring accidents or most common hazards.
- Maintains proper inventory of materials, equipment and other supplies are on hand to complete production activities.
- Assists with ordering materials, equipment and supplies as needed within purchasing limits and to maximize material discounts and bulk discounts.
- Supervises employees, keeping attendance records, enforcing proper uniform and safety equipment use.
- Overall human resource management of field staff within landscape maintenance team. Includes hiring, terminating, training, coaching, mentoring and developing staff to reach potential and established goals for the individual and team. Identify and develop Crew Leaders.
- Assists in maintaining sufficient staff to accomplish maintenance production schedules and analyzes future needs, forecasting staff and material needs to complete future jobs.
- Coordinate the use of labor, equipment, materials and other resources with other teams as needed.
- Visit job sites on a regular basis, observing organization of work, identifying and resolving training issues, and taking necessary actions to ensure quality.
- Respond to customer complaints ensuring proper handling to achieve excellent customer satisfaction.
- Maintain day-to-day working knowledge of all contracts in progress, including field completion status, billings to-date and progress payments.
- Maintains costs within all assigned budgets.
- Monitors job costs weekly and immediately reports to Owner any jobs deviating from budgets of time, schedule, cost or any other factor so appropriates adjustments can be made to maximize end result.
- Maintain a high level of good housekeeping and care of company assets in the field, vehicles, shop, field offices and customer work-sites.
Daily Responsibilities
- Work with and assist Crew Leaders with any routing or scheduling/work sharing issues.
- Monitor and direct crew activity and departure each morning. Goal is 15 minutes in and out of the shop in the morning.
- Make sure crews have all equipment and supplies needed for daily work including any special order inventory needed for odd work orders to be completed.
- Communicate with Owner
- Influence positive attitude of staff through effective use of management and interpersonal skills.
- Check properties and spot check crews.
- Monitor competitors (what, who, where)
- Coordinate & execute requests from Owner.Check out / collect tools and equipment.
Weekly Responsibilities
- Attend weekly meeting with Owner and Crew Leaders.
- Monitor facilities lots, trucks and trailers for cleanliness and organization including trash and debris.
- Monitor labor hours; adjust as needed.
