Field Manager

**Descripción**

**Field Manager - Landscape Maintenance**

**Position Description**

The Field Manager is responsible for managing labor and material in the field to complete assigned contract maintenance and snow removal projects. In addition, field managers must develop the people that report to them. Success in this position is indicated by jobs in which contracts are renewed, jobs completed in the budgeted hours, and low negative turnover of assistants and crewmembers. This position must cooperate with other landscape management field managers and enhancement field managers to see that the overall goals of the branch are met.

**Responsibilities**
- Develop a clear understanding of the philosophies by which the company operates, the short-and long-term goals of the branch, and the financial position of the branch.
- Get to know your people in an effort to help them develop within the company. Set goals with them and monitor their progress through timely formal and informal evaluations.
- Be an active part of our training process by attending or conducting certification training sessions on a regular basis.
- Plan, schedule and supervise daily production activities on assigned contracts. x
- Develop a clear understanding of the hourly and cost budgets for each of your jobs. Monitor by reviewing job hours, reports, and job costs regularly and taking action as needed. Communicate budget hours to assistants and crewmembers.
- Develop a good relationship with the client on every job.
- Monitor quality of work and be proactive in bringing issues to the customer’s attention by inspecting the job at the end of each day and completing property service reports.
- Sell an acceptable level of extras through the use of T&M tickets.
- Maintain assigned vehicle and equipment in good working order.

**Qualifications**
- Demonstrated skill and ability to manage others at other levels.
- Demonstrated skill and ability to work with service customers.
- At least one year of experience doing contract maintenance work in a commercial setting.
- Two or four-year horticultural or related degrees and two years of industry experience. Additional industry experience or industry certifications can substitute for a non-related degree, a two-year degree, or no degree.
- Ability to identify and diagnose insect and disease problems and schedule appropriate treatment.
- Working knowledge of vehicles and equipment used in contract maintenance and snow removal.
- Valid driver’s license with a clean record over the last three years.

**What we provide**:

- Competitive salary
- Medical benefits with dental and vision
- Flexible Spending Account
- 401(k) plan
- Flexible work/life balance
- Family-oriented company culture

**General description**

Ruppert Landscape is a commercial landscape construction and management company, a family-owned and employee-owned business, headquartered in Montgomery County, MD, with operations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Delaware, and Tennessee. Our mission is to provide opportunities for our people, take excellent care of our customers, and be good stewards of the environment and our community.

Ruppert Landscape is an Equal Opportunity and E-verify Employer

**Gerente de Campo - Mantenimiento de Paisajes**

**Descripción del puesto**
El gerente de campo es responsable de administrar la mano de obra y el material en el campo para completar los proyectos de mantenimiento y remoción de nieve asignados por contrato. Además, los gerentes de campo deben entrenar a las personas bajo su supervisión. El éxito en este puesto está indicado por trabajos en los que se renuevan los contratos, los trabajos se completan en las horas presupuestadas y hay una tasa de rotación baja de asistentes y ayudantes. Este puesto debe cooperar con otros gerentes de campo de mantenimiento y gerentes de campo de mejora para asegurarse de que se cumplan los objetivos generales de la sucursal.

**Responsabilidades**
- Desarrollar una comprensión clara de las filosofías por las que opera la empresa, los objetivos a corto y largo plazo de la sucursal y la posición financiera de la sucursal.
- Conocer a su gente en un esfuerzo por ayudarlos a crecer dentro de la empresa. Establecer metas con ellos y monitorear su progreso a través de evaluaciones formales e informales.
- Formar parte activa de nuestro proceso de capacitación asistiendo o realizando sesiones de capacitación de certificación de manera regular.
- Planificar, programar y supervisar las actividades diarias de producción en los contratos asignados.
- Desarrollar una comprensión clara de los presupuestos por horas y costos para cada uno de sus trabajos. Supervise las horas de trabajo, los informes y los costos de trabajo con regularidad y tomar las medidas necesarias. Comunicar el presupuesto de horas a los asistentes y ayudantes.
- Desarrollar una buena relación con el cliente en cada trabajo.
- Monitorear la calidad d