Job description
The Landscape Health and Water Manager is primarily responsible for managing the overall plant wellness on assigned sites and plays a crucial role in ensuring the aesthetic appeal, health, and sustainability of our landscape through the proper management of the irrigation system. This includes irrigation monitoring to ensure all plants receive the ideal amounts of water for plant type and seasonality. During site audits, Landscape Health and Water Manager will look for struggling plants and adjust run times and make coverage change recommendations to improve plant health. In addition, this role will support branch operations by communicating with Account Managers and Repair Technicians on issues found and property enhancement ideas. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in horticulture, a passion for plant care, and the ability to conduct comprehensive site audits. Ultimately, this role is responsible for ensuring all plants are healthy and thriving. This includes all established material, annual flowers, and newly installed landscapes. Understanding plant establishment and the necessary care for new installed plants is needed.
This individual will report to the Branch Manager and is a full-time position.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Perform irrigation and landscape audits regularly to ensure the landscape plants are healthy and aesthetically appealing
- Monitor and manage pest and disease issues using IPM (Integrated Pest Management) strategies to ensure the overall health and vitality of plants. Including soil improvement recommendations.
- Identify and diagnose diseases affecting turf and ornamental plants
- Propose and implement effective solutions to address plant health issues in a timely manner
- Communicate findings and generate proposals from site audits with improvement or repair recommendations for Account Managers to send to customers.
- Take ownership of all aspects of water management in the landscape
