Assistant Maintenance Manager

Geller Enterprises Ltd. is an award winning design, build and maintenance landscape company completing both residential and commercial work. While we specialize in luxury, resort style residential outdoor spaces, we complete projects both large and small in both residential and commercial sectors. We are proud to be family owned and operated throughout our ownership and management group, creating a work environment that promotes the development of long term employees by offering continued education industry programs, company profit sharing, and quarterly company events. We currently employ a staff of 50 offering a large variety of services consisting of design, construction, and maintenance on a year round basis for outdoor landscape spaces. We are an equal opportunity employer and believe having fun at work is essential to running a successful business. We offer an exciting and motivating profit sharing system to boost your wage well beyond industry leading hourly rates. We are highly organized, efficient and goal orientated. We offer year-round employment for staff members wanting full time work.

As we strive to offer the best client experience possible, Geller’s provides comprehensive lawn, and landscape maintenance services.

We are currently advertising to hire a Lawn Care Operations manager, who will work closely with the Director of Maintenance Operations in order to uphold a lawn maintenance division that operates efficiently, effectively and with integrity while providing an optimal customer service experience.

Job Role:
To ensure direction, organization, and efficiency across the lawn maintenance division by preparing schedules, enforcing rules and regulations during all operations and performing quality control.

**Requirements**:

- Ability to speak, read and write English
- Valid Class 5F license
- Valid Class 3F license or ability to acquire
- Ability to stand and work with your hands for long periods of time
- Have 2 years in a management or supervisory role
- Ability to listen to and follow instruction from a direct supervisor
- Ability to lead a team of individuals
- Comfortable with working in dusty, hot, wet and/or cold temperatures
- Comfortable working weekends if schedule permits
- Experience with turf fertility practices
- Experience in pest and disease control in turf grass
- Experience using Excel, or spreadsheet programs
- Completed, enrolled or pursuing post-secondary education in industry related field
- Experience coordinating logistics
- Ability to schedule a day of work for multiple crews performing different tasks

**Daily Tasks Include**:

- Review previous days progress, and fill and file proper reports
- Schedule daily operations for all maintenance tasks
- Ensure daily morning operations are followed prior to beginning work day
- Manage equipment fleet, schedule repairs, routine maintenance and parts inventory
- Control communication between management and team members
- Ensure appropriate PPE is being worn by all employee’s and safety manual is being followed.
- Perform quality control on all landscape maintenance sites
- Assist in supply chain for Enhancement sites and shop repairs
- Ensure client satisfaction by means of site visits and following up on requests
- Communicate schedules with clients when requested
- Responsible for training new staff

**Required Skills**:

- Work with direct manager and assistant horticulturist to complete site requirements each day
- Ability to work alone and/or unsupervised for extended periods of time
- Communicate by receiving and providing direction to fellow employees
- Help train younger or inexperienced employees in completion of routine tasks on site
- Identify plant disease, stress, or damage and report to conduct remedy
- Use cloud based software to track hours on site appropriately, and document any plant deficiencies
- Operate small and large engine equipment
- Perform routine maintenance on all equipment and tools required for horticulture
- Organizational skill for schedules, spread sheets and reporting

**Length of Employment**:

- Full Time Year-Round

**Expected Hours**:
Summer:

- Monday to FridayWeather and schedule may require some Saturday work.
- 8 - 10 hours per day

Winter:

- 30 hours per week schedule dictated by snow removal needs

**Salary**: $45,000.00-$60,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Extended health care
- Paid time off
- RRSP match

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus pay
- Overtime pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Winnipeg, MB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- management: 2 years (preferred)

Work Location: One location