The Landscape Manager selected for this opportunity will gain key public sector experience in municipal landscape maintenance and management that can effectively position you to pursue and obtain key, sought-after public sector jobs. We are looking for an individual that has 15+ years of experience to work on-site and full-time (approximately 40 hours per week) in the Port Hueneme area. 

As a Landscape Manager, your duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinates the organization, staffing, and operational activities for the landscaping/maintenance program including directing the maintenance and repairs of City parks and street trees, developing schedules for seasonal pruning and planting, and overseeing the activities of irrigation and repair crews.
• Participates in the selection of assigned staff; provides or coordinates staff training; develops training plans; writes and administers performance evaluations; works with employees to correct deficiencies.
• Develops and administers programs such as the application of herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers.
• Plans, organizes, directs, supervises, and empowers the landscape maintenance staff to complete assigned work with established work schedules; checks on status of work crews and jobs during the day and provides technical assistance; inspects progress of work for quality and proper use of resources.
• Determines material and equipment needs; plans, procures, and allocates materials, tools, equipment, and other supplies; prepares equipment specifications.

As a Landscape Manager, you will have:

• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in arboriculture, horticulture, forestry entomology, plant pathology, or a related field
• Required: Minimum of 15 years in the maintenance and management of parks, landscaped areas, street and shrub maintenance and management, including administrative and/or lead supervisory experience.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work permanently in the U.S. (i.e., without time limitations, without restrictions or without need for work sponsorship in the U.S.)
• Valid CA Driver’s License and proof of insurance