Landscape Manager

Governors Club; Governors Club (NC); On-site; USD 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Uniforms

Lunch provided

Golf privileges

Health and Dental insurance

401k contributions

Job summary

Governors Club in Chapel Hill, NC, seeks an experienced Landscape Manager to lead landscape maintenance across club grounds, ensuring exceptional appearance and standards.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, horticultural excellence, and team development within a premier private club environment.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of professional landscape management experience.
• Knowledge of ornamental horticulture, turfgrass, trees, shrubs, irrigation.
• Valid driver’s license; pesticide applicator license preferred or willing to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations of clubhouse, tennis, fitness center landscape grounds.
• Maintain ornamental landscapes, trees, shrubs, beds, turf, and common areas.
• Maintain golf course landscape beds and assist with driving range details.
• Develop and implement seasonal landscape maintenance programs.
• Coordinate pruning, planting, fertilization, irrigation, weed control, pest management, mulching.
• Monitor health of plants and address disease, pests, or irrigation issues.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Landscape maintenance

Communication

Job description

Governors Club | Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Governors Club, a premier private country club in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is seeking an experienced and motivated Landscape Manager to lead the Club's landscape maintenance operations and help maintain the exceptional appearance and standards of the property.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on landscape professional who takes pride in quality, attention to detail, horticultural excellence, and team leadership. The successful candidate will play an important role in maintaining and enhancing the landscaped areas throughout the Governors Club property.

Position Responsibilities

The Landscape Manager will be responsible for:

• Managing the daily operations of the clubhouse, tennis and fitness center landscape grounds
• Maintaining the Club's ornamental landscapes, trees, shrubs, annual color, perennial beds, turf areas, and common areas.
• Maintain golf course landscape beds
• Work with Golf Course Superintendent to manage driving range mowing and details.
• Developing and implementing seasonal landscape maintenance programs.
• Coordinating pruning, planting, fertilization, irrigation, weed control, pest management, mulching, and other horticultural practices.
• Monitoring the health and appearance of plant material and identifying potential disease, insect, irrigation, or cultural issues.
• Maintaining a high level of detail throughout the club property, including entrances, clubhouse surroundings, golf course landscapes, and member-use areas.
• Coordinating landscape improvement projects, renovations, and new installations.
• Managing landscape equipment, materials, inventory, and chemical applications in accordance with applicable regulations.
• Working closely with the Director of Grounds and Golf course Superintendent to ensure consistent property standards.
• Ensuring all work is performed safely, efficiently, and to the high standards expected of a premier private club.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1-3 years of professional landscape management experience. Private club, resort, golf course, or high-end residential experience is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of ornamental horticulture, turfgrass, trees, shrubs, irrigation, and landscape maintenance practices.
• Strong organizational, communication, and time-management skills.
• Ability to work independently while functioning effectively as part of a larger Grounds and Club operations team.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to exceptional property standards.
• Valid driver's license required.
• Pesticide applicator license preferred, or willingness to obtain one.

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate is a hands-on landscape professional and effective leader who understands that details matter.

We are looking for someone who takes ownership of the property, develops and supports their team, holds themselves and others to high standards, and has a genuine passion for creating and maintaining exceptional landscapes.

This position is well suited for an individual who enjoys being actively involved in daily operations while also planning ahead, developing employees, and continually looking for opportunities to improve the property.

Compensation $50,000-$55,000/year

Benefits:

• Uniforms
• Lunch provided
• Golf privileges
• Health and Dental insurance
• 401k contributions