Landscape Production Manager

LandCare; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

401K match

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

PTO + holidays

Training program

Profit sharing

Job summary

LandCare is seeking a Production Manager to lead frontline crews, ensuring quality, efficiency, and safety while delivering landscape projects that meet client expectations. You will oversee production planning, cost estimation, materials procurement, and participate in hiring and training of crew members.

This role emphasizes collaboration with account managers, audits for landscape quality, and driving profitability through careful labor and material cost planning.

Qualifications

• Experience in landscape operations and crew supervision
• Ability to read production plans and budgets
• Experience hiring and training field staff

Responsibilities

• Lead frontline crews to ensure quality, efficiency and safety on client sites
• Oversee production planning, cost estimation, and materials procurement
• Partner with Account Manager to perform landscape quality audits and identify improvement opportunities
• Drive profitability through planned labor and material usage and review of financial results
• Mentor supervisors to develop crew talent and safety culture

Skills

Production planning

Team leadership

Safety compliance

Cost management

Job description

Production Managers at LandCare are crucial members of our operations team. Production Managers lead the frontline crews to ensure quality, efficiency, and safety while creating beautiful landscapes that inspire our clients. This position oversees production planning, cost estimation, materials procurement, and is directly involved with the hiring and training of crew members.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

Landscape Quality and Efficiency

• Partner with Account Manager and clients to perform landscape quality audits to review landscape quality, task execution, identify maintenance needs, and recommend enhancement opportunities
• Create detailed job service plans for each client using LandCare’s Aspire software system
• Provide production planning, oversight and guidance to supervisors and team members on client jobsites to drive customer satisfaction with timely and effective service
• Identify opportunities to improve production methods and provide additional training to team members
• Understand and contribute to profitability goals through proper planning of monthly operations, including management of labor and materials costs and review of financial reports and results

Promoting Culture, Training, and Safety

• Oversee hiring and staffing needs of the business to ensure teams are appropriately staffed
• Demonstrate ongoing leadership of a safety-oriented culture and hold all team members accountable for following safety procedures
• Educate and train crew members on a variety of safety topics
• Continuously mentor supervisors to lead teams and develop crew member talent

Besides the great team environment and the ability to work outside, we also have a strong benefits package for our team members:

• Competitive base salary
• Team based profit sharing program
• 401K for all employees with 3.5% company match
• Company-provided vehicle
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid Time Off Policy + 9 corporate holidays
• Formal training and development program

This opportunity has a base range that represents a full-time annual salary starting at $70,000-$90,000+ (commensurate with experience).