Operations Leader: Year-Round Landscaping & Snow

The Grounds Guys of Elkhart and Goshen; Wyoming (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Year-round employment

Professional development

Job summary

The Grounds Guys of Elkhart & Goshen is seeking a hands-on Operations Manager to lead our lawn care, landscape, and snow removal teams for residential and commercial accounts across Elkhart, Goshen, Mishawaka, and South Bend, IN.

You will plan, schedule, and dispatch jobs, manage project managers and crews, monitor costs, and ensure quality, safety, and profitability throughout the year in a supportive, family-owned culture.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of operations management experience in landscaping, lawn care, or snow removal.
• Proven ability to lead project managers and crews with schedules, budgets, materials, equipment, and logistics.
• Strong knowledge of softscape/hardscape, irrigation, turf management, and winter operations.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and optimize production for lawn care, landscape installation, and snow removal.
• Plan, schedule, and dispatch all jobs.
• Manage project managers and crew leads for efficiency, quality, and safety.
• Oversee materials procurement, inventory, equipment maintenance, and fleet logistics.

Skills

Operations management

Team leadership

Scheduling & budgeting

Logistics

Client communications

Job description

The Grounds Guys of Elkhart & Goshen is seeking a hands-on Operations Manager to lead our lawn care, landscape, and snow removal teams for residential and commercial accounts across Elkhart, Goshen, Mishawaka, and South Bend, IN.

You will plan, schedule, and dispatch jobs, manage project managers and crews, monitor costs, and ensure quality, safety, and profitability throughout the year in a supportive, family-owned culture.