Job Description

Looking for an opportunity where success comes naturally? Then you may have found your crew. We’re looking for an Associate Production Manager to join our team.

Here’s what you’d do:

The Associate Production Manager (APM) schedules and directs personnel and resources towards providing quality, cost-effective services to our clients. APMs also support the Senior Production Manager in executing day-to-day goals and objectives.

You’d be responsible for:

Understanding client needs via regular communication with the Account Manager or Senior Production Manager
Ensuring that job site quality and appearance meet client and BrightView’s standards
Managing all landscape services, including the coordination of all materials, people, equipment and subcontractors required to produce quality work
Inspecting properties prior to scheduled services and prepare specific action plans for service, adjusting service schedules as needed
Monitoring irrigation systems, identify problems or necessary repairs, and communicate recommendations to the appropriate party
Monitoring all aspects of the landscape and identify insect or disease problems
As necessary, performing hands-on work with crews to meet work and scheduling demands
Implementing and enforcing BrightView policies and procedures related to the proper upkeep and maintenance, storage, use, and training required for branch equipment
Working with the Account Manager to identify staffing needs, hire new crew employees, and prepare daily crew schedules
Hands-on training and support of crew employees, including proper operation of equipment, pruning techniques, safety, and quality standards
Implementing methods to improve safe workplace practices and monitor safety records
Maintaining and managing all required administrative systems, including time sheets and service schedules
Coordinating with the Branch Administrator to ensure branch databases are consistently updated with current client information
Ordering materials as needed and monitor costs and deliveries
Requesting purchase orders and use in accordance with company guidelines

You might be a good fit if you have:

A minimum of 2 years of prior working experience in the landscaping industry or local marketplace or equivalent educational experience
A minimum of a 2 year degree in a landscape-related field or certification by a landscape association preferred

Here’s what to know about working here:

At BrightView, we’re a tight-knit crew who are as passionate about caring for our clients as we are about each other. Though we’re the nation’s leading landscape company, we maintain a small company feel and supportive environment that makes our team members feel at home.

If you’re looking to join a crew of talented go-getters who tackle big vision projects other companies could only dream of, you might just have found your match. With our range of services, including landscape design, development, maintenance and enhancements, there’s no limit to what we can do, and what you can achieve.

In addition to industry-leading development opportunities, you’ll also have benefits and perks like:

Competitive salary
Paid time off
Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Think you’ve found your crew?

BrightView is an Equal Employment Opportunity and E-Verify Employer.

This job was posted on Thu Oct 21 2021 and expired on Wed Oct 27 2021.

Minimum $35K /yr

$80K /yr Average

Maximum $156K /yr

Tasks

Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.

Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations.

Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports to detect production problems.

Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.

Hire, train, evaluate, or discharge staff or resolve personnel grievances.

Prepare and maintain production reports or personnel records.

Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.

Develop budgets or approve expenditures for supplies, materials, or human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets.

Initiate or coordinate inventory or cost control programs.

Coordinate or recommend procedures for facility or equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.

Review plans and confer with research or support staff to develop new products or processes.

Institute employee suggestion or involvement programs.

Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, or statistical studies.

Negotiate materials prices with suppliers.

Skills

Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.

Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.

Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Persuasion - Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Negotiation - Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.

Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Systems Evaluation - Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Management of Financial Resources - Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.

Management of Material Resources - Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.

Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Knowledge

Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Personnel and Human Resources - Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.