HORTICULTURE MANAGER

The Horticulture Manager is responsible for leading the daily operations of the Horticulture and Grounds Department while maintaining the resorts landscape to the highest luxury hospitality standards. This leadership role oversees landscape maintenance horticultural practices quality assurance team development and departmental operations to ensure the beauty health and presentation of the resorts grounds. Working closely with the Director of Horticulture and Grounds Superintendent the Horticulture Manager ensures all exterior landscapes reflect the exceptional quality and service expected at a premier resort ResponsibilitiesLead and oversee the daily operations of the Horticulture and Grounds with the Director of Horticulture and Grounds Superintendent to prioritize daily work assignments and long-term landscape improvement routine inspections of all resort grounds to ensure exceptional appearance cleanliness and plant coach train schedule and evaluate horticulture team members while fostering a culture of accountability and continuous in recruiting interviewing onboarding and developing departmental high safety standards by ensuring compliance with company policies equipment operation procedures and industry best and troubleshoot landscape irrigation pest disease and maintenance concerns while implementing effective and maintain the health of tropical and subtropical plant materials throughout the resort including interior and exterior landscape maintenance activities with hotel operations conference services catering engineering and other resort departments to minimize disruption to members and informed of emerging horticultural practices landscape technologies irrigation methods and pest management in managing departmental labor operational efficiencies and cost controls while protecting resort all equipment and tools are properly maintained and operated performance evaluations and provide ongoing coaching and development opportunities for team exceptional member and guest service while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and attention to leadership meetings departmental meetings safety training and all required company additional duties and special projects as assigned by the Director of or relevant certification in Horticulture Landscape Management Grounds Management or a related field to read write speak and comprehend English sufficiently to communicate effectively with members guests colleagues and (English/Spanish) is five (5) years of progressive experience in landscape horticulture or grounds supervisory or management experience drivers license to obtain and maintain Florida State Pesticide Applicator Certification within six (6) months of Skills & AbilitiesComprehensive knowledge of horticulture landscape maintenance plant identification pest and disease management and grounds working with tropical and subtropical landscapes in a luxury resort club or commercial of irrigation systems and water management practices is with plant propagation methods is a leadership organizational communication and problem-solving attention to detail with the ability to prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced proficiency and administrative experience RequirementsAbility to work outdoors in varying weather conditions for extended to walk the resort property daily while conducting to safely operate motor vehicles and landscape to lift carry push and pull up to 50 to bend kneel climb reach and perform physical tasks associated with landscape Equal Opportunity Employer Drug-Free Workplace