Job Summary

As the Regional Yard Manager at Moon Valley Nurseries, you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the regions yard operations, including inventory management, customer service, and team leadership across your district. You will lead a team of yard managers, ensuring the efficient and safe handling of trees, maintaining high standards of quality, and delivering an exceptional customer experience.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervise and manage all yard employees, delegating specific duties and responsibilities to each team member and ensuring accountability for their tasks.
• Supervise and manage all regional yards. Travelling to each, delegating specific duties and responsibilities to each yard manager and ensuring accountability for their tasks.
• Efficiently manage staffing levels, hiring employees as needed and scheduling work hours to meet operational requirements, while monitoring and controlling overtime hours as necessary.
• Conduct daily morning meetings with yard employees, lead stretching exercises each morning and review daily and weekly agendas, discuss nursery duties, safety procedures, and any relevant information regarding nursery upkeep.
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of the tree yard, including tree displays, signage, and customer areas, to create an attractive and inviting shopping environment.
• Ensure that all equipment used in yard operations, such as forklifts and loaders, are properly maintained and serviced to ensure safe and efficient operation.
• Lead the unloading of trucks and collaborate with management to determine storage locations for plant material, ensuring accuracy of quantities based on purchase order paperwork and inspecting the quality of nursery material received.
• Enforce safety protocols and procedures to maintain a safe work environment for employees and customers, including proper use of equipment, PPE, and adherence to OSHA guidelines.
• Demonstrated availability to work any day of the week.
• Other duties and tasks as assigned.

Candidates with experience as a golf course groundskeeper/groundsman or in similar outdoor maintenance roles are strongly preferred. This includes hands-on experience with irrigation systems, equipment operation, landscape maintenance, and maintaining high standards for outdoor environments.

Qualifications: Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to perform manual labor.
• Previous experience in tree nursery management or a related field, with a strong knowledge of trees and horticulture.
• Previous experience with operating power tools, hand tools, and other equipment preferred.
• Ability to follow specific instructions and safety protocols.

Education

High School diploma or equivalent preferred.

Physical requirements/Working Conditions

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 75 pounds. Able to work outdoors for extended periods of time in possibly extreme conditions, including rain, heat, sun, and wind.

OTHER

Subject to MVR and criminal background check (In accordance with applicable fair chance laws, rules, and regulations)

About Us

Moon Valley Nurseries is the largest grower of box trees and palms in North America, and is an industry leader and high growth company that offers competitive salaries with exceptional employee benefits including medical insurance, 401(k), holidays, and PTO to all eligible employees. We are an equal employment opportunity employer. We are a drug free workplace.

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