Join the Ruppert Team!

Our landscape management division has immediate openings for area manager and field manager positions in the Raleigh, NC region.

Positions Available

Area Manager

This position is responsible for the sale, renewal and production of a portion of the branch’s landscape management work, selling enhancement work on its contract maintenance jobs and for insuring the satisfaction of its customers. In addition, this position must develop the supervisors and others below it. Satisfactory performance at this level is indicated by high renewal rate, acceptable volume of enhancement sales and low, negative turnover. Area managers must cooperate with fellow area managers in their branch
to ensure that the branch’s goals are met. They must also cooperate with others at the same level in the company to help meet the overall objective of the organization.

Requirements include:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, in English.
• Valid drivers license with a clean record over the last three years. Ability to pass urine test for drivers.
• Demonstrated ability and two years of experience managing others on the production level,
  including recruiting and hiring, performance evaluation and training and development.
• Knowledge of all associated machinery and trucks involved in a landscape management branch.
• Demonstrated skill and ability in the area of sales and customer service. Must have at least two years of experience dealing directly with service customers.
• Demonstrated ability and at least one year of experience selling enhancement type work and doing contract maintenance takeoffs.

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Field Manager

This position is responsible for managing labor and material in the field to complete assigned contract maintenance and snow removal projects. In addition, field managers must develop the people that report to them. Success in this position is indicated by jobs in which contracts are renewed, jobs completed in the budgeted hours and low, negative turnover of assistants and crewmen. This position must cooperate with other landscape management field managers and enhancement field managers to see that the overall goals of the branch are met.

Requirements include:

• Demonstrated skill and ability managing others at other levels.
• Demonstrated skill and ability working with service customers.
• At least one year of experience doing contract maintenance work in a commercial setting.
• Two-or four-year horticultural or related degree and two years of industry experience. Additional industry experience or industry certifications can substitute for non-related degree, two-year degree or no degree.
• Ability to identify and diagnose insect and disease problems and schedule appropriate treatment.
• Working knowledge of vehicles and equipment used in contract maintenance and snow removal.
• Valid drivers license with a clean record over the last three years. Ability to pass urine test for drivers.
• Hours are typically 40-45 per week, M-F.

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For more information on job requirements, eligibility, and pay, please call (919) 596-0047

About Ruppert Landscape
Ruppert Landscape is a commercial landscape installation and management company headquartered in Montgomery County, MD with operations in PA, MD, DC, VA, NC, GA, and TX. As the greatest asset of our organization, our employees are provided with a safe and well-equipped work environment and an open and communicative company culture. We are committed to providing our employees with the means by which they can succeed, including state-of-the-art facilities, tools and equipment and a knowledgeable, supportive management staff. For more information, visit www.ruppertlandscape.com.