Account Manager – Landscape

Job Summary

Account Manager
Riverside, CA

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Position Overview:
As a Landscape Account Manager, you will build and maintain strong client relationships through consistent communication, quality inspections, and follow-up. You will oversee all aspects of your maintenance accounts—including proposals, punch lists, materials, and site irrigation—and supervise crews and irrigators to ensure top-quality work and safety standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Meet with clients regularly to provide updates, proposals, and reports; attend committee and board meetings as needed.

• Make horticulturally sound recommendations to improve client properties.

• Conduct frequent site inspections, create punch lists, and follow up with crews to ensure timely completion.

• Maintain all sites to company quality standards.

• Ensure proper operation, scheduling, and maintenance of irrigation systems. Direct irrigators in quarterly inspections and communicate necessary improvements to clients.

• Schedule and supervise all maintenance work using company software, managing labor, material, and other costs to achieve budgeted margins.

• Serve as a positive role model, enforcing company policies and safety protocols, and handling workplace incidents appropriately.

Job Requirements

• Meet with clients regularly to provide updates, proposals, and reports; attend committee and board meetings as needed.

• Make horticulturally sound recommendations to improve client properties.

• Conduct frequent site inspections, create punch lists, and follow up with crews to ensure timely completion.

• Maintain all sites to company quality standards.

• Ensure proper operation, scheduling, and maintenance of irrigation systems. Direct irrigators in quarterly inspections and communicate necessary improvements to clients.

• Schedule and supervise all maintenance work using company software, managing labor, material, and other costs to achieve budgeted margins.

• Serve as a positive role model, enforcing company policies and safety protocols, and handling workplace incidents appropriately.

Required Knowledge & Skills:

• Landscape management principles, practices, and methods

• Safe work practices with equipment, chemicals, and PPE

• Horticulture and common plant material

• Computer and smartphone proficiency

• Math skills relevant to fertilization and area calculations

• Ability to build strong client relationships

• Effective organization, time management, and project coordination

• Strong communication skills in written and spoken English

• Ability to propose and sell property enhancements

• Budget management to meet job profitability goals

Physical Requirements:

• Frequent standing, walking, crouching on narrow/slippery surfaces

• Stooping, kneeling, and lifting objects up to 50 lbs

• Walking long distances on sloped or uneven terrain

Ideal Candidate Traits:

• Makes quality decisions and provides solutions sought by others

• Customer-focused, gaining trust and respect through responsive service

• Goal-oriented, exceeding expectations and driving team results

• Highly organized, multitasking efficiently

• Professional and ethical in daily interactions and presentations

Education & Certifications:

• Formal education in Horticulture or related field, or several years of professional landscape experience

• QAL (or ability to obtain) required; CLIA, CLT, and other certifications beneficial

• Bilingual (Spanish) skills are a plus

• Valid California Class "C" Driver’s License with acceptable driving record

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