ORGANIZATION: SunWorks Landscape Partners
POSITION: Management Development Program
COMPANY OVERVIEW:
SunWorks Landscape Partners is a leading privately owned commercial landscape maintenance company. At SunWorks, we are building a national family of brands by partnering with leading local businesses with great cultures, attracting the best technical and managerial talent, and creating unmatched growth opportunities for our people. SunWorks currently has partner companies in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, and Texas. Our companies provide recurring landscape maintenance services to corporate campuses, universities, office parks, retail centers, light industrial properties, and homeowners associations.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
SunWorks is seeking highly motivated individuals to join our operations leadership development program. Our program places you in the center of branch operations, where you will get immediate exposure to all business functions, including sales, operations management, and financial analysis, while gaining a strong understanding of the landscaping industry. This program is a 1-year rotation across our enhancement, irrigation, agronomy, and arbor departments, and trains participants for a management role at the company. The SunWorks MDP track prepares you to lead through valuable hands-on experience within various functions in our organization including area manager, production manager, and operations specialist.
Program participants are full-time employees with full benefits. The program is designed to help you create a successful career path within SunWorks and to develop a skill set that translates across most industries and leadership roles.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Shadow SunWorks area and production managers to develop skills through on-the-job experiences, project assignments and formal training
- Build and nurture strong client relationships by fostering proactive communication.
- Deliver excellent customer service by educating clients on horticultural best practices, providing recommendations for property enhancements, and correcting problems proactively
- Assist with leading a team of 12-25 employees organized into 3-5 landscape maintenance crews.
- Assist with manage daily operations to the highest standards of safety, quality, and efficiency.
- Collaborate with the company’s enhancement, irrigation, agronomy, and arbor care divisions to ensure seamless execution of all services provided to the customers in your portfolio
- Participating in SunWorks organized training sessions to develop industry and company knowledge, and develop professional relationships with high level leadership
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Majors: Agriculture, Horticulture, or Landscape Design/Architecture preferred but not required
- 0-1 years of experience in operations, business development, or field management
- Excellent communication, team leadership, and interpersonal skills.
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to operate equipment, trucks and lift field materials up to fifty (50) lbs as needed
- Positive, can-do attitude
- Conversational Spanish language proficiency a plus.
COMPENSATION, BENEFITS, AND LOCATION: A competitive compensation package will be offered. Benefits will include medical/dental/vision coverage, 401K, and unlimited PTO. Interested applicants must be willing to work onsite.
What We Do
Sunworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) is a premier provider of high performance solar power systems. We are committed to quality business practices that exceed industry standards and uphold our ideals of ethics and safety. Sunworks continues to grow its presence, expanding nationally with regional and local offices. We strive to consistently deliver high quality, performance oriented solutions for customers in a wide range of industries including agricultural, commercial and industrial, federal, public works, and residential. We stand by and support our customers above and beyond their expectations. Sunworks’ diverse, seasoned workforce includes distinguished veterans who bring a sense of pride, discipline and professionalism to their interaction with customers. All of our employees uphold our company’s guiding principles each day. Sunworks is a member of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and is a proud advocate for the advancement of solar power.
