Grey Barn | Northwest Arkansas $66,000 Base Salary + Up to $16,000 in Starting Bonus Opportunity

Grey Barn is looking for someone who actually knows landscaping.

Not someone who has simply managed landscaping crews from an office.

We are looking for a person who can walk onto a property and understand what needs to happen – from turf, beds, plants and drainage to design, installation, maintenance processes and crew execution.

You should be equally comfortable:

Walking a property with a customer

Designing and estimating a landscape project

Selling the work

Showing a crew exactly how it should be completed

Jumping in and demonstrating the right process when necessary

Inspecting the finished product

Improving the systems so the next job gets done faster and better

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone with deep landscaping experience who wants to help us build a best-in-class commercial landscaping operation.

THE ROLE The Landscape Production &

- Design Expert will help Grey Barn improve how we design, sell, install and maintain landscapes across our portfolio.

You will work closely with our operations, sales and field teams to make sure our people understand not only what to do, but how and why it should be done.

This position will have responsibility across three major areas:

1.

Landscape

Expertise &

- Design You should be able to evaluate properties and create practical landscape solutions involving:

Landscape renovations

Plant and bed design

Tree and shrub selection

Turf and grass management

Mulch and rock installations

Drainage improvements

Seasonal color

Bed cleanup and restoration

Property enhancement projects

Landscape installation and replacement projects

You do not need to be a landscape architect, but you should have enough experience to confidently recommend solutions and explain them to customers and crews.

- Sales &
- Estimating You will help turn property needs into profitable work.

This includes

Meeting with customers

Identifying enhancement opportunities

Developing scopes of work

Estimating labor, materials and equipment

Presenting recommendations

Helping close projects





Ensuring sold work can actually be produced profitably

You must be comfortable talking to customers and asking for the sale.

- Production, Training &
- Quality This is not a desk-only position.

You will spend significant time working with our crews and leaders in the field.

You will

Train employees on landscaping best practices

Create repeatable installation and maintenance processes

Demonstrate proper techniques

Help crews diagnose landscaping problems

Inspect completed work

Correct quality issues

Develop SOPs and training materials

Improve productivity and job costing

Help develop crew leaders into stronger landscaping professionals

We want someone who can take years of landscaping knowledge and teach it to other people in a simple, repeatable way.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE You must have:

5+ years of professional landscaping experience

Strong hands-on knowledge of landscape maintenance

Experience with landscape installation

Experience designing or laying out landscape projects

Experience estimating landscaping work

Experience leading or training landscaping employees

Strong understanding of plants, turf, beds and landscape materials

Ability to identify common landscape problems and recommend solutions

Ability to communicate professionally with commercial customers

Comfort selling recommended work

Ability to manage several projects or properties at the same time

Valid driver's license and acceptable driving record

Ability to work outdoors and physically participate in landscaping work when necessary

STRONGLY PREFERRED Experience with any of the following is a major plus:

Commercial landscaping

Irrigation systems

Irrigation troubleshooting and repairs

Fertilization

Weed control

Herbicide and pesticide applications

Plant health

Drainage





Hardscape installation

Landscape lighting

Estimating software

Job costing

Managing multiple crews

Creating SOPs or training programs

Licenses or certifications related to landscaping, irrigation, horticulture or chemical applications are also a plus.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE A strong person in this role should help us:

Improve the quality of our landscaping work

Develop better field processes

Train stronger crews and crew leaders

Reduce callbacks and rework

Improve estimating accuracy

Increase profitable enhancement sales

Build repeatable standards for landscape maintenance and installation

Make our field team more knowledgeable and independent

Deliver landscapes our customers are excited about

COMPENSATION Base Salary: $66,000 per year

Starting Bonus Opportunity: Up to $16,000 annually based on agreed performance goals.

Bonus opportunities may be tied to areas such as:

Profitable enhancement sales

Gross profit performance

Production quality

Training completion

Reduction in callbacks/rework

Successful implementation of field processes

Team development

There is significant opportunity for this role to grow as Grey Barn grows.

SCHEDULE This is a full time, field-oriented leadership position.

Typical schedule

Monday-Thursday: 6:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Friday: 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Some projects, customer needs, weather events or seasonal workloads will require longer days.

Candidates should understand that landscaping is a seasonal operating business and be comfortable doing what is necessary to get the job completed properly.

WHO SHOULD APPLY This could be a great fit if you are the person other landscapers come to when they don't know how to solve something.

You have spent years learning the trade.

You know what good landscaping looks like.

You can diagnose problems quickly.

You enjoy teaching people.

You are comfortable talking with customers.

And you want an opportunity to use your knowledge to help build a growing landscaping company instead of simply running another mowing route.

If that sounds like you, we want to talk.

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