Title - Assistant Landscape Manager

Reports to - Landscape Manager

Responsible for maintaining the ground of the club and residential homes. Responsibilities may include weeding, lawn moving, string trimming, edging, mulching, pruning, and raking. This position is key to maintaining a magnificent visual appeal to our members. - https://siloridge.com/

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the Landscape Manager in all aspects of landscape design, estimating, installation and maintenance at member homes, club facilities and golf course planting beds
• Maintain landscapes at residential homes and common areas to include but not limited to weeding, lawn mowing, and string trimming, edging, mulching, pruning, and raking.
• Maintain perennial beds.
• Install new landscape plantings and annual color (summer and fall) at residential homes, on the golf course, and around the club.
• Water and maintain new plantings as well as annual plantings.
• Participate in fall clean-up and winterizing beds.
• Maintenance and clean-up of flower beds.
• Safe operation of all tools and equipment such as push mowers, zero turn mowers, skid steer, and excavator.
• Keep all work areas orderly and neat.
• Assist with landscape projects as requested.
• Participate in daily set-up/closing of the departments’ tools and equipment.
• Report any safety or maintenance issues immediately to the Landscape Manager.
• Attend department meetings and trainings as necessary.
• Any other duties as assigned.

Skills and Qualifications

• Ability to operate landscape machinery such as push rotary mowers, string trimmers, backpack blowers, utility vehicles, and riding mowers.
• Working knowledge of perennials, shrubs, trees, and annuals.
• Possess a valid driver’s license and ability to operate vehicles.
• Plant knowledge/Horticultural Practices knowledge a plus.
• Ability to follow oral and written directions in English.
• Ability to work in a team environment and operate in a safe, professional manner at all times.
• Ability to stay calm and focused during the busiest of times.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the position including, but not limited to, working outdoors in all weather conditions, standing, walking, and moving for periods of greater than eight (8) hours, and lifting and carrying items sometimes greater than fifty (50) pounds.
• Ability to learn and navigate the property to complete assigned job tasks.

About Discovery Land Company

Founded in 1994 by Michael S. Meldman, Discovery Land Company specializes in building luxury residential private club communities and resorts Worldwide. We have grown to be the premier player in the high-end resort residential niche with 20 world-class projects in our portfolio. Our communities are distinct with their own architectural styles, world-class amenities, and high levels of service.

We don’t build buildings, but rather we build settings where families can create intergenerational memories and enrich their lives in exquisite and untouched sanctuaries. These settings offer a casual and comfortable sense of community through outstanding clubhouses, premier golf courses, welcoming staff, world-class culinary offerings, and outdoor pursuits. To ease and enrich your experiences, Discovery holds itself to the highest of service standards. Every decision we make is driven by one fundamental objective: to make the time you spend with the people you care about most not merely enjoyable, but memorable.

We are extremely grateful to be recognized as one of the world’s top mid-sized employers for 2018 by Forbes magazine. For more information about our company - http://www.discoverylandco.com

About the Project - Silo Ridge Field Club

The Silo Ridge Field Club is a private, gated community on 800 acres near the towns of Millbrook and Amenia, New York. Located adjacent to the Wassaic train station, this community features 245 residences, a world-class 18-hole Tom Fazio-designed golf course, a family barn, and a field house for sports, wellness, and recreational programming. Silo Ridge promises nearly limitless possibilities for unforgettable family recreation, all in just a 90-minute drive from Manhattan. - https://siloridge.com/