Horticulturist

JOB REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each of the essential duties successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Ability to read, comprehend, and implement construction documents.
• Ability to collaborate with all team members.
• Understand most aspects of landscape construction and practical sequencing of installation.
• Communicate clearly and often.
• Prepare preemptively for all future work, on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
• Conduct yourself and your work in an organized and professional manner.
• Ability to read and comprehend Excel spreadsheets.

• Responsible for the successful coordination of landscape construction projects.
• Follow guidelines set forth in the Employee Handbook.
• Communicate with Oxbow team members in a timely manner. Return phone calls asap, reply to all emails within 24 hours, and texts within 4 hours.
• Communicate with all project team members in a timely manner. Return phone calls asap, reply to all emails within 24 hours, and texts within 4 hours.
• Submit timecards (on time) every week.
• Submit all project‑related material every week, i.e. invoices, and credit card receipts.
• Immediately document and alert the Superintendent, Safety Manager, and Human Resources to any unsafe working conditions or injuries.
• Immediately document and alert the Superintendent and HR manager to any behavioral or procedural issues with personnel.

• Review and comprehend project construction documents and planting plans.
• Review and comprehend cost estimates for construction projects.
• Review and comprehend contractual scope for construction projects.
• Review and evaluate existing site conditions before the commencement of construction.
• Evaluate planting plans for accuracy and horticultural suitability, minimizing plant failure and ensuring long‑term plant health.
• Communicate any issues or inaccuracies to all parties and collaborate with landscape architects, clients, and/or GCs to rectify them.
• Source and procure plant material at various nurseries. Request photos as necessary for submittal to landscape architects, clients, and GCs.
• Communicate with landscape architects, clients, and GCs for approval on tree specimens and feature plants.
• Collaborate with landscape architects, clients, and/or GCs to strategize any substitutions.
• Collaborate with Project Managers and Coordinators for delivery of plant material to project sites.
• Schedule all plant and tree deliveries to project sites.
• Ensure crews are planting correctly to maximize plant health and longevity. Alert the Project Manager or Superintendent immediately if crews are not performing as instructed.
• Manage assisting horticulturalists and Interns as necessary.
• Alert management to any errors or inconsistencies found in construction documents and/or proposals.
• Immediately alert management to any unforeseen issues.
• Immediately alert management to any items not captured in proposals.
• Collaborate with management on means and methods for plant and tree installation.

• Experience reading and interpreting construction documents.
• Understanding of general construction sequences and assemblies.
• Proficient use of Excel and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Self‑motivated, persistent, and willing to ask a lot of questions.

• Stand and sit for prolonged amounts of time.
• Walk, bend, kneel, and twist.
• Verbally communicate, talk and hear.
• Lift and move up to 25 pounds.
• Finger and hand dexterity to feel, handle, and operate objects, tools or controls, and to reach with hands and arms.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all possible duties, activities, or responsibilities. These requirements may change at any time. Oxbow is an equal‑opportunity employer by choice. Oxbow does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.