Employment Opportunity:

Landscaping Project Coordinator/

Office Administrative Assistant

Overview

As the Landscaping Project Coordinator/Office Administrative Assistant at Nature’s Edge Garden Center in Bemidji, Minnesota, you will be communicating by phone and email with our landscaping customers and will provide administrative support services to our landscaping team. You will be part of a fun, fast-paced, customer-focused team providing landscaping services to residential and commercial clients in northern Minnesota.

You will be working in an office setting both at the Garden Center and at our off-site landscaping location. Hours are Monday through Friday day time. Salary is based on experience and qualifications and ranges from $22 to $28 an hour. This is a full time, year-round position.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide operational support to landscape project managers and superintendents.
• Provide excellent customer service by answering clients’ phone calls and scheduling bids and projects.
• Develop, implement and maintain office procedures and work systems to assist with project coordination, scheduling, invoicing and clients’ needs.
• Assist in preparing estimates and bids.
• Review project proposals, plans and specs and prepare work product to assist in bidding and estimating.
• Read and understand construction drawings and specifications.
• Maintain a leads management system to track customer leads, project timelines and budgets and schedule projects in digital formats.
• Confer with team leaders, superintendents, project managers and company owners to outline work plans, assign duties, maintain deadlines and exceed customer expectations.
• Complete and update invoices throughout projects and conduct follow up communications with clients.
• Use construction software to seek out job opportunities, complete progress reports and pay apps, lien waivers and insurance certificates.
• Provide operational support for human resources and onboarding of new employees.
• Provide analytical data to assist in job costing, project management and company profitability.

Key Attributes of a Successful Candidate Include:

• Has expertise in providing high-quality customer service in a busy environment.
• Is self-motivated, hard-working and has the ability to multi-task and prioritize.
• Possesses strong written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Displays original thinking and creativity.
• Meets challenges with resourcefulness and develops strategies for improvement.
• Be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and related programs.
• Creates and maintains a positive work culture by working closely with others with integrity, kindness and understanding as core values.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of office experience
• Knowledge of budgeting, accounting and/or construction management
• Four year degree preferred

Why Nature’s Edge?

We offer a challenging, rewarding and fun work environment. As the area’s premiere landscaping services provider, we offer great wages, paid time off, a retirement plan with company match and an environment to grow and be supported. We are proud of our teams and are honored that many of our employees have worked for our company for many years.

Applications are due January 27, 2023. We anticipate interviewing candidates the following week and selecting the ideal candidate to begin employment mid to late February 2023. Thank you for your interest in this position.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $22.00 - $28.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• Retirement plan

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Bemidji, MN 56601: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Customer service: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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