Horticulture jobs in East Kelowna, BC

Tree Care Manager — Ornamental & Fruit TreesCompany Overview

Arcadia Tree & Lawn Care is the preferred provider of tree spraying, lawn care, and pest control services in the Okanagan area. We are dedicated to maintaining healthy and beautiful properties for our clients through expert care and sustainable practices.

Location: Lake Country (Okanagan Valley)

Type: Seasonal (spring–fall), with strong potential for year-round work

Start date: Jan 2027 (flexible for the right person)

Reports to: Operations Manager

Compensation:
Salary: $60 - 80,000 per year depending on experience.

Commission: 3% on new sales

Company vehicle: a company service truck

Health benefits: shared 50/50, available after your 3-month probation

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About the role

Tree care is at the heart of what we do, and our tree division — ornamentals and fruit trees — needs a dedicated leader to take full ownership of it. This isn't a crew-lead role with a fancy title. You'll run the division end to end, almost like operating your own small company under our roof: the plant health care, the people, the routes, the products, the client relationships, and the growth.

We're an established, growing green-industry company serving residential and commercial clients across the Okanagan. Our tree work has grown to the point where it needs someone who knows trees cold — from ornamental specimens to fruit and orchard trees — and can build it into something even better.

If you've spent your career keeping trees healthy — as an arborist, in orchard and fruit-tree care, or managing high-value landscape specimens — and you're ready to run the whole show, this is built for you.

What you'll own

• Run the division. Day-to-day operations, scheduling, budgeting input, quality standards, and overall performance of the tree care business.
• Sales and consultations. Meet with prospective and existing clients, assess trees on site, build plant health care programs, and close work. You're the face of the division.
• Plant health and product decisions. Choose the dormant oils, fungicides, insecticides, fertilizers, and injection treatments we use; build seasonal spray and care programs timed to pest and disease cycles; diagnose tree problems and prescribe the fix.
• Advise clients. Be the trusted expert clients call when a tree is struggling, when fruit-tree pest pressure hits, or when they want a specimen protected — and the reason they renew every year.
• Build and train the team. Hire, onboard, and train tree techs, sprayers, and climbers to your standards. Develop the next generation of tree care pros.
• Dispatch and routing. Plan efficient daily routes that hit the right trees at the right time in the season, maximize crew productivity, and minimize windshield time.
• Run equipment when needed. You're hands-on when the job calls for it — comfortable operating and troubleshooting spray rigs, pruning gear, and the equipment your crews use as you will also be producing billable work.
• Keep us compliant. Ensure applications, record-keeping, and safety practices meet BC regulatory and WorkSafeBC requirements, including safe tree-work practices.

What we're looking for

• Deep, real tree expertise — arboriculture, plant health care, and ornamental and fruit-tree management. You understand tree biology, soil, pest and disease identification, spray timing, and the seasonal cycles that drive tree health in our climate.
• A leader. You've managed people and operations, or you're clearly ready to. You can set standards, train, and hold a team accountable while keeping morale high.
• A closer and a communicator. You're comfortable in front of clients — diagnosing, recommending, quoting, and building long-term relationships.
• Operationally sharp. You think about routes, spray windows, margins, and productivity, not just the science.
• Hands-on and willing. No task is beneath you in a pinch; you'll jump on a spray rig or into a tree when the day demands it.
• BC Pesticide Applicator Certificate — Landscape and/or Agriculture category (Agriculture applies to orchard and fruit-tree work). Required, or the ability to obtain it shortly after hire.
• Valid BC driver's license (Class 5) with a clean abstract.

Assets (nice to have)

• ISA Certified Arborist (or actively working toward certification).
• Formal training in arboriculture, horticulture, plant science, or a related field.
• Fruit-tree / orchard integrated pest management (IPM) experience.
• Experience with route/dispatch software and digital job management tools.
• Climbing, and basic equipment maintenance skills.
• A track record of growing a book of business or a division.

Why work with us

• Real ownership. You'll run a division as your own, with the autonomy to shape how it operates and grows.
• A company that's growing. We're expanding, and this role sits at the center of that growth — with room to grow with it, including a path from seasonal to year-round.
• A team that takes the work seriously. Good people, good equipment, and standards we're proud of.
• Competitive package. From $30/hour depending on experience (negotiable), a company work vehicle, and a clear path to year-round, benefits-eligible work.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Kelowna / Lake Country, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Tree care / arboriculture: 2 years (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• BC Pesticide Applicator Certificate (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Pay: $60,000.00-$80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company car

Work Location: In person