Michael R Bartlett

Experience

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  TruGreen

  May 1988 - Jun 2003

  Service Manager/Branch Arborist

  Managed the operations portion of a 5+million dollar branch for a Fortune 500 national company by coordinating turf and ornamental tree care services to residential and commercial customers. -Responsibilities included weekly revenue forecasting and plan to achieve those goals. -Duties included federal and state environmental reporting requirements (SARA Title, Pesticide Usage, etc). -Responsible for inventory management and logistics planning to ensure proper JIT delivery of turf and tree care products. -As Branch Arborist oversaw the operations of the Plant Health Services. -Quality control of delivery of services by employees on the properties of our customers. -Duties included recruitment, interviewing and selection for Operations portion of business. -Led branch wide employee training programs for all aspects of business. Implemented corporate and regional training to all branch functions including operations, sales, and customer service that included Worker Right to Know, integrated pest management and weekly safety meeting. Assisted with annual region wide plant health services training for first year New England sales staff. Show less

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  City of East Providence

  Jun 2003 - Jun 2013

  Assistant Superintendent of Parks

  Reporting to the Director of Public Works this position manages a 1.1 million dollar division budget with a staff of 12 responsible for the maintenance and improvement of approximately 320 acres of passive, athletic, cemetery and conservation areas. Also responsible for management of urban forestry operation that cares for and maintains 8000+ trees on streets, public property and open space.-Implemented efficiency measures to enhance service to our constituents.-Introduced employee training that improved productivity and overall condition of facilities.-Improved morale by decentralizing decision making on routine maintenance schedules.-Assist with the timely rehabilitation and/or development of new park and athletic complexes as well as research and apply for grant funding from federal (CDBG) and state (RIDEM) sources.-Responsible for division's capital program forecasting, implementation and project completion. -Assist other city operations with oversight of public trees/forested areas on school, conservation, and reservoir property. -Established electronic tree maintenance tracking and updated comprehensive street tree inventory using USFS i-Tree software.-Responsible for maintenance of city wide irrigation systems located on athletic, park, public buildings, and school grounds. Manage athletic and park systems using Toro central control system/software (twelve locations). Show less

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  Town of Brookline MA

  Jun 2013 - now

  Operations Manager - Parks and Open Space

  Reporting to the Director of Parks and Open Space position is responsible for managing the day to day functions with thirty one full time staff that seasonally peaks at approximately 43. This position provides administrative oversight of daily activities related to maintenance through various elements that include: landscape maintenance of all Town parks, public grounds, school grounds, public building grounds, playgrounds and open spaces; athletic fields and hard courts; forestry operations; cemetery operations; Park Rangers; Snow operations; Oversight of startup and maintenance of 6 Har-Tru tennis courts and a seasonal outdoor ice rink. Interacts as Division liaison with other DPW divisions, school department, building department, and responsible for various maintenance contracts for landscape services and fence repair/installation. • Implemented staff training and safety talks.• Assisted with CMMS provider (Simplicity/PeopleGIS) to develop data input tools for front line staff.• Implemented program to update irrigation controllers to a central control system.• Developed service based evaluation system to improve internal and external maintenance systems.• Assisted implemented OSHA 10/30 and CDL ELDT training for department staff. • Responsible for staffing – interview and selection Show less