Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary:

Maintains grounds of industrial, commercial, public or private property and performs other installation and enhancement activities.

Position Duties:

• Works around and operates hand tools and mechanical machinery used for landscape maintenance.

• Cutting lawn, trimming and edging along borders and blowing using power equipment

• Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth or remove damaged leaves, branches, or twigs

• Rakes and bags leaves

• Prepares and grades terrain

• Seeds lawns and sod installation

• Installs and/or moves and transplants trees, shrubs, and other plant material on current maintenance and enhancement jobs and properties

• Digs trenches for irrigation systems or piping and supports irrigation technician or manager in the installation of the irrigation systems

• Picking up trash and debris

• Performing weeding by hand or using a garden hoe

• Maintaining a polite, friendly, and responsive demeanor with guests and customers

• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• The ability to use hand equipment with mechanized moving blades such as gas-powered shears

• Experience using manual hand tools such as shovels, rakes etc.

• The ability to work from elevated heights such as an 8’ A-frame ladder

• Ability to use a hand shovel for extended periods

• Ability to move soil, equipment, and materials, digs holes, and plant trees, shrubs and flowers

• Able to work in/or about situations near direct automotive traffic

• Able to work near or about natural bodies of water

• Able to work 8+ hours per day with applicable breaks x 5 days/week (some overtime/weekend work required)

• Ability to work in extreme conditions – temperatures may exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit • Ability to work in direct sunlight for extended periods of time

• Ability to lift and carry 75 lbs. (mulch, fertilizer, etc.)

• Ability to load/unload burlaps with plant cuttings onto trailer (up to 75 lbs.)

• Ability to bend, stoop and twist continuously throughout the day

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; extreme cold and extreme heat; wet and/or humid conditions; fumes or airborne particles and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Additionally, employees are expected to abide by all internal control & compliance practices to:

• Safeguard assets from theft and misuse

• Ensure segregation of duties to minimize fraud

• Comply with business ethics, applicable laws and regulation

You might be a good fit if you have:

• At least 6 months of commercial landscape experience preferred but not required

DISCLAIMER: The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job. Employees are expected to follow their supervisor’s instructions and to perform the tasks requested by their supervisors.

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