Landscape Maintenance Technician

Job Summary

Responsible for the cultivation and care of the landscaping and grounds surrounding a business or building. Plants flowers, mows, pulls weeds, repairs structures, and maintains outside of building.

Primary Responsibilities

• Maintain, install, and repair hardscapes, irrigation, plants, trees, sod, shrubs, and landscaping at multiple facilities.
• Cut and trim all lawn areas using a variety of tools and equipment such as riding mowers, push mowers, weed eaters, edgers, etc.
• Landscape by planting flowers, grass, shrubs, and bushes.
• Apply pesticide to rid grounds of pests such as mosquitos, wasps, ticks, and others.
• Apply fertilizer to ground to enhance growth.
• Shovel snow from walkways and sprinkle ice down to keep people from falling.
• Sweep or use gas powered blowers to rid walkways of debris.
• Cut down tree limbs that are posing a danger.
• Trim shrubs and pull weeds.
• Perform minor repairs and maintenance procedures on equipment utilized in groundskeeping.
• Rake, mulch, and prune the grounds as needed.
• Install rock, cement, lighting, water, and furniture.
• Water plants and grass as needed and apply fertilizer.
• Gather and remove litter while inspecting grounds to ensure safe conditions, and make recommendations for improvements.
• Coordinate and work with grounds team during weather related emergencies.

Requirements

· Prior experience in landscaping/grounds maintenance;

· Must work indoors/outdoors year-round;

· Able to work flexible hours including early morning shifts.

· Subject to on-call in the event of inclement weather, or as needed.

· Exposure to direct sunlight, rain and humidity while working outside for extended periods of time.

· Must be able to work in all types of weather including extreme heat and extreme cold.

· Ability to drive work vehicles to and from job sites and to suppliers as needed.

· Ability to load and unload landscaping tools into/from work vehicles for safe transportation.

· Exposure to operation of noisy equipment such as blowers, chain saws, weed eaters and other power tools;

· Requires physical exertion to manually move, lift, carry, pull, or push heavy objects or materials;

· Requires stooping, kneeling, crawling, bending, turning and reaching;

· Must adhere to all health and safety policies;

· Driver’s license required;

· High school diploma or GED preferred;

· Bilingual English/Spanish

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Weekends as needed

Application Question(s):

• Are you bilingual English/Spanish?
• Are you willing to take a pre-employment physical to include drug testing and can pass?

Work Location: In person