Gardener/Horticulturist
LandWorks
Why Choose LandWorks?
- Enjoy flexible scheduling – 3, 4, 5-day work week with weekly pay
- Team oriented work environment to help you succeed in your career
- Surround yourself with beautiful grounds and work on award winning properties
- Establish and develop your career with of Southeastern WI leading businesses.
- Work with people that love their job – 2/3 of our employees have worked with us for more than 5 years.
- Continual learning and personal development
- Nurture your creative qualities by installing and maintaining seasonal container gardens, and Holiday decorations.
- Work with others that have a passion for horticulture and a keen eye for detail.
What you’ll be doing:
- Nurture and care for plant material on beautiful properties
- Monitor plant material for insects, disease, and pests
- Proactive site management and Integrated Pest Management
- Weeding/pruning/shearing
- Install and maintain seasonal container pots and Holiday decorations
Experience Requirements:
- Proven experience working in a horticulture-related field is required
- Basic knowledge of perennials, shrubs, trees, and insect/disease identification are required
- Knowledge of horticultural practices, including irrigation, pruning, and fertilization
Licensing/Certification Requirements
- Valid driver’s license with a good driving record
- Valid Category 3 pesticide certification or the ability to obtain one within 6 months
Schedule:
- Work 10-hour days, dispatching at 7 am
- We schedule 5, sometimes 6 days per week, you’ll have the option to work all or some of those days
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:
- This is a hands-on role that requires physical stamina and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work 10-hour days, 3-, 4-, or 5-days per week
- Ability to adapt to schedule changes based on weather
- Repetitive bending, twisting, kneeling and lifting more than 50 pounds
- Exposure to a variety of noise, dust, dirt, vibrations and fumes
- Exposure to inclement weather and outdoor environment
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401K with company match
- Flexible scheduling
- Vacation accrual
- Holiday Pay
Job Summary
Assist the Maintenance Crew Leader with the success of assigned sites through budget management, technically correct execution of site details in a timely manner, communicating questions and concerns and following through with direction.
General Requirements
- Honesty
- Does the right thing, every time – even when no one is looking
- Respect
- Co-workers, current & future clients, industry partners, job sites and equipment
- Passion
- Strives to exceed expectations, attention to detail
- Takes initiative and solution orientated
- Possesses a positive attitude
- Common Goal
- Committed to team before individual
- Follows LandWorks policies and procedures
- Actively listens, participates, communicates and shares information
- Is approachable, flexible and cooperative
- Is consistently dependable and accountable
- Safety First
- Follow LandWorks safety requirements
- Ownership of personal and co-worker well-being
Responsibilities
- Leadership
- Lead by example by excelling at the general requirements, following through with assigned tasks and performing quality work
- Ownership of work week hours and indirect budgets
- Job Site
- Contribute to financial success of the maintenance sites through a clear understanding of site expectations and priorities, execution of site details, communicating concerns and recommendations to Crew Leaders
- Assist with timely, accurate and legible paperwork
- Communication
- As needed / required with co-workers
- As needed with clients – understand what to say and how to say it
- Share concerns and recommendations with Supervisor
- Utilize phone technology – Aspire work tickets, email and payroll app
- Equipment
- Responsible for the appropriate use and care of the trucks, trailers, all power equipment and hand tools used to perform the job
- Safety
- Contribute to a safe and professional workplace through housekeeping practices at the job site, truck and trailer and LandWorks facility
- Responsible to follow LandWorks safety requirements, state / federal regulations and any job site specific requirements
How To Apply
You may apply in any of the following ways:
1) Online using our Employment Application Form, OR
2) Email your resume to: hr@landworkswisconsin.com, OR
3) Mail your resume to:
LandWorks, Inc.
Human Resources
N69 W25195 Indiangrass Lane
Sussex, WI 53089
For more information, call (262) 820-2501 and ask for Human Resources, or email hr@landworkswisconsin.com.