Junior Gardener

About

Since 2004, our company has specialized in landscape maintenance providing professional and comprehensive services to the westside of Vancouver. We tailor our maintenance programs to the unique needs of each garden and take care to prioritize client’s preferences. Our Certified Arborists, technical and maintenance teams, cultivate and manicure every garden according to its specific health requirements.

Specializations

Preemptive & Responsive Garden Health Care and Maintenance.

Position overview:

Reporting to the Team Lead, Junior Gardeners are responsible to ensure a smooth and coherent service delivery across multiple locations in the Vancouver Area.

Driving License: Class 5 is an asset.

Experience:

• Commercial Horticultural services (Landscaping and Maintenance) is an asset.
• Familiarity with MS Office, CRM, and project management software is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting with maintaining: equipment, truck, inventory, maintenance, and organization.
• Working towards set quality service & operational standards.
• Adhering to health and safety training.
• Conducting site services according to schedule and quality assurance standards which include:
• Lawn Health & Design Care: Mowing, String Trimming, Edging, Aerating, Power Raking, Fertilizing, Seeding, Lime application, Top Dress application, weeding.
• Garden Bed Health & Design Care: Weeding, Cultivating, Fertilization, Winter preparation, Deep Edge Definition, Mulch installation & Maintenance.
• Hedge Maintenance & Design.
• Trees: Pruning, Planting, Removal, Health treatments (Certified Arborists).
• Shrubs: Maintenance, Planting, Removal, Health treatments.
• Annuals: Maintenance, Planting, Removal, Health treatments.
• Bulbs: Maintenance, Planting, Removal, Health treatments.
• Perennials: Maintenance, Planting, Removal, Health treatments.
• Assisting with maintaining operational records and reporting.
• Executing assignments according to the service requirements and specifications.
• Participating in gardeners teams training and development programs.

Ongoing training and development programs are provided from day one:

• Preemptive & Responsive garden health care and maintenance.
• Planting Design & Development.
• Project management.

*Company vehicles are provided for all work assignments and projects.

We look forward to working with you!

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 9 months

Salary: From $23.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Company car
• Company events
• Extended health care
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• Store discount

Flexible Language Requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Morning shift
• No weekends

Supplemental pay types:

• Overtime pay

Work Location: In person