Landscaper

About This Role:

Under direct supervision, the Landscaper assists with installation, repairs, and maintenance of business park landscaping and irrigation systems.

Demonstrates behavior that is consistent with the company’s values of Customer Satisfaction, Innovation, Family, and Social Responsibility.

Essential Job Functions/Tasks:

• Assists other technicians in the performance of installation, maintenance and repairs of landscaping and irrigation systems throughout the facility.
• Clears parking lots of leaves and debris daily.
• Cares for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, and removing thatch, and trimming and edging around flower beds, walks and walls.
• Mixes and sprays or spread fertilizers, herbicides or insecticides onto grass, shrubs and trees using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
• Mows and edges lawns, using power mowers and edgers.
• Prunes and trims trees, shrubs, and hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
• Operates powered equipment such as mowers, tractors, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, trimmers and pruning saws.
• Uses hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning shears, saws, hedge trimmers and axes.
• Follows planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, seed grass, or plant flowers and foliage.
• Performs regularly scheduled preventative maintenance on equipment.
• Occasionally assists Facilities Maintenance staff with service work orders.

Education/Training Required and Preferred:

High School diploma or equivalent

Experience Required and Preferred:

Landscaping skills typically acquired through six months of experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's) Required and Preferred:

• Requires ability to read blueprints and technical data sheets.
• Must have good written and verbal communications skills in English.
• Must be available to work varying shifts.
• Must be able to work overtime when required.
• Valid driver’s license and good driving record to meet requirement to be insured by company.

What We Offer:

• Amazing corporate culture - we walk the walk when it comes to our values!
• FUN company events!
• Company Donation Matching and Volunteer Rewards
• Career Development opportunities and profit sharing bonus

Follow us on LinkedIn, check out our rave reviews on Glassdoor, and learn more about our company culture on our career site: http://corporate.hunterindustries.com/careers

Hunter is a global leader in the irrigation, outdoor lighting, dispensing technology, and custom manufacturing industries. Driving our continued success is the combined energy and talents of the nearly 4,000 people on our team. Together, we create a diverse array of products that can be seen all over the world, from residential landscapes to national landmarks, stadiums, parks, hotels, and municipal buildings.

Hunter Industries and its Family of Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, military and veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic.

The hourly rate for this opportunity is $15.25.

The Company complies with all federal/local/state regulations in regard to pay. The above represents the expected hourly range for this job requisition. Compensation offered to the successful candidate will be determined by qualifications, prior experience, other job-related factors, and geographic location.