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BrightView Landscapes Lawn Maintenance Crew Member (GRAND RAPIDS) in Portage, Michigan
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Lawn Maintenance Crew Member:
Brighter futures start here. Welcome to BrightView. We're a team of talented professionals, driven by results and relationships, and committed to taking care of each other, clients, and communities.
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RATE OF PAY IS DEPENDENT UPON PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE AND ANY CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES YOU HOLD, STARTING RANGE OF PAY IS $15 - $17 PER HOUR.
Here's what you'd do:
You'd create beautiful environments by providing landscape maintenance support to a variety of industrial, commercial, and/or public properties. You'd safely operate commercial grade landscaping equipment and ensure the upkeep of plant material and other landscaping elements.
You'd be responsible for:
- Cutting turf, trimming and edging along borders, and blowing using power equipment
- Pruning shrubs and low trees to improve the growth habit or remove damaged branches
- Planting and maintaining flower beds, and applying mulch
- Picking up trash and debris
- Performing weeding by hand or using a garden hoe or hula hoe
- Maintaining a polite, friendly, responsive demeanor with guests and customers
Skills we're seeking:
- Applicants must be able to work outdoors, in all weather conditions, doing very physical work, able to lift/carry 35-80 pounds often.
- You must be at least 18 years old, enthusiastic and dependable, and able to safely work with equipment like power saws and cutters.
- Previous experience is helpful, but you must have an understanding of landscape basics.
Landscape Tender-Detail Crew
Looking for an opportunity where success comes naturally? Then you may have found your crew. We're looking for a Landscape Tender to join our team.
*Here's what you'd do: * Using hand and/or power tools or equipment to perform a wide range of landscape and irrigation duties.
You'd be responsible for:
- Planting
- Watering
- Fertilizing
- Digging
- Raking
And while not mandatory, it would be great if you also have:
- Experience using hand equipment with mechanized moving blades such as gas powered shears
- Experience using manual hand tools such as shovels
- Experience working from elevated heights such as an 8" A-frame ladder
- Experience using a hand shovel for extended period
- Experience moving soil, equipment, and materials, digs holes, and plant trees, shrubs and flowers
- 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 40 lbs. (mulch, fertilizer, etc.)
- Ability to load/unload burlaps with plant cuttings onto trailer (up to 50 lbs.)
- Ability to bend, stoop and twist continuously throughout the day
- Ability to work in/or about situations near direct automotive traffic
- Ability to work near or about natural bodies of water
- Ability to work 8+ hours per day with applicable breaks x 5 days/week (some overtime/weekend work required)
Here's what to know about working here:
At BrightView, we're a tight-knit crew who are as passionate abou