Plant Delivery & Installation Technician
About The Position
Tropical Touch Design (TTD) of Miami is hiring a Plant Delivery & Installation Technician to deliver work orders and replacement plants to client sites, install new plantings, maintain the nursery property, and provide backup coverage for client plant-care accounts. The role includes learning and performing indoor plant care when covering for Indoor Plants Technicians. This is a physically demanding, outdoor, on-the-road position. The technician spends much of the day on their feet, lifting and moving plants and planters, loading and unloading vehicles, and driving between the nursery, growers, vendors, and client sites across Miami-Dade and Broward, often in South Florida heat. The schedule is an eight-hour shift, Monday through Friday, up to 40 hours per week. Starting pay is $19.00 per hour, with higher pay based on experience.
Requirements
- Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
- Ability to drive a cargo van and a box truck.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds and push and pull up to 100 pounds.
- Ability to work an eight-hour day outdoors in South Florida heat, stand for most of the day, and climb ladders.
- Reliable, organized, and detail-oriented, with the ability to deliver the correct plant to the correct location on schedule.
- Ability to work with limited direct supervision, follow company procedures, and keep the supervisor updated.
- Ability to learn indoor plant care.
- Ability to speak English.
Nice To Haves
- Box truck experience.
Responsibilities
- Drive a company vehicle between the nursery, growers, vendors, and client sites across Miami-Dade and Broward, and deliver work orders and replacement plants on schedule.
- Replace declining plants with the correct replacement, return removed plants to the nursery, and log the replacements.
- Confirm deliveries with photos and a short report to the supervisor.
- Pick up plants and supplies from growers and vendors as scheduled.
- Keep vehicles, tools, dollies, and hand trucks clean, stocked, and in good working order, and promptly report issues to the supervisor.
- Install plants, planters, and decorative top dressing at client sites according to the design plan.
- Assist with large installations, holiday décor installations and removals, and plant changeouts.
- Pot, stage, and secure plants for safe transport; leave client sites clean and free of soil, debris, and water.
- Keep nursery property clean and organized through sweeping, debris removal, weeding, and general grounds upkeep; report hazards to the supervisor.
- Water, prune, and care for nursery stock so plants are ready for delivery.
- Receive, unload, and organize incoming deliveries; help track inventory and flag low stock.
- Cover Indoor Plants Technicians’ client accounts as needed by watering, cleaning, dusting and shining, pruning, and removing dead leaves and flowers.
- Report plant replacement needs to the supervisor with photos.
- Provide excellent customer service during client visits, notify clients about plant replacements when needed, provide sales or service contact information, and inform the supervisor of client requests or concerns.
Benefits
- Performance-based bonus opportunity.
- Paid vacation and paid sick time.
- Paid time off for major holidays.
- Employer contribution toward health insurance each pay period.
- Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Paid on-the-job training with room to grow.
- Uniform provided.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
