Union Laborer

BrightView Landscapes, LLC • Canton, MI

50d

About The Position

The Landscape Laborer assists with landscape installation and maintenance tasks, including planting, soil preparation, sod and seed application, and material handling, to ensure safe and efficient operations.

Requirements

• Ability to follow supervisor instructions
• Knowledge of safe working practices

Nice To Haves

• Ability to use hand equipment with mechanized moving blades such as gas powered shears
• Ability to use manual hand tools such as shovels
• Ability to work from elevated heights such as an 8" A-frame ladder
• Ability to use a hand shovel for extended period
• Ability to move soil, equipment, and materials, digs holes, and plant trees, shrubs and flowers
• 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)
• 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

Responsibilities

• Excavate manually with a shovel
• Handle & install trees & shrubs
• Handle fertilizers & soil enrichment materials
• Move & spread soil and aggregates
• Install seed & sod
• Hand tool use, including wheelbarrow
• Load & unload materials
• Planting & watering

Benefits

• BrightView offers a suite or health, wellness, and financial benefits to full-time team members.
• Benefits offerings for full-time team members include medical, dental, and vision insurance, ancillary and voluntary products, a 401k savings plan with employer contributions, and 6 to 9 company paid holidays per year.
• Employees may also be eligible to receive paid time off for vacation and/or sick leave, tuition reimbursement, and/or potential variable pay opportunities based on position and performance.
• A detailed benefits package will be provided during the interview process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Administrative and Support Services
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees