Landscape Gardener

Air Comfort, Inc; Monroe (CT); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Comfort, Inc. is seeking a dedicated groundskeeper to maintain outdoor spaces across client sites, performing debris clean-up, mulching, bed edging, and seasonal color installs.

You will operate hand, walk-behind and ride-on mowers, blowers and other power equipment, follow safety guidelines, work in a team environment, and communicate effectively with staff, clients, and campus communities as needed.

Qualifications

• Reading, writing and arithmetic required.
• Ability to follow instructions and operate hand and power equipment.
• Ability to work in a team and communicate with staff and campus community.
• Prior landscaping work experience.

Responsibilities

• Landscape debris clean-up.
• Mowing with hand, walk-behind and ride-on mowers.
• Weeding and bed edging.
• Mulching and seasonal color installations.

Skills

Reading and writing

Arithmetic

Follow instructions

Operate grounds keeping machinery

Team communication

Tools

Power equipment operation

Job description

Position Summary

Performs a variety of responsibilities, removing debris from grounds, mulching, bed edging; operating hand, walk-behind and ride-on mowers, blowers and other power equipment; raking leaves; sweeping and blowing walkways; and weeding by hand. Also, maintain proper working and safety standards.

Detailed Responsibilities:

Technical Duties

• Landscape Debris Clean-up
• Mowing
• Weeding
• Bed Edging
• Mulching
• Shrub Pruning
• Seasonal Color Install

Adherence to Company Values and Culture

ELM’s values are a set of deeply held beliefs that govern and guide our behavior in meeting our objectives and in dealing with each other, our customers, business partners and others.

• Eager
• Respect
• Excellence
• Integrity
• Collaborative

Adherence to Company Policies and Applicable Laws

• Follow, teach and enforce company policies per employee manual.
• Follow, teach and enforce driving, safety, labor and all other regulations per provided training.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to read, write, and perform simple arithmetic.
• Ability to follow instructions and operate hand and power equipment.
• Ability to work in a team environment and communicate with other employees, faculty, and students in campus community. Ability to operate grounds keeping machinery.

Experience:

Prior landscaping work experience required.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The following conditions must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Physical

Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in a field environment; to walk, stand, and sit for prolonged periods of time; to frequently stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb, reach, twist, grasp, and make repetitive hand movement in the performance of daily duties; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull moderate amounts of weight; to operate assigned equipment and vehicles; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.

Vision

See in the normal visual range with or without correction.

Hearing

Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

Environment

The majority of the work is performed in an outdoor field environment and on the road; a minimal amount of work is performed in an indoor office; travel from site to site; exposure to noise, dust, grease, smoke, fumes, pesticides, fertilizers, compost, insects, certain wild animals, plants and weeds (including poison oak and ivy), flowers, pollen, noxious odors, gases, mechanical and electrical hazards, and all types of weather and temperature conditions; work in or around water; exposure to hazardous traffic conditions; work and/or walk on various types of surfaces including slippery or uneven surfaces and rough terrain.