Landscape/Planting Specialist

SavATree LLC; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental

Paid time off

Vehicle program

401(k) matching

Job summary

SavATree LLC is hiring a landscape technician to apply knowledge of plants, trees, and grasses for growing, pruning, and fertilizing landscapes on client properties. You will design outdoor spaces and maintain lawns, shrubs, and flowers with attention to health and aesthetics.

Requirements include hands-on lawn care experience, willingness to operate heavy equipment, and a valid driver’s license. Competitive pay and benefits offered; growth opportunities in a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Hands-on lawn care maintenance and turf applications.
• Progressive knowledge of plants, trees, and grasses for healthy landscapes.
• Willingness to operate heavy equipment safely and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of plants, trees, and grasses for pruning, fertilizing, and growth.
• Design gardens, walkways, and outdoor spaces with aesthetics in mind.
• Plant trees, transplant, and ensure healthy growth in assigned areas.
• Clean up debris and maintain client properties to high standards.

Skills

Lawn care

Turf application

Equipment operation

Plant science knowledge

Education

Degree in Turf, Entomology, Plant Sciences, Horticulture or equivalent experience

Arboriculture Trade Certification (bonus)

Tools

Skid steers

Loaders

Job description

Looking for a place where you can thrive and grow?

SavATree is hiring a landscape technician and planter to apply knowledge of plants, trees, and grasses in growing, pruning, and fertilizing shrubs, lawns, bushes, trees, and flowers. They also use knowledge of aesthetics to creatively design gardens, walkways, sitting areas, bridges, and other functional aspects of outdoor areas. Duties can include tree planting, transplanting, ensuring plants grow well in their assigned area as well as cleaning up debris around yards and other areas.

In this role you will have you will have the opportunity to work outside on beautiful properties in your community, You Will apply your expertise to ensure the on-going health, beauty and well-being of each client’s landscape.

What a day is like:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Requires frequent standing, kneeling, walking, pulling, reaching, stooping and bending.
• Requires walking primarily on uneven turf or rocky areas while on job sites.
• May be exposed to moderate to loud work environments. These areas will require the use of personal protective equipment such as hearing protection.
• Will be exposed to dust, dyes, grease, odors, mechanical and electrical hazards, and all types of weather and temperature conditions.
• Job requires ability to work with hand tools, small and large engine equipment, skid steers, and loaders.
• Ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs. repeatedly through an entire work shift.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent stamina is required.
• Work with and near heavy equipment and other vehicles on a regular basis

What kind of person are we looking for? Someone with:

• A desire to grow, craves opportunity, loves problem solving and process improvement.
• The ability to run various types of equipment, who enjoys heavy lifting in various weather conditions.
• A Degree in Turf, Entomology, Plant Sciences, Horticulture, or equivalent experience
• 1-2 years of hands-on experience in lawn care maintenance and turf application
• Horticulture/Arboriculture Trade Certification a bonus
• Minimum 2 years of experience in landscape related field
• Must be able to operate equipment safely.
• The responsibility and independence to work autonomously.
• Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills to understand and meet client needs.
• Valid driver's license

Why you might love working here:

• We have lots of training and development opportunities and will support your continuing education in the industry.
• You’ll work alongside some of the best trained and equipped teams in the industry, with an emphasis on quality and safety.
• We’re collaborative, so you’ll have the ability to connect and collaborate with people in experts in the field.
• We offer a competitive salary and benefits, including health and dental, paid time off, vehicle program, and a matched 401(K)
• The opportunity to advance your knowledge in the field as well as in the company.

SavATree’s mission is to take our passion for nature and keep this country’s outdoors beautiful and flourishing. Through our comprehensive lawn and tree care, we work hard to make sure our customers have attractive, healthy and cared-for green spaces to enjoy. Over the last thirty years, we have opened new offices across the country, and we are looking for people who want to grow with us.

We want everyone to be able to identify and achieve their own version of success, which means giving each employee the room and opportunity to grow. To ensure that everyone has the best chance to succeed, we invest heavily in training and continuing education. We make it easy for you to reach out and get the help you need, even when it’s from the other side of the country. This means actively fostering a collaborative culture where we come together to learn from each other and help each other succeed. We pride ourselves on creating an environment where each employee has the resources and opportunities to advance his or her career and become a go-to subject matter expert. That’s why we often say that when you work here, you thrive here.

SavATree is an equal opportunity employer and a Drug Free Workplace

This position pays between $20-25/hr (depending on experience) + benefits + PTO

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities