Landscaper (Horticulture)

Yaamava' Resort & Casino at San Manuel; Highland (CA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent resort and casino is looking for a Landscaper to maintain its grounds, ensuring a clean and manicured appearance. This role involves using various landscaping tools and machinery, tending to plants, and performing essential maintenance tasks. Candidates should have a high school diploma and at least one year of relevant experience. This position requires strong English communication skills and the ability to operate power equipment effectively in an outdoor setting.

Qualifications

• Must have at least one year of related experience in landscaping.
• Must be able to communicate effectively in English.

Responsibilities

• Maintain landscaping around the Casino and Hotel property.
• Operate various landscaping tools and equipment.
• Power wash surfaces and perform minor repairs as needed.
• Use a variety of landscape tools and equipment to keep grounds visually appealing.

Skills

English communication

Landscaping maintenance

Operating power equipment

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Lawn mowers

Hedge trimmers

Power washers

Sod cutters

Job description

Under the direction of the Supervisor, Landscape, the Landscaper is responsible for maintaining a manicured and clean look of the landscaping and respective grounds around the property. Maintains a Best-in-Class landscaping by using various tools and equipment to achieve a visually pleasing and operational landscape.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Maintains all landscaping around the Casino and Hotel property to include Parking lots, Parking Structures, entrances, surrounding areas, and pool deck area. Maintains flowers, bushes, trees and shrubs for plant health and visual appeal. Plants seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plans, grass, ground cover, trees and shrubs; applies mulch for protection. Changes-out plants according to season and special event directives. Plants and cultivates lawns and gardens.
• Maintains lawns and turf by mowing and edging lawns using power mowers and edgers.
• Power washes walls, sidewalks, walkways, pillars and spills. Handles minor repairs and patches of asphalt. Cleans-out drainage ditches and culverts. Gathers and removes litter.
• Operates specialized power and motorized equipment such as blowers, hedge trimmers, light tractors, lawn mowers, lawn edger’s, chain saws, various lifts, sod cutters, shedders, tugs and turf aerators and roto-tillers. Uses hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, hedge and brush trimmers, axes, chainsaws rakes, loppers, hand saws, pruning shears, shovels, hoes, fertilizer spreaders, pesticide sprayers, sod knifes, and hedge shears.
• Maintains all chemicals in assigned areas with proper Safety Data Sheet (SDS) labeling.
• Performs other duties as assigned to support the efficient operation of the department.

Educational, Experience And Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum one (1) year related experience required.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities (ksa)

• Must be able to read, write and communicate in the English language.

Required Licenses, Certifications And Registrations

• At the discretion of the San Manuel Tribal Gaming Commission, you may be required to obtain and maintain a gaming license.
• Select One of the Following: Authorized Driver: Role requires operation or driving of Tribe-owned vehicles or driving patron vehicles. A valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record as determined by the insurance carrier is required.

Physical Requirements/ Working Conditions – Environment

The physical demands and working environment described here are representative of those that an employee encounters and must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Primary work environment is in an outdoor setting.
• Work may require travel to attend meetings, trade shows, and conferences.
• Incumbents may be required to work evening, weekend and holiday shifts.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced, high-demand environment.
• Strength sufficient to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects and/or move up to 40 pounds occasionally.
• Sedentary work: does not involve sitting. May operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
• Physical activities that apply to the essential functions of the position are balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
• Hearing sufficient to hear conversational levels in person, via videoconference and over the telephone.
• Speech sufficient to make oneself heard and understood in person, in front of groups, in meetings, via videoconference and over the telephone.
• Visual acuity that meets the requirements of the position: The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; expansive reading and visual inspection of employees, visitors or facility.
• Mobility sufficient to safely move in an office environment, walk, stoop, bend and kneel, and enter, exit and operate a motor vehicle in the course of travel to promotional events, meetings, conferences, trade shows and San Manuel properties.
• Endurance sufficient to sit, walk and stand for extended periods, and maintain efficiency throughout the entire work shift and during extended work hours.
• The employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles including secondhand smoke.

Reasonable accommodation will be made in compliance with all applicable law.

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