Outdoor Landscape Tech - Maintenance & Plant Care Benefits

BrightView; Simi Valley (CA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

BrightView Landscapes, LLC is seeking a Landscaper I to provide landscape maintenance support across a variety of industrial, commercial, and public properties. The role involves performing basic landscaping tasks under supervision, operating, and maintaining equipment safely, and assisting with plant materials and features.

You will cut turf with mowers, prune shrubs, plant flowerbeds, and perform routine maintenance while reporting hazards to the Crew Leader.

Qualifications

• At least 18 years old.
• Enthusiastic and dependable.
• Ability to safely operate equipment like power saws and cutters.
• Certified on level 1 equipment (backpack blower, stick edger, string trimmer, walk-behind mower).
• Familiar with basic horticultural maintenance operations/practices.

Responsibilities

• Cut turf using various-sized power mowers, trimming, and edging using a gas-powered edger/trimmer, and operating a gas-powered blower.
• Prune shrubs and low trees as needed to improve the shape or growth habit, or to remove damaged branches.
• Plant and maintain flowerbeds.
• Operate the edger and line trimmer along sidewalks, flower beds, trees, buildings, fences, and other objects.
• Pick up trash and blow leaves and other organic debris onto the turf before mowing.
• Mulch the leaves and organic matter when mowing.
• Perform weeding by hand or using a garden hoe or hulaho[e].
• Perform basic, preventative maintenance to extend the life of equipment.
• Properly remove trash, dead plants, and suckers from the landscape.
• Maintain a polite, friendly, responsive demeanor with guests and customers.
• Report unsafe conditions to the Crew Leader as appropriate.

Skills

Power equipment operation

Safety training

Physical fitness

Reliable and punctual

Job description

BrightView Landscapes, LLC is seeking a Landscaper I to provide landscape maintenance support across a variety of industrial, commercial, and public properties. The role involves performing basic landscaping tasks under supervision, operating, and maintaining equipment safely, and assisting with plant materials and features.

You will cut turf with mowers, prune shrubs, plant flowerbeds, and perform routine maintenance while reporting hazards to the Crew Leader.