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Description

Your Future Role:

A landscape maintenance teammate works on a team that maintains our customers' landscapes.  This is a physically active role that allows you to work outside year round.  This position works on both commercial and residential properties on a team with 3 to 4 people.  A  landscape maintenance teammate assists the maintenance team by mowing & edging grass, pruning plants, removing weeds and debris, fertilizing, maintaining irrigation systems, completing fall & spring clean-ups and more keeping our properties looking their best.  The landscape maintenance teammate works with the foreman and other teammates on his crew each day as they ensure a safe and efficient operations and a well maintained property.  This position is responsible for completing most activities activities including enhancements and snow removal. 

Your Specific Job Responsibilities:

• Upholds Moana Nursery's strict safety policies
• Works with project manager and foreman to develop maintenance plans that continuously improve the property
• Maintains efficient irrigation system (backflow devices, irrigation controllers, valves, sprinklers, drip tubing, etc.)
• Completes irrigation repairs (including digging holes)
• Aerates, dethatches, mows and edges grass
• Prunes trees, shrubs, & perennials
• Plants trees, shrubs, perennials and grass
• Applies fertilizer, pre-emergent and post emergent solutions for growth and weed control
• Removes weeds, garbage and landscape debris
• Maintains low voltage landscape lighting
• Operates equipment such as lawn mowers, edges, trimmers, snowblowers, snow plows
• Ensures equipment & vehicles are working properly
• Participates in snow removal activities during winter months (includes additional pay)
• Ensures quality of completed work meets Moana Nursery standards
• Communicates with other teammates and foreman daily
• Provides outstanding customer service
• Ensures customer properties thrive in our region

Physical Requirements & Activity:

• This position works outside 12 months a year in all conditions
• Applicant must be able to lift 75 lbs
• Applicant must be able to stand for long periods of time.
• Applicant must be able to work on their knees.

Expertise & Experience Requirements:

• Must be at least 18 years old

Nice To Have Skills or Experiences:

• Valid NV Driver's License (we pay more if you can drive)
• Landscape Experience qualifies for higher pay
• OSHA-10 or OSHA-30 certification
• Bilingual in English & Spanish
• Nursery Worker Certification
• Q.W.E.L Certification
• Certified Landscape Technician

Your Future Work Schedule:

Our landscape teams typically work Monday through Friday from 6am to 2:30pm with occasional overtime and weekend work.  During fall and winter months our team hours are 7am to 3:30pm with occasional overtime and weekend work. 

Your Future Salary & Benefits:
The starting rate for this position is $20.00 and increases based on experience, expertise and responsibilities.  Other benefits for this role include:

• Paid Time Off
• Health Insurance
• 401K Retirement Plan
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Store Discount
• Training & Educational Opportunities
• Career Advancement 

The Ideal Candidate:
The ideal candidate shows up on time everyday ready to for work.  He or she understands the work is demanding and paces his or her efforts throughout the day while always providing consistent effort that meets the project schedule.  He or she enjoys working with their hands to maintain and improve landscapes.  This candidate wants to learn the process and understand what makes the difference between high quality and average quality work.  The candidate wants to develop additional skills and expertise in a wide variety of categories such as irrigation, horticulture, equipment operation, customer service and more.  He or she takes pride in knowing that the plants and trees that we maintain are adding value to the environment and our community.  The ideal candidate wants to be part of a team that succeeds together and he or she grows individually.

If you are looking for a career and not just a job this position might be right for you. There is plenty of opportunity to grow your career at Moana Nursery.