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Wagner & Company Landscape Construction, Inc Landscape Laborer in Harrison, Montana
Employer’s Name: Wagner & Company Landscape Construction, Inc, Location: Work in the following MT counties: Jefferson, Madison, Silver BowJob Title: Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers, TEMP/FTTotal number of job openings: 3Dates of employment: 3/10/2025 - 10/31/2025Job Description: Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes. Operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws. Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans. Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws. Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls. Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage. Trim or pick flowers and clean flower beds. Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, or shrubs, and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools. Rake, mulch, and compost leaves. Decorate gardens with stones or plants. Use irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste. Maintain irrigation systems, including winterizing the systems and starting them up in spring. Install rock gardens, ponds, decks, drainage systems, irrigation systems, retaining walls, fences, planters, or playground equipment. Care for natural turf fields, making sure the underlying soil has the required composition to allow proper drainage and to support the grasses. Haul or spread topsoil, or spread straw over seeded soil to hold soil in place. Build forms and mix and pour cement to form garden borders. On-the-job training available.Job Requirements: Ability to lift 50lbs, may be required to obtain driver's licenseWork hours & days: Approximately 45 hours/week, 7am-6pm, M-Sat, hours and workdays may vary depending on weather.Pay rate: $20.86/hr; $31.29/hr OTPay frequency: Semimonthly, 1st and 15thBenefits: N/ATransportation: Daily transportation to/from worksites provided.Housing provisions: Employer may assist in locating housing.How to apply: Apply at the nearest SWA, 406-582-9200Single workweek used as standard for computing wages due. Raises and/or bonuses may be offered to any worker, at the employer’s sole discretion, based on work performance, skill, or tenure.Workdays may begin/end earlier or later on any given day depending on season demands or weather conditions. Workers may be requested to work additional hours, weekends, holidays, and the Sabbath depending on need.Employer will make all deductions required by law. Other deductions may be taken at employee's written request, i.e., internet, cable, cash advances, medical expenses, etc.Employer will reimburse H2B workers in the first workweek all visa, visa processing, border crossing, and other related fees, including those mandated by the government.Tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform the job duties provided at no charge.Employer will offer the worker employment for a total number of work hours equal to at least three fourths of the workdays of each 12-week period, if the period of employment covered by the job order is 120 or more days, or each 6-week period, if the period of employment covered by the job order is less than 120 days.At the sole discretion of the employer, workers may be required to submit to a post hire drug test, paid by the employer. Positive results or refusal to take the test may result in immediate termination.Any worker found to have a criminal conviction, DWI, commits serious acts of misconduct, refuses to follow instructions, violates work rules, fails to perform job duties in a competent manner, or other lawful job-related reasons will be subject to termination.Workers who have a clean driving record and insurable driver's license may be required to drive company vehicles.If the worker lives outside of normal commuting distance, employer will reimburse the transportation/subsistence from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer to the worksite once the worker completes 50% of the work contract.Return transportation/subsistence from the place of employment to the place from which the worker departed to work for the employer, disregarding intervening employment, will be paid once the worker completes the entire contract period or if dismissed early.The transportation reimbursement will be the most economic, reasonable common carrier cost. Subsistence will be $15.88/day, max of $59 (receipts required).At a minimum, both domestic and foreign workers will earn the prevailing hourly wage; however, the employer may choose to pay experienced workers, regardless of origin, more than the required minimum wage rate. Raises and/or bonuses may be offered to any worker, at the employer’s sole discretion, based on work performance, skill, or tenure.Employer may charge the worker for reasonable costs related to the worker’s refusal or negligent failure to return any property furnished by the employer or due to such worker’s willful damage or destruction of such property.