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BrightView Landscapes Lawn Maintenance Crew Member (GRAND RAPIDS) in Portage, Michigan

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Lawn Maintenance Crew Member:

Brighter futures start here. Welcome to BrightView. We're a team of talented professionals, driven by results and relationships, and committed to taking care of each other, clients, and communities.

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RATE OF PAY IS DEPENDENT UPON PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE AND ANY CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES YOU HOLD, STARTING RANGE OF PAY IS $15 - $17 PER HOUR.

 

Here's what you'd do:

 

You'd create beautiful environments by providing landscape maintenance support to a variety of industrial, commercial, and/or public properties. You'd safely operate commercial grade landscaping equipment and ensure the upkeep of plant material and other landscaping elements.

 

You'd be responsible for:

  • Cutting turf, trimming and edging along borders, and blowing using power equipment
  • Pruning shrubs and low trees to improve the growth habit or remove damaged branches
  • Planting and maintaining flower beds, and applying mulch
  • Picking up trash and debris
  • Performing weeding by hand or using a garden hoe or hula hoe
  • Maintaining a polite, friendly, responsive demeanor with guests and customers

Skills we're seeking:

  • Applicants must be able to work outdoors, in all weather conditions, doing very physical work, able to lift/carry 35-80 pounds often.
  • You must be at least 18 years old, enthusiastic and dependable, and able to safely work with equipment like power saws and cutters.  
  • Previous experience is helpful, but you must have an understanding of landscape basics.

Landscape Tender-Detail Crew

 

Looking for an opportunity where success comes naturally? Then you may have found your crew. We're looking for a Landscape Tender to join our team.

*Here's what you'd do:  * Using hand and/or power tools or equipment to perform a wide range of landscape and irrigation duties.  

You'd be responsible for:

  • Planting
  • Watering
  • Fertilizing
  • Digging
  • Raking

And while not mandatory, it would be great if you also have:

  • Experience using hand equipment with mechanized moving blades such as gas powered shears
  • Experience using manual hand tools such as shovels
  • Experience working from elevated heights such as an 8" A-frame ladder
  • Experience using a hand shovel for extended period
  • Experience moving soil, equipment, and materials, digs holes, and plant trees, shrubs and flowers
  • Ability to work in extreme conditions -- temperatures may exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit
  • Ability to work in direct sunlight for extended periods of time
  • Ability to lift and carry 40 lbs. (mulch, fertilizer, etc.)
  • Ability to load/unload burlaps with plant cuttings onto trailer (up to 50 lbs.)
  • Ability to bend, stoop and twist continuously throughout the day
  • Ability to work in/or about situations near direct automotive traffic
  • Ability to work near or about natural bodies of water
  • Ability to work 8+ hours per day with applicable breaks x 5 days/week (some overtime/weekend work required)

Here's what to know about working here:

At BrightView, we're a tight-knit crew who are as passionate abou

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