What you will be doing as a Landscape Maintenance Technician:
- Clean-Ups: Refresh and revitalize landscapes with seasonal clean-ups that prepare the grounds for the upcoming seasons.
- Weeding & Bed Maintenance: Keep planting beds tidy and thriving by removing weeds and maintaining their health.
- Perennial Plant Care: Provide expert care for perennials by deadheading, performing seasonal cutbacks.
- Small Tree & Shrub Care: Tackle renewal pruning, deadwood removal, structural pruning, and shaping with both hand and power tools to ensure plants remain healthy and aesthetically pleasing.
- Tool & Equipment Mastery: Effectively use the right tools and equipment to complete each task efficiently, ensuring top-quality results every time.
- Smart Decision-Making: Make informed decisions based on weather conditions and the time of year, optimizing your work for the best results.
- Team & Customer Communication: Collaborate seamlessly with team members and communicate effectively with customers, ensuring all needs are met and expectations are exceeded.
What you will bring to the table as a Landscape Maintenance Technician:
- High School Diploma: A basic education to set the foundation for your landscaping journey.
- Strong Work Ethic & Willingness to Learn: We value dedication and a passion for growth. We will teach you the skills you need, and you will bring the enthusiasm!
- Valid Wisconsin Drivers License: Required to get to job sites and navigate local routes safely.
- Physical Strength & Stamina: Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and walk long distances while carrying equipment, as physical activity is key to this role.
- Positive Attitude & Self-Starter: You take pride in your work and come to each task with a can-do spirit, ready to tackle any challenge.
- Turf & Plant Knowledge: Willingness to learn proper turf care, plant identification, and maintenance techniques that keep landscapes healthy and beautiful.
- Adaptability to Weather Conditions: comfortable working outdoors in all types of weather, whether it’s sunny, rainy, or cold, you’re ready to go the extra mile.
- Team Player with Strong Communication: You work well with others, understand the importance of collaboration, and communicate clearly to ensure the job is done right.
- Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to think on your feet and solve challenges that may arise while working in the field, ensuring efficient and effective results.
Physical Requirements:
- The ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. regularly, including bags of mulch, soil, plants, and landscaping tools.
- Capability to perform manual tasks such as digging, planting, pruning, weeding, and applying mulch, which requires strength, stamina, and dexterity.
- Comfort working outdoors for extended periods, in all weather conditions including sun, rain, wind, hot and cold temperatures.
- Ability to bend, kneel, crouch, and squat frequently throughout the day to perform various landscaping tasks.
- Physical endurance to walk long distances across different terrains while carrying tools or equipment as part of daily responsibilities.
- The ability to operate landscaping tools and equipment (e.g., pruners, weed whackers, blowers, mowers, etc.), which require hand-eye coordination and repetitive motions.
- Ability to work in confined spaces or awkward positions when performing detailed tasks such as pruning or weeding.
- Capacity to maintain focus and energy levels during long, physically demanding workdays.
- Comfort in handling physical labor and repetitive motions while maintaining high attention to detail.
- Position is seasonal- May thru August
- Shifts typically occur during daylight hours (e.g., 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM)
Flexibility - We can be flexible on schedule (to some extent). We understand that you may have school, family, or other interests that you need to work around.
If you are interested in one of our open positions, start by applying here and attaching your resume.