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BrightView Landscapes Landscaper (Portage-Direct Report) in Portage, Michigan
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PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE PREFERRED; STARTING PAY RANGE - $14-$17 PER HOUR.
Landscaping 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.
BrightView was recently formed through the combination of landscape industry pioneers and leaders, Brickman and ValleyCrest. This defining event united more than 140 years of experience, an extraordinary portfolio of high-profile projects and clients, and a vast, national network of expertise and innovation. As one and true to our name, we're reinventing the industry while affording our 22,000+ team members access to the most comprehensive training, resources, benefits, mentorship, and opportunities for career advancement.
A brighter future is in your hands. We're currently seeking a Crew Member. You love to spend your day outdoors cultivating amazing landscapes. You treat grass, trees and plots with great care and attention, doing whatever it takes to help them thrive. Here at BrightView, we appreciate people with such love for landscaping and greenery.
What you'll do:
- You'll contribute to the many activities that make grass, flowers and client relationships bloom. Using a variety of equipment such as mowers, blowers, clippers, and edgers to create and prep soil for plant placement.
- Team members are also responsible for set up and clean up, and taking good care of our trucks and machinery.
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)