General Information:
Job Title: Horticulturist
Location: 460 Cherryville Rd.
Shelby, NC 28150
Base Pay: $18.00-24.00 / Hour (not caped)
Employment Type: Regular Full Time, Day
Manage Others: No
Work With Team: 25-75% of the time, depending on the season and workload
About Us
At Paradise Landscaping (PL), we understand that a yard is much more than grass, plants, flowers, mulch, and pavers. It is a personal oasis at someone’s home, it is an investment for a commercial building that improves the properties value and makes the businesses patrons feel welcomed, both require special people to bring these properties to life. These are the kind of people that love to work at PL!
With over 15 years of increasing growth, visibility, and opportunity, our landscape company is seeking a talented Irrigation and Service Technician to join our team! As a locally owned and operated company with a stellar reputation serving high end clientele, we have a strong culture rooted in trust, integrity, quality, professionalism, and excellence. Armed with this, we make a point to use good judgement, fairness, and common sense to meet our challenges. We promote open communication, creativity, teamwork, fairness, and openness to change. Attracting top talent in a collaborative environment contributes to our success.
Requirements
The Horticulturist is responsible for assisting our team to promote healthy growth and beautify lawns, and plantings. We will improve overall health and client’s safety by the pruning and preservation of the existing plant material on the properties we maintain through our Land Care team. The Horticulturist will be responsible for the overall health and development of healthy growth of plants, perennials, annuals, and solves client problems related to proper plant health care. This will include, but is not limited to pruning, mulching, fertilizer and insecticide applications, watering adjustments. The Horticulturist readily seeks out ways to help promote the beauty and value of our clients’ properties and outdoor living environment.
This is a field position that reports to the president or assistant and will lead a small team (1-2 additional team members) as the workload and season requires.
Knowledge, SKILLS, and Abilities
Required:
· Excellent verbal communication skills and ability to build rapport with others
· Horticultural knowledge of plant healthcare, hand pruning, and selective pruning experience
· Observational and analytical problem-solving skills, including an eye for spotting potential lawn or landscaping issues early on and the ability to accurately assess the problem and identify the specific solution
· Ability and desire to communicate and interact with others professionally, to please customers, and to express sincere concern for customer needs
· Meet with customers and potential customers to carefully inspect, diagnose, and/or verify lawn weed/pest-related problems. Advise customers of facts and solutions. Educate customers on cultural practices, and health, safety, and environmental issues.
· Monitor progress of service to ensure effective results. Follow up with any additional necessary corrective or other action.
· Research information, when necessary, to verify proper operation and be aware of related problems.
· Respond to customer service calls and follow up with customers to ensure problems have been solved satisfactorily.
· Continually build relationships with customers and, always, promote excellent customer service, quality work, integrity, and professionalism.
· Pro-actively identify lawn/plant development needs that promote the healthy growth of the turf and of plant materials. Offer suggestions and follow through, as needed.
· High school education diploma or equivalent.
Preferred
· Knowledge of common regional plants, irrigation and watering needs, drainage needs, different turfs and plant water needs, lighting system knowledge, pump knowledge.
Licenses
· Valid North Carolina driver’s license that is not currently suspended or revoked (driving record must meet the insurance carrier’s policy requirements and Paradise Landscaping driving standard
Position Duties and Functions
1. Plant identification and proper pruning techniques and timing of year to prune. Plant healthcare and pruning needs must be made in a timely manner and be completed in a timely manner.
2. Inventory and order products used must be recorded properly using our system.
3. Research information when necessarily to ensure industry standards are being exceeded and quality products are being used.
4. Safely operate equipment and perform safety checks and daily maintenance of all equipment. Prepare the truck for daily service stop, including but not limited to loading supplies, equipment, and products, and obtaining any necessary customer documentation. When returning to PL at the end of the day, unload the truck and ensure all company supplies, equipment, and products are secured.
5. Attend all required meeting or inspections pertaining to relevant jobs.
6. Stay abreast of current industry trends, regulations, technical data, new products, safety standards, equipment, and others.
7. Communicate to management client's property conditions and other field issues. This includes but is not limited to informing management of any customer issues or concerns that are not completely resolved to the satisfaction of the customer and reporting any damage that occurs as a result of service.
8. Complete assigned account documentation tasks using a company-provided mobile tablet or phone.
9. Operate and maintain assigned equipment to perform applications.
Other
1. Assist with other routes as needed or specific customers as assigned.
Perform all other duties as assigned
Summary
WORKING CONDITIONS
Requires frequent contact with customers, and coworkers. Work is performed outdoors, digging is required, with exposure to all weather elements. Exposure to grasses, weeds, outdoor plants, and associated irrigation and lighting products. Work involves constant use of industry equipment, materials, and products. Work involves daily travel throughout the community and work area.
This position requires full-time hours Monday through Friday, in addition to extended workdays, overtime, and weekend work as needed. This position also requires regular, punctual attendance. All work for this position must be performed on-site at PL customer properties or at PL company offices.
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
Must possess ability to operate pruning tools and application equipment including, but not limited to: hand pruners, sheers, blowers, lawn hoses, irrigation equipment, hand and carpenter tools, truck equipment, safety equipment, and others. Must be able to operate a vehicle and mobile tablet or phone
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $18.00 - $24.00 per hour
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Work Location: One location
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