Landscape Laborer

Job description

LANDSCAPE OR MAINTAIN GROUNDS OF PROPERTY USING HAND OR POWER TOOLS OR EQUIPMENT. LAY SOD, MOW, TRIM/EDGE, PLANT, WEEDING, WATERING, RAKE, BLOW LEAVES; USE A HAND SHOVEL TO DIG HOLES FOR INSTALLING PLANTS, TREES, SHRUBS, OR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, THESE HOLES CAN BE UP TO 24 INCHES DEPTH AND 36 INCHES IN WIDTH. SPREAD SEED, FERTILIZER AND MULCH; WORKS ON THE GROUND TO PRUNE OR TRIM TREES, SHRUBS, OR HEDGES USING SHEARS, PRUNERS, OR CHAIN SAWS; CORE AERATING; SPRINKLER INSTALLATION/REPAIR, INSTALLATION OF MORTARLESS SEGMENTAL CONCRETE MASONRY WALL UNITS. MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT TO ENSURE PROPER FUNCTIONING. MAY DRIVE COMPANY TRUCK OR OTHER VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT WORK CREWS, PLANTS, MATERIALS AND TOOLS TO/FROM OR AT WORKSITES.

No minimum education or experience required.
On the job training provided.
Post-employment criminal background check and Post-employment drug test required, cost paid by employer and applied equally to all workers, U.S. and Foreign/H-2B.
Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
Must be able to work a 6-day schedule, including weekends and holidays as required.
Applicants must complete an employment application.

Minimum 35 hours per week up to possible 48 hours per week. Normal work days Monday through Saturday from 7:30AM-4:30PM, one-hour unpaid lunch. Work days and shift time may vary with weather.

$21.87/hr. Employer may increase wage based on experience, changes in market conditions, and/or provide additional pay for performance and tenure. An overtime premium will be paid when required by Federal, State, or local law, including at time-and-a-half after 40 hours per workweek. Generally, when overtime is available it will be paid at $$32.81 per hour based on locality the work is performed and the base rate of pay offered per hour. A single workweek will be used to compute wages due. Pay received weekly. Bonus program based on production and attendance is available.

Daily transportation provided from main worksite in Monmouth County to multiple worksites within Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex, Mercer, Somerset, and Union Counties, NJ.

Employer will provide worker at no charge all tools, supplies, equipment and uniform required to perform job.

Special Requirements

Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
Must be able to work a 6-day schedule, including weekends and holidays as required.
Applicants must complete an employment application.