Enhancement Crew Member

The Enhancement Laborer executes small‑scale landscaping operations and maintains grounds and landscape of commercial properties.

Responsibilities

• Perform plant removal, replanting of lawn, converting lawn areas to planters, or planters to lawn, replace broken sidewalk, lay mow strips, mulch, prune, and plant trees.
• Serve as backup to interior landscaping maintenance, gardening, irrigation technology and grounds person.
• Remove or plant grass using garden tools such as rakes, shovels, picks, etc.
• Dig trenches and set up cement forms for sidewalk replacement, mow strips, and planters.
• Utilize pruning and trimming equipment to maintain trees and shrubs.
• Operate lawn maintenance equipment including a 36" mower, blower, gas‑powered trimmer, and other power equipment.
• Water plants, lawns, and gardens.
• Apply fertilizer in accordance with scheduled use and application standards.
• Perform plant, weed, trim, and blow activities.
• Remove materials from overhead racks on truck and transport materials from site to site.
• Handle tools, dig, cement fish, plant, weed, maintain, and mow.

Requirements

• 6 months of commercial landscape experience preferred but not required.
• Knowledge of proper water application and penetration.
• Current driver’s license.
• Ability to adjust and regulate sprinkler heads, finish cement surfaces, prepare forms for cement pours, and perform weeding.
• Experience with cement preparation and finishing procedures.
• Ability to operate a truck with trailer/gate and ramp for loading, unloading and transport of equipment.

Physical Demands

• Stand for 5 minutes, walk for 2 hours, and sit for 30 minutes consecutively.
• Lift and carry tools, equipment, and materials weighing up to 20 lb; distance carried up to 50 ft.
• Handle items such as plants, bushes, hoses, shovels, rakes, and burlap bags—typically by two workers.
• Lift 30–35 lb (120 lb trees lifted and carried by 4 individuals) a distance of 20 ft for planting.
• Push or pull grass into rolls requiring force of up to 20 lb.
• Push/pull, twist, and turn trees with a force of up to 35 lb when planting.
• Bend at the waist for leaf picking, branch trimming, mowing, digging trenches, setting forms, and planting.

Work Environment

Work outdoors in moderate to extreme heat, dry or humid conditions, near automotive traffic, natural bodies of water, fumes, dust, mechanical/electrical hazards, and direct sunlight. Requires protective clothing and personal devices: eye protection, safety vest, gloves, hard hat, ear plugs, long‑sleeved shirts, and work boots.

Pay

$17.50‑$20 per hour, depending on experience.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Ancillary and voluntary products.
• 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions.
• 6 to 9 company‑paid holidays per year.
• Potential paid time off for vacation and/or sick leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Potential variable pay opportunities based on position and performance.