General Labor - Tree Care Company
About the role
Professional Tree Care is hiring a Laborer to serve as a primary DRIVER for one of its tree care crews based out of Richmond, CA. The initial work will focus on grounds-person basics (dragging brush, cleanup, and supporting a tree care team), learning how to drive large work trucks, how to tow/back-up a trailer and, eventually, move into an Apprenticeship that allows you to learn how to climb trees as a professional.
Requirements
- Hardworking
- Physically fit and able to lift +/- 75 pounds or more
- Able to serve as a company driver: MUST have a current and clean California driver’s license. *Clean means no points or recent tickets! Very important since you will become the primary driver of one of our work trucks. Got prior experience driving a truck? Add it to your resume!
- Able to work outdoors for up to 8 hours per day in inclement weather year-round, meaning hot in summer and cold in winter; maybe even raining
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
- Bilingual English/Spanish. If you speak fluent Spanish, please add this skill to your resume.
- Trades skills: carpentry, landscaping (plant maintenance & identification), hardscaping (building pathways, rock walls, etc.), general construction (building decks, sheds, etc.), Irrigation (installing manifold or drip lines), plumbing (installing PVC or other piping), etc. If you have this experience, please make sure it is on your resume.
- Having experience working outdoors year-round
Compensation and benefits
- $21.00 per hour
- Company phone and gear
- 401(k) participation available on day one
- After 90-days of employment, new employees are eligible for:
- Medical insurance with 50% contribution from the company
- Dental insurance with 50% contribution from the company
- Optical insurance with 50% contribution from the company
- 5 paid holidays
- 5 paid sick days
- PTO (paid time off) earned as you go
- Self-paced Grounds-to-Climber Apprenticeship training program
How to apply
-Submit a resume or list of jobs that includes the following:
- All jobs since high school/GED. Order each job from your most recent/current position to the first job you ever held. Include the month/year you started and month/year you stopped working there. Do this for EVERY JOB you’ve held since leaving school.
- Include the company name, your title, and the location of the company (town).
- Include your education: month/year started & month/year ended. If you did NOT graduate from high school, indicate so. If you did, be sure to enter the years you attended. If you took additional courses after high school, indicate what they were, where, and when. If you received a GED, indicate what year.
Your home location would be 2550 Garden Tract Road, Richmond, CA: the Green Waste Recycle Yard (see: greenwasterecycleyard.com). PLEASE use Google or another map app to determine how long your commute will be with an ARRIVAL TIME of 6:15 a.m.
Contact
The Recruiting Team at Professional Tree Care dot com