Groundsperson

About the role

Looking for an opportunity where success comes naturally? Then you may have found your crew. We’re looking for a Groundsperson to join our team. Here at BrightView, we appreciate people with such love for landscaping and greenery. With our range of services, including landscape design, development, maintenance and enhancements, there’s no limit to what we can do, and what you can achieve.

Responsibilities

• Using a variety of equipment such as mowers, blowers, clippers, and edgers to create and prep soil for plant placement.
• Setting up and cleaning up, and taking good care of trucks and machinery.
• Working as part of a team.
• Setting up safety items including positioning cones and signs and roping or taping off crew work areas.
• Handing tools to the climber and receiving tools from the climber using a rope to hoist them up into the tree.
• Gathering branches into piles, transporting to the chipper, feeding them into the chipper and unloading tree trunks and chips at the appropriate facility.
• Ensuring that all operations, job sites and employees are safe and that the general public which might come into contact with the area will be safe.
• Communicating effectively with other crew members and the public.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Enthusiastic and dependable.
• Able to safely work with equipment like power saws and cutters.
• Able to work outdoors in all weather conditions, doing very physical work.
• Able to lift/carry 35‑80 pounds often.
• Understanding of landscape basics (previous experience helpful but not required).

Qualifications

Previous experience is helpful but not required; a solid understanding of landscape basics is expected.

Skills

• CDL Driver’s License (preferred).
• Bilingual in Spanish (preferred).

Benefits

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