Horticulture Technician
About the role
Join us as a Horticulture Technician and work with our team to maintain our one-of-a-kind campus. Our horticulture team takes pride in caring for a diverse campus landscape that promotes creativity, creates a lasting impression for our customers, and demonstrates our commitment to sustainable practices. You'll assist our team by joining and helping to lead projects on our campus, site, or turf teams. Live affordably in a city known for its rising tech talent. Epic is located just outside Madison, Wisconsin, the second fastest growing market for tech talent in the United States and home to the state capital and the University of Wisconsin. Madison, a city surrounded by water, has received accolades for being the greenest city in America (NerdWallet), the best city for renters (SmartAsset), the fittest city in America (Fitbit), and the third best metro in the US for young professionals (Forbes Advisor).
Responsibilities
- Caring for ornamental gardens of campus
- Maintaining turf and irrigation systems
- Planting, watering, weeding, mulching, pruning, deadheading, burning, and snow removal
- Joining and helping to lead projects on campus, site, or turf teams
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Horticulture or related field (equivalent work experience considered)
- Ability to lift 50 lbs
- Experience in temperate ornamental horticulture and/or arboriculture (preferred)
- Experience with commercial equipment (preferred)
- Valid Wisconsin Driver's license
- Live within 45 minutes of Epic's Campus in Verona, WI or be willing to relocate
- COVID-19 vaccination
Schedule
Must be able to work outdoors 8 hours a day.
Pay
- Merit-based compensation
- Annual raises and bonuses
- Stock grants