Landscaper (Horticulture)

About the role

The Landscaper under the direction of the Supervisor, Landscape, is responsible for maintaining a manicured and clean look of the landscaping and respective grounds around the property.

Responsibilities

• Maintains all landscaping around the Casino and Hotel property to include Parking lots, Parking Structures, entrances, surrounding areas, and pool deck area.
• Maintains flowers, bushes, trees and shrubs for plant health and visual appeal.
• Plants seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plans, grass, ground cover, trees and shrubs; applies mulch for protection.
• Changes-out plants according to season and special event directives.
• Plants and cultivates lawns and gardens.
• Maintains lawns and turf by mowing and edging lawns using power mowers and edgers.
• Power washes walls, sidewalks, walkways, pillars and spills.
• Handles minor repairs and patches of asphalt.
• Cleans-out drainage ditches and culverts.
• Gathers and removes litter.
• Operates specialized power and motorized equipment such as blowers, hedge trimmers, light tractors, lawn mowers, lawn edger’s, chain saws, various lifts, sod cutters, shedders, tugs and turf aerators and roto-tillers.
• Uses hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, hedge and brush trimmers, axes, chainsaws rakes, loppers, hand saws, pruning shears, shovels, hoes, fertilizer spreaders, pesticide sprayers, sod knifes, and hedge shears.
• Maintains all chemicals in assigned areas with proper Safety Data Sheet (SDS) labeling.

Qualifications

• A High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum one (1) year related experience required.

Skills

• Must be able to read, write and communicate in the English language.

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions

• Primary work environment is in an outdoor setting.
• Work may require travel to attend meetings, trade shows, and conferences.
• Incumbents may be required to work evening, weekend and holiday shifts.
• Strength sufficient to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects and/or move up to 40 pounds occasionally.
• Sedentary work: does not involve sitting. May operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
• Physical activities that apply to the essential functions of the position are balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
• Hearing sufficient to hear conversational levels in person, via videoconference and over the telephone.
• Speech sufficient to make oneself heard and understood in person, in front of groups, in meetings, via videoconference and over the telephone.
• Visual acuity that meets the requirements of the position: The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; expansive reading and visual inspection of employees, visitors or facility.
• Mobility sufficient to safely move in an office environment, walk, stoop, bend and kneel, and enter, exit and operate a motor vehicle in the course of travel to promotional events, meetings, conferences, trade shows and San Manuel properties.
• Endurance sufficient to sit, walk and stand for extended periods, and maintain efficiency throughout the entire work shift and during extended work hours.
• The employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles including secondhand smoke.

Benefits

As one of the largest private employers in the Inland Empire, San Manuel deeply cares about the future, growth and well-being of its employees. Join our team today!