Lawn Maintenance / Landscape Laborer

Duties

• Responsible for landscaping and maintaining property grounds by using hand or power tools or equipment to perform the following: laying sod, planting plants and trees, mowing, trimming, watering, digging, spreading dirt, raking, pruning, and mulching.
• Position also requires the ability to lift 50 lbs regularly to unload and load materials necessary to complete related landscaping and maintenance of property ground projects.
• May include other job duties related to the Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers pursuant to 37-3011.

Requirements

• No formal education, training or experience required.
• Lifting required up to 50 lbs. regularly.
• $22.32/hr; O/T $33.48/hr.

Qualifications

• May work evenings, weekends, holidays, as needed.
• Schedule (including workdays) may vary.
• May work more than the guaranteed hours.
• May work overtime.
• OT varies and must be pre-approved.

Benefits

• Effective January 1, 2024, per MN State Statute, an employee will earn one hour of paid sick and safe time for every 30 hours worked, up to at least 48 hours of accrued Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) per year, provided the employee works a minimum of 80 hours in a calendar year.
• Various client worksites.
• Employer will provide daily transportation from the shop at 11770 Justen Circle, Maple Grove, MN 55369 to and from worksites.
• Upon or before 50% completion of work contract, employer will reimburse the worker for transportation & subsistence from place of recruitment to place of work within five days of receiving the expense receipts.
• Upon completion of the work contract or where the worker is dismissed earlier, if the worker has no immediately subsequent H-2B employment, the employer will provide or pay for worker’s reasonable costs of return transportation & subsistence back home or to the place the worker originally departed to work.
• The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical & reasonable common carrier for the distances involved.
• Daily subsistence will be provided at a rate of at least $16.78 per day during travel to a maximum of $68.00 per day with receipts.
• Employer will reimburse worker in the first work week for all visa, visa processing, border crossing & related fees, incl. those mandated by the government (excluding passport fees).

Pay

• $22.32/hr; O/T $33.48/hr.

Schedule

• 4 days per week, Monday-Thursday.
• Schedule (including workdays) may vary.
• May work evenings, weekends, holidays, as needed.

Contact Information

• Contact the nearest office of MN CareerForce Location, 7225 Northland Drive, Suite 100, Brooklyn Park, MN 55428, (763) 279-4400 and reference: H-2B Talberg Lawn & Landscape, Inc. Lawn Maintenance / Landscape Laborer.
• Contact mary.garcia@state.mn.us or 651-259-7513 or Talberg Lawn & Landscape, Inc. at (763) 428-3550, rhunt@talberg.com or http://www.talberg.com.