Tree Grounds Person (Pontiac)

The pay range for this role is $19.00–$24.00 and will depend on your previous related work experience and licenses/certifications you currently hold.

About the Role

At BrightView, the best teams are created and maintained here. We're looking for a Groundsperson, Commercial Tree Care. You love to spend your day outdoors cultivating amazing landscapes. You treat grass, trees and plots with great care and attention, doing whatever it takes to help them thrive.

Responsibilities

• Using a variety of equipment such as mowers, blowers, clippers, and edgers to create and prep soil for plant placement.
• Set up and clean up, and taking good care of our 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.
• Must be willing to work mandated overtime during holidays, after hours, weekends as needed when responding to emergencies.

Qualifications

• You must be at least 18 years old, enthusiastic and dependable, and able to safely work with equipment like power saws and cutters.
• Applicants must be able to work outdoors, in all weather conditions, doing very physical work, able to lift/carry 35–80 pounds often.
• Previous experience is helpful, but you must have an understanding of landscape basics.
• CDL Driver's License would be a plus.
• Bilingual (Spanish) a plus.

Benefits

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

A detailed benefits package will be provided during the interview process.

Working Here

Here at BrightView, we're as passionate about caring for our clients as we are about caring for each other. Though we're the nation's leading landscape company, we maintain a small company feel and supportive environment that makes our team members feel at home. 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.