Seasonal Nursery/Perennial Associate

Department: Nursery/Perennial
Classification: Permanent Full-time or Seasonal Part-time (day shift, weekends, and evening shifts available)
Location: Mohnton Retail Store

TO APPLY: Please return your completed form via one of two methods listed below.

• Email to: hr@esbenshades.com
• Print and return to the courtesy counter at our Mohnton Store

Description: Nursery/Perennial Associates help support and grow our team at Esbenshade’s Greenhouses Inc. We encourage individuals who can provide excellent customer service and are enthusiastic to apply for this position. Nursery/Perennial Associates are responsible for providing customer service, handling any challenges that occur, and continually strive to be familiar with all the plants and products the Nursery/Perennial department offers. Prior knowledge of and experience working with woody ornamentals and perennials are preferred for this position.

Duties & Responsibilities: Customer service is first and foremost. This means approaching every customer with a smile and pleasant attitude, offering assistance as needed, answering questions, and doing all you can to provide Esbenshade’s customers with a positive, successful shopping experience so that they will want to return.

• Excellent communication skills with customers in order to suggest tie-in sales.
• Taking responsibility and providing leadership for day-to-day operations within your department.
• Responsible for general clean up, maintenance of nursery/perennial yard, and water garden display areas.
• Maintain a clean and safe nursery environment carefully monitor any trip hazards.
• Ensure good communication with customers, employees, vendors, and management.
• Must be flexible with your scheduling to accommodate customer service for the work week.
• Keep informed of weekly sales items.
• Knowledge of our Customer Loyalty Card Program.
• Commitment to attend employee meetings and training.
• Willingness to learn to operate forklift, bobcat, and other necessary equipment.
• Willingness to provide cross coverage in other departments as needed.
• Position includes mulch and nursery deliveries, heavy lifting, loading and unloading trees, shrubs, perennials and hard goods for customers and vendors.
• Create attractive displays with proper signage and information for customers, including seasonal rotation of flowering plants.
• Ensure that all plants receive proper care – watering, fertilizing, dead-heading, pest management, etc.
• Help with fresh greens and Christmas tree sales.
• All other duties assigned by Nursery/Perennial manager or store manager.
• Follow all safety policies and procedures and observe all company policies.

Skills & Abilities:

• Basic knowledge of (or willingness to learn) fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, and other chemicals and methods of pest control.
• Ability to solve problems and make decisions or suggestions for customers.
• Ability to move and setup displays, pot up nursery stock, and generally maintain the Nursery/Perennial department.
• Basic knowledge of woody ornamentals and perennials is preferred.
• High level of initiative and desire for excellence.

Education & Experience:

• Previous work experience or knowledge of nursery stock, landscaping, water gardening, and perennials is preferred.
• Experience with retail sales is preferred.

Time Requirements:

• Full-time, year-round & Seasonal, Part Time positions are available. Hours are not guaranteed in January and February for a Full-time position (our slowest season of the year), but employees of this status may take advantage of available work in other departments or property upkeep during these months, when available. Full-time employees who are not given hours in January and February will maintain their status as an employee at Esbenshade's and receive a call back date prior to their departure.
• Willingness to work an average of 2 - 3 evenings per week during our Spring busy season (if evening hours are agreed upon at hiring).
• Most Saturdays are required.
• Some Holidays (Easter weekend, Mother’s Day weekend, Black Friday) the week of our Parking Lot Sale (June 18 - 21) are required.
• Willingness to work overtime as needed during busy spring season.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to lift heavy objects (up to 75-pounds).
• Must be able to work on your feet for long periods of time (10 - 12 hours).
• Must be able to work in outdoor conditions: heat, rain, dust, coolness, snow, and high humidity.