Horticultural Technician

Compensation:

$22-30/hr

Hours:

40 hours/week with optional overtime

Company Overview:

We are a landscape design and construction contractor based 20 minutes south of Madison in Belleville. For more than 25 years our company has been creating custom-designed landscapes with impeccable customer service. Our typical client relationship is long-standing and our growth has been almost entirely referral-based.

For more information about our company, career opportunities and benefits please visit our website: .

Job Overview:

As a Horticultural Technician for Schmidt Landscape Services, Inc. you’ll work with a team to maintain and enhance home and commercial landscapes by meticulously caring for client’s gardens. This role also includes some installation work such as: creating new plant beds, planting perennials, trees and shrubs, installing edging, mulching, and lawn restoration.

Responsibilities:

• Drive company trucks to and from customer locations.
• Remove and/or spray weeds in customer gardens.
• Prune and hedge shrubs as seasonally appropriate.
• Mulch beds and tree rings.
• Spring and fall clean-up of plant beds.
• Use and operate small machines such as: blowers, string trimmers, chainsaws, edgers, etc.
• Use a blueprint/drawing to install plant beds, perennials, trees, shrubs, edging, and weed control fabric.
• Grade soil around homes to create proper drainage.
• Interact with customers as necessary to keep them informed of work done on their property.

Work Day and Expectations:

A typical day starts at 7:30 am. Teams review projects, discuss changes, goals and expectations. Crews drive to their work sites in company vehicles and work on their projects. Work days typically end around 6:00. Most work weeks are from Monday through Thursday.

Team members are expected to provide consistent quality results, be reliable, honest, and work well within a team.

Requirements:

You do not need experience to apply as we offer hands-on training. However, this job does require the following:

• A valid driver's license with a clean driving record
• Ability to lift at least 50 pounds
• Ability to walk, lift, bend, squat, kneel repeatedly throughout the course of a work day
• Ability to tolerate extreme weather, both hot and cold.
• Desire to produce high quality work.
• Excellent attention to detail.

Preferences:

• Previous experience in fine gardening and ornamental horticulture.
• Experience operating large vehicles and pulling trailers.
• Functional knowledge of typical plants used in home landscape and their subsequent care.
• A Category 3 pesticide applicators license
• Functional and operational knowledge of industry-related equipment.

Why Work for Us:

We Care: Schmidt’s is a small company, which allows us to tailor ourselves to each employee's wants and needs.We want you to be successful, so we invest heavily in your development.

Feel Accomplished: Nothing is better than that moment when you finish a project and can see your work completed.

Be Safe: We are committed to safety at every step. We hold monthly safety meetings and include safety education as a key part of our training.

Retention Rates: We have above average retention rates with our employees working with us over five years.

Balance: Work life balance is essential to working at Schmidt’s. We wouldn’t have it any other way. We schedule our employees to work four days on, three days off.

Benefits

We work hard to take care of our employees and are proud of the benefits package we offer. Standard benefits include:

• A highly competitive salary with competitive wage increases based on experience and performance
• Top-quality medical/vision/dental plan
• 100% immediate-vesting in a company matched retirement plan
• Four day work week with opportunity for overtime
• No Weekends
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Paid training (entry-level applicants welcome!)
• Reimbursement for continuing education and professional development
• Raises that coincide with new certifications or continuing education
• Work gear allowance
• Free company apparel
• Safety and work trainings with included hot breakfast
• Beverages provided during the warmer part of the season
• Paid plant ID app for horticulturists

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $22.00 - $30.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift

Ability to Relocate:

• Belleville, WI 53508: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $22 - $30