Landscape Labor

1 month ago

Gainesville, United States Viking Companies LLC Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionSalary: $16-18/hr DOE

Viking Property Solutions, LLC DBA Viking Property Services is seeking a Landscape Laborer for a development project in Gainesville, FL. The ideal candidate will be able to work Monday - Friday 7AM-4PM.  We are seeking employees who are punctual and dependable with a can-do attitude.  The Landscape Laborer must have the ability to work effectively on a team with individuals of differing backgrounds, knowledge, and skill levels.  You must be comfortable operating lawn maintenance equipment, such as lawnmowers, trimmers, and blowers.  You must also understand how to water, fertilize, and prune decorative shrubs and plants.  We pride ourselves in keeping our exterior safe and looking beautiful, so our team works in various types of weather conditions and performs maintenance duties to ensure employee safety during inclement weather by removing debris, ice, etc. from communal walkways and spaces.


Supervisory Responsibilities:

  • No supervisory responsibilities.

Duties / Responsibilities:

  • Gather and remove litter.
  • Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.
  • Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
  • Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
  • Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.
  • Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage.
  • Trim or pick flowers and clean flower beds.
  • Attach wires from planted trees to support stakes.
  • Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, or shrubs and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools.
  • Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers.
  • Rake, mulch, and compost leaves.
  • Decorate gardens with stones or plants.
  • Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters, burial sites, or other grounds features.
  • Maintain irrigation systems, including winterizing the systems and starting them up in spring.
  • Properly store and handle all equipment, tools, sprinklers, etc.
  • Maintain or repair tools, equipment, or structures, such as buildings, greenhouses, fences, or benches, using hand or power tools.
  • Care for artificial turf fields, periodically removing the turf and replacing cushioning pads or vacuuming and disinfecting the turf after use to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.
  • Install rock gardens, ponds, decks, drainage systems, irrigation systems, retaining walls, fences, planters, or playground equipment.
  • Care for natural turf fields, making sure the underlying soil has the required composition to allow proper drainage and to support the grasses used on the fields.
  • Advise customers on plant selection or care.
  • Haul or spread topsoil or spread straw over seeded soil to hold soil in place.

Other related duties as required. The above statements describe the general nature and level of work only. They are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties, and skills. Other duties may be added, or this description amended at any time.

Required Skills / Abilities:

  • Must be able to operate lawn maintenance equipment and tools, such as, saws, axes, shovels, and rakes.
  • Must be able to operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, leaf blowers, snow blowers, chainsaws, electric clippers, string trimmers, hedge/bush trimmers, sod cutters, or pruning saws.
  • Ability to use irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste.

Education / Experience:

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Must have valid driver’s license with clean DMVR and current auto insurance coverage
  • Reliable transportation to get to job sites as needed
  • At least 18yrs old
  • Previous experience in landscaping or grounds keeping a plus
  • Must pass background check and drug test

Physical Demands / Working Conditions

  • Job requires constant movement, walking stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling
  • Frequently required to lift and/or move 50 to 100 lbs. with assistance.
  • Constantly working outdoors – must be able to work in various types of weather conditions and exposure to the elements (extreme heat, cold, preparing for severe weather, etc.)
  • Heavy to moderate noise, extreme proximity to moving equipment or machinery, proximity to electrical energy


This organization participates in E-Verify.

Viking Property Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy that we will recruit, hire, transfer, train, compensate, layoff, terminate and promote persons in all job titles, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status, and we will ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements.

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