Maintenance Crew Member
Location: Wallenstein, ON
Job Type: Full Time Seasonal (Start date ASAP)
Wage: $23.00-25.00/hour

What’s in it for you?

This job will offer you the opportunity to work on some of southern Ontario’s most beautiful residential landscape projects. The pace, challenges and problem-solving opportunities will mean you are never bored. You will have the chance to develop and refine a wide variety of skills in our rapidly growing business. Your colleagues are all highly skilled, with an impressive range of backgrounds and expertise. Above all they are dedicated to Earthscape’s success.

We want you to be successful, and we believe in rewarding our staff for exceptional work. In addition to excellent on-the-job training, a safe and inclusive work environment for you and your colleagues, we offer:

• The chance to work on award-winning projects and designs;
• Extended health and dental care, life insurance and AD&D;
• Profit sharing and performance bonuses;
• Participate in our employee share ownership program after 1 year;
• Overtime pay;
• On-site parking;
• Casual dress;
• Company events & social hours.

Who are we?

Our company, Earthscape, is recognized as an award-winning design-build firm that specializes in high-end residential landscaping.

We are a group of enthusiastic, creative dreamers and builders who work hard and are exceptionally proud of what we design and create. Our project managers aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty and our installation crews know that we trust, and highly-value, their work. It makes for a positive, productive, fun and rewarding environment, with enough challenges and opportunities to keep us growing.

Our focus is on providing best-in-the-business care to our Property Maintenance clients, and cultivating a reputation of exceptional workmanship. For examples of past landscape design-build projects, visit our website at www.earthscape.ca. Our main office and yard are located just outside of Elmira, Ontario; a second office/yard is located in Toronto.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a Maintenance Crew Member to join our Maintenance Team. You will perform manual duties to maintain landscaped environments such as mowing, raking, weeding gardens and pruning trees and shrubs. You will operate a variety of mechanical lawn equipment such as mowers, blowers, edgers and clippers. You will also plant flowers, grass, shrubs and bushes to enhance our customer’s properties. As needed, the crew member will occasionally be asked to work with our landscape construction crews where they will assist our crews in the construction of hardscape areas such as pavers, flagstone, natural stone, walls, steps, drainage/utilities installation. You will report to a crew lead and your team will ensure properties are maintained to the highest standard, while having fun while you work!

To be the successful candidate you:

• Align with Earthscape core values of integrity, hard work, team work, the pursuit of excellence and loving what we do;
• Communicate effectively with supervisors, colleagues and clients;
• Have a passion for local plants, shrubs and trees and their respective maintenance needs;
• Have 1-2 years of progressive experience in ornamental horticulture and landscape maintenance;
• Enjoy working alongside other hard working colleagues;
• Aspire for excellence in getting the job done exceptionally well the first time;
• Enjoy working outdoors in spring, summer, and fall;
• Encourage a safe work environment for yourself and your colleagues;
• Are comfortable operating lawn and garden machinery;
• Have a minimum G Class license.

Job Type: Full Time Seasonal

Compensation: $23.00-$25.00/hour commensurate with experience

Location: Wallenstein, ON with crews working around Kitchener-Waterloo & Guelph

Accommodations: We are committed to treating all people in a way that respects their dignity and independence. Should you require any accommodation during the recruitment process or otherwise, please notify us of this when you apply and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

Pre-employment checks: As part of our selection process, successful candidates may be required to consent to background checks relevant to the role, prior to receiving a job offer. These could include: work references, education and credential confirmation, employment verification, identity check, criminal offense and driver’s license record.

At Earthscape, we are committed to building an environment where everyone feels included, valued, and heard. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging are an important part of our everyday work, and it is our belief that they enable us to reach our goal of bringing incredible outdoor spaces to life. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities.