The GroundsGuys Okanagan located in Vernon BC is the area's largest landscape maintenance company. Our more than 30 employees help us manage over 100 grounds maintenance sites including City Parks, boulevards, beaches, sports facilities and the cemetery, in addition to private, institutional and commercial properties. No other company in the area covers a scope of work as wide as the GroundsGuys!! If you want to work in the grounds maintenance industry, you want to work with the GROUNDSGUYS!!

As a member of the Ground Guys Okanagan Team, you will be trained to perform a variety of landscape maintenance tasks at high levels of quality and service, including care of grass, gardens, common areas, playgrounds, yards and commercial frontage.

Exemplifying our code of values, you show respect and courtesy to all customers and employees. We are happy to train people that bring a positive and enthusiastic attitude and are willing to learn how to work in this growing and exciting industry. Our clientele have high expectations and we expect our employees to want to meet the challenge of exceeding those expectations.

You are self-motivated, thrive in fast moving environments, and are able to manage time to effectively along with excellent communication skills. We provide a great work environment, fair pay, opportunities for learning and advancement and thereby pay increases.

Specific Responsibilities:

Perform landscape maintenance duties such as mowing, line trimming, spring & fall property clean-up.
Other service duties include fertilizer application, weed control, aeration, seeding, trimming, and pruning.
Operate a variety of mechanical equipment including but not limited to bed edgers, commercial ride on and push mowers, blowers, dump trailers, chainsaws, line trimmers.
Perform landscape enhancement activities such as mulch application, plantings, topsoil application, lawn renovation and maintenance.
Learn how to answer clients' questions and respond to their comments and concerns.
Learn how to perform equipment preventative maintenance and repair.
Opportunities to become certified to apply fertilizer, pest control agents and other turf care products.

Your Qualifications:
Prefer High school diploma/GED (or current high school student status).
Experience in this or a related field is helpful but not required, we will train people willing to learn.
Valid Driver's License with clean record enhances advancement opportunities.
Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds to waist level and perform all other physical requirements.

Benefits: Benefits package available for year-round team members after one year

We are actively interviewing for this position - Apply today and our hiring manager will follow up!

Compensation: $18.00 - $22.00 per hour

When you put on The Grounds Guys® uniform, you become part of a team—local experts who strive to treat everyone with respect, do the job the right way, and simply enjoy life in the process. Working for our franchises means they’ll take care of you the way they take care of their own family and friends. And cultivating a culture of CARE, among the team and within the communities, is as important as trimming hedges and planting flower beds—it’s part of everything The Grounds Guys do.

*All independently owned and operated franchised businesses operate under the service brands’ marks, trademarks, trade names, logos, emblems, slogans, or other indicia of origin in connection with The Grounds Guys® franchise system within a specified geographical area. Only the independently owned and operated franchised business shall have any interaction with or authority for its business and make all employment related decisions related to its franchised business.

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