Woerner Landscape Source, a large and established agriculture and landscape supply company, is looking for a full-time plant nursery and greenhouse worker. This individual will be responsible for maintaining plants in the greenhouse and yard, by planting, weeding, trimming, labeling and removing dead plants.
Essential duties and Responsibilities:
- Fertilizes, waters, weeds, transplants, or thins plants in growing areas.
- Prepares outdoor display beds according to work plan.
- Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth or places potted plants in beds according to work plans.
- Implements IPM (Integrated Pest Management) program.
- Cleans grounds and removes litter.
- Plants, weeds, and waters plants, shrubs, and trees.
- Transplants shrubs and plants in containers.
- Moves containerized shrubs and trees. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required:
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- Qualifications:
- 1 year experience in a nursery or landscape environment
- Ability to recognize disease conditions in trees, shrubs, and lawns
- Some mechanical knowledge
- Must be able to work closely with other employees
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work in all climates
- Motivated and organized
- High level of integrity, autonomy, and self-motivation
- Must have great customer service skills
- Required to stand, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- Safely lift, transport and carry up to 50 lbs. for a distance of up to 15-feet
Required education:
- High school or equivalent
Woerner Landscape Source Inc. offers a generous benefits package, which includes Health Insurance/PTO/Paid Holidays/Dental/Vision/401K. Woerner Landscape Source is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Vision insurance