Landscape Maintenance (Whistler, BC)

Whistler, BC, Canada .
full-time . December 23, 2021

Description

Pika Landscapes has been creating and maintaining beautiful outdoor spaces in Whistler and beyond for more than 20 years.

If you like working outside and getting your hands dirty, we’d like to talk to you. If you’ve mowed lawns and pruned shrubs, awesome. If not, we’ll provide the training.

We’re known for:

Quality service
Organic principles (Whistler’s only certified Organic Landscape business)
Supporting a great work-life balance in a lifestyle-oriented mountain resort town
Having fun
Our new vehicles and equipment
Cultivating a tight-knit, high performing team
Lots of 3-day weekends during the summer months
Overtime pay (not the industry norm)
Having systems in place for much of what we do
Creating growth opportunities for staff:
transparent organizational structure
detailed job descriptions and pay scale for each role
annual budget allocated to key staff education and training

This is a full-time (~40hr/week, Monday to Friday) seasonal role starting early April and wrapping up in late October.

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Job overview

Landscape Maintenance Field Staff are responsible for contributing to all aspects of landscape maintenance as part of one of our Commercial or Residential crews as directed by your Crew Lead.

Generally speaking

You’ll perform work as directed by your Crew Lead on a crew of 2-4 people. For most of the season, you’ll work at the same properties every week on a set schedule.

Tasks will include:

Site cleanups (raking, blowing, shovelling)
Mowing, line trimming and edging lawns
Blowing yard debris
Weeding and pruning
Cultivating garden beds

You’ll be good at this job if

You’re organized and adaptable: schedules and circumstances often change no matter how well we plan, so you roll with it with a smile
You’re responsible and dependable
You love being outside rain or shine
You’re self-aware, can take direct feedback and want to grow personally
You listen well, follow instructions and ask questions when things aren’t clear
You communicate effectively and proactively
You’re keen to learn and are genuinely interested in gardening
You’re accountable and have a mature sense of personal responsibility: you say what you think, make commitments and follow through
You’re inclined to smile and be polite even when you don’t feel like it. We want our customers to love you.
You like to have fun. Some days are tough due to foul weather, project surprises, challenging personalities, or difficult work but you’re skilled at modeling fun no matter what.
You sweat the details. We don’t cut corners and quality is critical.

Requirements

No previous landscape maintenance experience required
An able body that can handle physical tasks all day long. Able to lift 50lbs over your head many times throughout the day.
Secondary school diploma
A working visa or permanent residency

You’ll need

Steel toe boots, rain gear, gloves and sun protection (hat, sunscreen)
Blue, black or grey pants or shorts

Compensation and benefits

$22 - $23.5/hour depending on qualifications and experience
Shared staff accommodation
Overtime pay: 1.5x time for any hours greater than 40 worked per week
Weekly payroll
During high summer months, work 10hr days and get every Monday off
Support for ongoing training and education after one full year of employment

Compensation

$22.00 - $23.50

Know someone who would be a perfect fit? Let them know!