Crew Member

**About Helping Nature Heal Inc**:
**Responsibilities**:

- Arrive at work prepared, on time and with all personal equipment in good working order
- Maintain efficiency & a high quality of work in various weather conditions
- Operate a variety of landscaping equipment in a safe manner including chipper, whipper snippers, hedge trimmers etc. as well as standard hand tools
- Plant and maintain residential, institutional, and commercial gardens
- Adhere to Health and Safety policies and promote a safe working environment
- Communicate with and support team members to get the job done
- Take direction from the Foreperson and Project Manager and make needed changes in a timely manner
- Share the responsibility of driving to job sites

**Skills and Qualifications**:

- Proficient at landscape construction techniques and practices
- Awareness of climate change, and natural/ nature-based solutions
- Excellent communicator who is capable of receiving, and executing instructions
- Ability to perform multiple job tasks efficiently while maintaining quality
- Dependable worker with initiative and motivation
- Capacity to learn quickly and retain information in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to work respectfully with a team while maintaining a positive attitude
- Physically fit, energetic, able to lift at least 50 lbs, and able to work in diverse weather conditions
- Flexible schedule, with an ability to travel 1-4 days away at a time

**Assets**
- First aid and WHMIS training
- Fall Arrest training/certification
- Drivers license with clean drivers abstract
- Chainsaw safety course
- Education in a related field (NRET, Agriculture, Horticulture, Landscaping)
- Life skills and knowledge of Maritime/Acadian forest landscapes and environments
- Passionate about environmental health

**Location**:
Our home base is in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia and we work throughout the Maritimes (P.E.I, NB, NS)

**Hours**: 8-12 hrs/day for 5 days a week, averaging 40-60 hours per week depending on schedule and weather.

**Compensation**:
Pay begins at $18.00-$20.00/hour based on skill and experience.

1 month probation period.

Wage increase and further training options will become available based on performance.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Seasonal
Contract length: 8 months

Pay: $18.00-$20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 - 60 per week

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- Secondary School (preferred)

**Language**:

- English (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 2025-04-01