Landscape Maintenance Worker

**Job Overview**

**Duties**
- Operate and maintain power mowers, tractors, edge trimmers, chain saws, electric clippers sod cutters, pruning saws, snowblowers and other landscape maintenance equipment
- Operate and maintain tools and equipment safely, ensuring that all machinery is in good working order and used properly.
- Spray and dust trees, shrubs, lawns and gardens, as directed.
- Mowing, raking, fertilizing and watering lawns to maintain their health and appearance.
- Pruning shrubs and trees, weeding, and mulching landscape beds to ensure plant health and aesthetics
- Maintaining and reparing irrigation systems to ensure efficient watering of the landscape
- Removing trash, debris and leaves to keep the landscape clean and tidy
- Removing snow and ice from walkways and other areas during winter months
- Plant new shrubs, flowers, trees, laying sod as well as monitoring and maintaining their health
- Adherence to safety protocols and standards on-site, to ensure a safe working environment.
- Time management and adherence to quality standards.
- Other duties as assigned

**Essential Qualifications**
- Solid communication skills, attention to detail and ability to be flexible to change
- Experience in all aspects of landscape maintenance
- Class G License with experience driving with a trailer.
- Knowledge of horticulture
- Ability to work independently

**Education and Experience**
- Post secondary education in horticulture or equivalent experience
- Minimum 2 years of landscape experience
- Must be able to work with little supervision; must be self-directed.
- Must maintain a valid driver’s license with a clean abstract.

**Physical Demands**_: The physical demands describe here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function._
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
- May be required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to feel; reach with hand and arms, and stoop, kneel or crouch as needed.
- Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds frequently.
- May require more than 40 hours per week to perform the essential duties of the position.

**Work Environment**_**:_ _The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions._
- Travel to various sites will be required (vehicle will be provided)
- Outdoor environments, exposed to various weather conditions.
- Weekend and evening work may be required to meet the demands of the position.

**Come Join Our Team**

Highly competitive wage package

Pension Investment Plan

Group Health & Dental Benefits, Life Insurance

Company events & BBQ's to make sure we have FUN along the way

Silverline Group Inc. (part of the Silverline Group of companies) offers opportunities for qualified people who want to grow in our high-performance organization, including competitive wage, benefits and pension investment along with in-house training, an incredible work environment and career development opportunities.

While we thank all applicants for their interest, only those selected will be contacted for an interview.

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Profit sharing
- Vision care

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Thorold, ON L2V 3Y5: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Licence/Certification:

- G Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2025-05-06