Lead Field Operator Vegetation Management

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$36-$40/hour.

Company Truck Provided & Overtime pay.

Location: Lower Mainland.

Introduction

Founding field operator for Ascent Yard Care in the Lower Mainland, 36 to 40 dollars per hour, company truck, full autonomy.

Spend a paid week in Victoria with our elite crew to learn the system, then launch and lead our Vancouver operation starting March 1.

A second hire joins you on May 1 so you become the standard they follow and the anchor of a tight knit crew.

Mission

Ascent Yard Care is restoring balance to British Columbia's ecosystems by eradicating the invasive plants that threaten our planet's biodiversity.

We are building the most advanced field operation in Canada to eliminate invasive plants and regenerate natural ecosystems at scale.

We're not hiring an assistant. We're hiring an operator.

Ascent is a leading company on Vancouver Island and started serving select customers in the Lower Mainland in spring 2025. We are now hiring a full time, year round operator to handle and grow our Lower Mainland operations.

You'll be the founding operator in the city, the one who sets the standard others will follow. A second Vancouver hire joins on May 1, and you'll be the one they learn from and build a tight knit crew with.

You'll run a fully outfitted and equipped company truck (no trailer) and execute jobs across the Lower Mainland. Every hour is paid, every kilometer is covered. You'll have the best tools, full autonomy, and direct support from HQ.

Ascent does high impact work with unmatched efficiency to create results that truly matter to our customers.

About Us

At Ascent, we create beautiful finished products that are rooted in true customer needs.

As an Ascender you ensure that we aren't just working, but that we are creating a big impact on every property, and doing it in record time.

You prioritize efficiency and stay laser-focused on the right problem at the right time. You are central to the delivery of our services.

Your ability to balance impact and efficiency is as good as your ability to balance customer needs and the finished product. You can adapt to new challenges like a pro. We're an end-to-end tree, hedge and garden service so we'll need your strategic thinking and fast paced production rate at every stage of the game, from arrival on-site to project execution to final cleanup.

What You'll Do

Treatments

• Treat lawn and garden weeds with herbicide
• Treat invasive plants with herbicide

Trimming

• Hedge trimming
• Hedge topping
• Shrub trimming and shaping

Pruning

• Tree pruning up to 35 feet
• Fruit tree pruning
• Drop-crotch pruning
• Bush pruning

Garden Cleanups

• Clean out overgrown garden beds
• Cut weeds to ground level and treat them with herbicide

Tools You Will Use

• Backpack sprayers
• Hand held sprayers
• Hedge trimmers
• Long reach hedge trimmer
• Chainsaws
• Pole saw
• Pole pruner
• Backpack leaf blower
• Hand tools
• 16 foot ladders

Communication

• Be friendly and knowledgeable with every customer
• Communicate clearly with HQ

Organization

• Take photos of every job before leaving site
• Follow extremely efficient work flows
• Mark each job as complete after finishing it
• Clock in and out
• Buy supplies, buy replacement tools and equipment, and park the company truck at your residence (company credit card provided)

Requirements

• Extreme ownership mentality
• Excellent communication
• High output under no supervision
• Follow highly efficient processes
• Be able to both follow specific instructions and solve problems on your own
• Comfortable doing things differently than you have done in the past

Expectations

• Do high impact work extremely efficiently
• High output under no supervision
• Operate like it's your company
• Learn fast, move fast, fix fast
• Be consistent, every hour matters

Onboarding week in Victoria

Before you start full time in the Lower Mainland, you will spend one paid week with our Victoria crew. We cover your travel, accommodation, and meals while you are in Victoria. You will work side by side with our most experienced operators, learn our pruning and vegetation management systems, and see what an elite Ascent day looks like from first job to final cleanup. The Vancouver role officially starts on March 1st, and our second Vancouver hire will join on May 4th. This week is where you learn the system you'll bring back to Vancouver and start building the core crew around you.

Why This Matters

Ascent Yard Care is proving that small, focused teams with advanced tools, efficient operations and hard work can outcompete large organizations.

Compensation

• Strong pay raises tied to impact and KPI's
• Unlimited growth potential for top performers
• Paid drive time
• Company truck and full tool fleet
• Company credit card for supplies, tools, gas, repairs and equipment
• Be part of something that matters
• Lead our team as we grow
• As we add more operators in Vancouver, you'll have the opportunity to become the clear go-to lead for the region
• Pay is 35 to 40 dollars per hour plus overtime and paid drive time. For a typical 40 to 45 hour week this is roughly $74,000 to $92,000 dollars per year.

What we offer you:

• Being part of a really great team

• A company that values excellent work

• Training of pruning methods, vegetation management, and chainsaw operation

• World class equipment

• Wage increases

• Growth within the company

-Time is paid from clock in to clock out, with a 30 minute paid lunch

• Bonus pay

The successful candidate will be:

• Willing to learn new techniques and adapt to the work methods of Ascent

• Able to work well with a tight-knit team

• A strong listener

• Engage in physically strenuous work

• Care intensely about the success of each project

• Show up on time and well rested

We work hard and have fun doing it.

This job is a 40-45hr/week, year-round, permanent position

Key performance indicators we track

• Percentage of jobs completed on-time
• Percentage of satisfied customers
• Call back rate
• Percentage of jobs with photo documentation
• Percentage of on time starts (arrival time at the first job of the day)

Apply

Send a concise email to

• That proves you understand the mission

• Attach a copy of your resume

• Include 2-3 sentences on why you want to

work for Ascent

• Submit your answers to the questions below.

QUESTIONS:

• You arrive for a hedge trimming job that was quoted to "trim the hedge on the top and all sides." The customer comes outside and asks if you can reduce the height by 4 feet while you're there. How do you handle it?
• You're halfway through a large hedge job and realize it's taking much longer than expected. You still have another job booked afterward. What steps do you take?
• Describe one thing you would track or measure daily to make yourself faster and more effective over time.

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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $36.00-$40.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 – 45 per week