Landscape Maintenance Laborer

Worker will perform landscaping maintenance duties for local highways and right-of-way’s using hand and power tools and equipment such as lawn mowers, trimmers, edgers, including a tractor with attached 15 foot back-wing mower. Workers typically perform a variety of tasks which include any combination of the following: mowing, weed eating, tree trimming, pruning, and litter pick up. Workers must wear appropriate personal protective equipment when performing landscaping duties and comply with company safety policies and Occupational Safety & Health Administration regulations.

The workers will operate 2022 John Deere 6110M Cab tractors. Each tractor weighs approximately 9,000 pounds and is equipped with a 110-horsepower engine. The tractor will be used to perform right-of-way (ROW) mowing operations. Specifically, workers will operate the tractor exclusively to mow grassy vegetation along roadways as part of maintaining the right-of-way. This work includes maintaining grassy areas, weed eating, and maintaining flower beds. The worker drives the tractor along the roadway at a controlled speed while operating a 15-foot Bush Hog batwing shredder to cut vegetation in the adjacent right of way. The tractor is not used for any agricultural purpose; it is solely used as a mowing platform to maintain roadside vegetation.

Requirements: None. Each applicant must complete the employers standard employment application as part of the hiring process. The application is uniformly required of all candidates and does not impose additional or different requirements on U.S. workers. The workers will be subject to drug testing upon reasonable suspicion, paid by the employer and applied equally to all workers, U.S. and foreign/H-2B.