Maintenance Associate (Retail-Garden Center)

Job Description

Job Description

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“Gardening without Guesswork”

Armstrong Garden Centers, serving 130+ years, is a leader in the Garden Center Industry and is on the search for exceptional individuals to work in our nursery. Are you driven? Passionate? Willing to Serve? Our comprehensive program includes training to provide you the seeds of knowledge to be successful with us.

Summary Duties and Responsibilities:

This position is a key part of the overall success of the nursery and helps maintain plants quality and store cleanliness. Weekends are a must.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide exceptional customer service
• General nursery clean-up: sweeping, dusting, washing windows, restroom clean-up
• Watering and fertilizing all sections of nursery
• Price and stock inventory
• Register functions
• Assist in customer carry-outs
• Read and learn about product lines carried in the Garden Center
• Follow safe work practices and report any unsafe working conditions to management
• Perform other related duties and assignments as requested

Education, Prior Work Experience and Specialized Skills and Knowledge:

Personable, outgoing individual, willing to learn nursery person skills; enthusiastic, self-motivated individual.

Compensation – We have great benefits! (Benefits available to full-time associates)

• Medical, dental, life insurance after 30 days
• Paid holidays and paid vacation after 90 days
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401K
• Hourly rate commensurate with experience

Work Schedule- What to expect!

· Garden Center hours (variable with season), weekends required

Physical Environment/Working Conditions- Safety First!

Requires extensive use of back, legs, knees, arms, feet and hands for lifting, stooping, squatting, bending, twisting, kneeling, pulling, pushing, reaching overhead, and walking. Unassisted lifting limits between 30 and 50 lbs. Individuals may be required to do any or all of these situations throughout the work day, with an emphasis on walking and standing for a major portion of the day. The outside environment will comprise most of the day with some inside building activity.

Grooming Standards- Our Brand Promise!

Neat and clean grooming standards apply to all Armstrong Garden Centers employees

Together, Armstrong Garden Centers and Pike Nurseries is the largest independent retail garden center in the United States. With over 50 retail, wholesale and production facilities in California, Georgia and North Carolina, Armstrong and Pike are leaders in every facet of the green industry. Our pride of ownership can be seen in all that we do – from our exceptional services to our quality plant material all of which are out-shined by the fabric of our company and reason for our success – our associates.

Company Description

Together, Armstrong Garden Centers and Pike Nurseries is the largest independent retail garden center in the United States. With over 50 retail, wholesale and production facilities in California, Georgia and North Carolina, Armstrong and Pike are leaders in every facet of the green industry. Our pride of ownership can be seen in all that we do – from our exceptional services to our quality plant material all of which are out-shined by the fabric of our company and reason for our success – our associates.