General Labor - Tree Care Company

Job Description

Job Description

-Are you physically fit and able to lift up to 75 pounds throughout an 8-hour day?
-Have you, or are you willing to, work outdoors year-round despite extreme weather conditions?
-Do you have at least SEVEN YEARS of work experience since high school in ANY type of job?
-Do you live within an area 40-minutes from Richmond , CA?
If you answered YES to all of these questions, please keep reading.

Professional Tree Care is hiring a Laborer to serve as a primary DRIVER for one of its tree care crews based out of Richmond CA. The initial work will focus on grounds-person basics (dragging brush, cleanup, and supporting a tree care team), learning how to drive large work trucks, how to tow/back-up a trailer and, eventually, move into an Apprenticeship that allows you to learn how to climb trees as a professional.

REQUIREMENTS

• -Hardworking
• -Physically fit and able to lift +/- 75 pounds or more
• -Able to serve as a company driver: MUST have a current and clean California driver’s license. * Clean means no points or recent tickets! Very important since you will become the primary driver of one of our work trucks. Got prior experience driving a truck? Add it to your resume!
• -Able to work outdoors for up to 8 hours per day in inclement weather year-round, meaning hot in summer and cold in winter; maybe even raining
• -Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

Bonus points for: 

• -Bilingual English/Spanish. If you speak fluent Spanish, please add this skill to your resume.
• -Trades skills: carpentry, landscaping (plant maintenance & identification), hardscaping (building pathways, rock walls, etc.), general construction (building decks, sheds, etc.), Irrigation (installing manifold or drip lines), plumbing (installing PVC or other piping), etc. If you have this experience, please make sure it is on your resume.
• Having experience working outdoors year-round

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
-$21.00 per hour. 
-Company phone and gear
-401(k) participation available on day one.
-After 90-days of employment, new employees are eligible for:

• Medical insurance with 50% contribution from the company
• Dental insurance with 50% contribution from the company
• Optical insurance with 50% contribution from the company 
• 5 paid holidays
• 5 paid sick days
• PTO (paid time off) earned as you go
• Self-paced Grounds-to-Climber Apprenticeship training program

Your home location would be 2550 Garden Tract Road, Richmond, CA: the Green Waste Recycle Yard (see: greenwasterecycleyard dot com). PLEASE use Google or another map app to determine how long your commute will be with an ARRIVAL TIME of 6:15 a.m.

HOW TO APPLY
-Submit a resume or list of jobs that includes the following:
- All jobs since high school/GED. Order each job from your most recent/current position to the first job you ever held. Include the month/year you started and month/year you stopped working there. Do this for EVERY JOB you’ve held since leaving school.
-Include the company name, your title, and the location of the company (town).
-Include your education: month/year started & month/year ended. If you did NOT graduate from high school, indicate so. If you did, be sure to enter the years you attended. If you took additional courses after high school, indicate what they were, where, and when. If you received a GED, indicate what year. 

Best of luck!!
The Recruiting Team at Professional Tree Care dot com
Job Type: Full-time/permanent with benefits
Expected hours: 40 – 42 per week. Overtime, if worked, will be paid at $30.50 per hour.

Who Should NOT APPLY?

• Anyone who does NOT HAVE SEVEN (7) YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE. This is NOT an entry-level role. While you’ll be LEARNING how to become a professional tree climber, your experience working with team members is important. 
• Anyone who lives more than 45 minutes from our office at 2550 Garden Tract Rd., Richmond, CA.
• Anyone who has points or accidents on their driving record. Only folks with a clean record may be hired.
• Thanks!! 

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