Grounds Person

Grounds PersonThe Best Teams are Created and Maintained Here.At BrightView, the best teams are created and maintained here. If you are searching for your next fulfilling career, picture yourself on a best-in-class team where you can grow to be your brightest. We’re looking for a Groundsperson, Commercial Tree Care. Can you picture yourself here?Here’s what you’d do:You love to spend your day outdoors cultivating amazing landscapes. You treat grass, trees and plots with great care and attention, doing whatever it takes to help them thrive. Here at BrightView, we appreciate people with such love for landscaping and greenery.You’d be responsible for:The many activities that make grass, flowers and client relationships bloom. Using a variety of equipment such as mowers, blowers, clippers, and edgers to create and prep soil for plant placement.Set up and clean up, and taking good care of our trucks and machinery.Working as part of a team.Setting up safety items including positioning cones and signs and roping or taping off crew work areasHanding tools to the climber and receiving tools from the climber using a rope to hoist them up into the treeGathering branches into piles, transporting to the chipper, feeding them into the chipper and unloading tree trunks and chips at the appropriate facilityEnsuring that all operations, job sites and employees are safe and that the general public which might come into contact with the area will be safeCommunicating effectively with other crew members and the publicMust be willing to work mandated overtime during holidays, after hours, weekends as needed when responding to emergenciesYou might be a good fit if you have:You must be at least 18 years old, enthusiastic and dependable, and able to safely work with equipment like power saws and cutters.And while not mandatory, it would be great if you also have:Applicants must be able to work outdoors, in all weather conditions, doing very physical work, able to lift/carry 35-80 pounds oftenPrevious experience is helpful, but you must have an understanding of landscape basics.CDL Driver’s License would be a plusBilingual (Spanish) a plusHere’s what to know about working here:Here at BrightView, we’re as passionate about caring for our clients as we are about caring for each other. Though we’re the nation’s leading landscape company, we maintain a small company feel and supportive environment that makes our team members feel at home.If you’re looking to join a team of talented go-getters who tackle big vision projects other companies could only dream of, you just might have found your match. With our range of services, including landscape design, development, maintenance and enhancements, there’s no limit to what we can do, and what you can achieve.Growing EverydayLike the communities we serve, you are on a constant path of discovery to shape your career and personal development. In addition to best-in-class opportunities and competitive salary, you may be eligible for benefits and perks like:Paid time offHealth and wellness coverage401k savings planBrightView is an Equal Employment Opportunity and E-Verify Employer.