Job Description

Landscape Labourer
(NOC 85121 – Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers)
Employer: MRG Contracting Inc
Alberta Office Location: Bay 1 3621 8 Ave N Lethbridge, AB T1H 5C8

JOB DETAILS
Workplace information:
• Field work will be within Lethbridge – Medicine Hat region.
• On the road: Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

Salary: $20.00 hourly for 30 to 40 hours per week

Terms of employment: Permanent employment, Full time

Employment conditions: Early morning, Morning, Day, Evening, Night, Weekend, Overtime available

Start: As soon as possible

Vacancies: 5 vacancies

Benefits: Other benefits – $100.00/month health spending account will be given after 6 months.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
Languages: English

Education: No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience: Experience an asset

Work site environment: Outdoors, Wet/damp, Noisy, Dusty, Hot

Work setting:
• Landscape contractor
• Various locations
• Landscape maintenance

Specific Tasks/Responsibilities:
• Assist with landscape constructions.
• Tie and secure plants.
• Weed, prune and trim trees and plants.
• Cut grass, rake and collect refuse.
• Remove litter and garbage.
• Cart and spread topsoil and other materials.
• Lay sod or seed.
• Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees.
• Apply fertilizers.
• Repair and maintain equipment.
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens.
• Operate and maintain landscape maintenance equipment.
• Put up warning signs when needed.
• Maintain and care for company provided equipment, tools, and vehicles
• Attend training as requested by management.
• Follow instructions from supervisors to perform tasks.

Other Specific Tasks:
• Perform groundskeeping and building maintenance duties.
• Mow lawn either by hand or using a riding lawn mower
• Cut lawn using hand, power or riding mower and trim and edge around walks, flower beds and walls.
• Landscape by planting flowers, grass, shrubs and bushes.
• Apply fertilizer to ground to enhance growth.
• Shovel snow from walkways and sprinkle ice down to keep people from falling
• Cut down tree limbs that are posing a danger.
• Trim shrubs and pull weeds
• Perform minor repairs and maintenance procedures on equipment utilized in groundskeeping
• Rake, mulch and prune the grounds as needed.
• Clean up worksites from debris and machinery
• Use power tools and machinery when needed.
• Maintain a clean and safe job site, while ensuring current landscape and property is not damaged in the efforts to remove snow.

Other Expectations:
• Always represent the company’s best interest.
• Maintain the highest level of integrity and professionalism.
• Dress appropriate for task and weather conditions.
• Ability to work effectively with individuals of differing backgrounds, knowledge and skill levels.
• Punctual and dependable with a no problem attitude.
• Must be professional in appearance and actions.

Security and safety: Driver’s validity licence check, Driving record check (abstract)

Work conditions and physical capabilities: Work under pressure, Tight deadlines, Repetitive tasks, Handling heavy loads, Physically demanding, Manual dexterity, Attention to detail, Hand-eye co-ordination, Ability to distinguish between colours, Combination of sitting, standing, walking, Walking, Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment: Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability: Client focus, Dependability, Efficient interpersonal skills, Flexibility, Organized, Reliability, Team player, Punctuality, Hardworking, Maturity, Resourcefulness, Commitment to safety rules, Highly motivated, self-driven, flexible, and detail oriented, Ability to stand for long periods of time, lifting heavy loads, Communication and teamwork skills.

Employment groups: This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

• Support for newcomers and refugees
o Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
o Does not require Canadian work experience.
• Support for youths: Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.

You can apply if you are:
• a Canadian citizen
• a permanent resident of Canada
• a temporary resident of Canada with a valid work permit that does not have employer restriction (not closed work permit).

Do not apply if you are not authorized to work in Canada. The employer will not respond to your application.

HOW TO APPLY
Please submit a resume and an application letter.

By Direct Apply: Direct Apply to Job Bank

By email: [email protected]

By mail: 1217 43 Ave N Lethbridge, AB T1H 6A8

What you must include in your application. Answers to the following screening questions:
• Are you authorized to work in Canada?
• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
• Are you currently a student?
• Are you willing to relocate for this position?
• Do you have experience working in this field?
• Do you live near the job location?
• Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting?

What might be required by the employer later in the hiring process:
• Letter of recommendation

Required languages: English

Education level: No degree, certificate or diploma

Required skills: Experience an asset

Closest intersection: Bay 1 3621 8 Ave N Lethbridge, AB T1H 5C8