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Skilled Landscaping Labourer

Location: Wallenstein, ON

Job Type: Full Time Seasonal (Start Date ASAP)

Wage: $19.00-$32.00 an hour

What's in it for you?

This job will offer you the opportunity to work on some of southern Ontario's most beautiful residential landscape projects. The pace, challenges and problem-solving opportunities will mean you are never bored. You will have the chance to develop and refine a wide variety of skills in our rapidly growing business. Your colleagues are all highly skilled, with an impressive range of backgrounds and expertise. Above all they are dedicated to Earthscape's success.

We want you to be successful, and we believe in rewarding our staff for exceptional work. In addition to excellent on-the-job training, a safe and inclusive work environment for you and your colleagues, we offer:

• The chance to work on award-winning projects and designs;

• Extended health and dental care, life insurance and AD&D;

• Profit sharing and performance bonuses;

• Participate in our employee share ownership program after 1 year;

• Overtime pay;

• Company events & social hours.

Who are we?

Our company, Earthscape, is recognized as an award-winning design-build firm that specializes in high-end residential landscaping.

We are a group of enthusiastic, creative dreamers and builders who work hard and are exceptionally proud of what we design and create. Our project managers aren't afraid to get their hands dirty and our installation crews know that we trust, and highly-value, their work. It makes for a positive, productive, fun and rewarding environment, with enough challenges and opportunities to keep us growing.

Our focus is on designing thoughtful, creative and innovative outdoor spaces that offer a unique vision for each client using a wide variety of materials. For examples of past landscape design-build projects, visit our website at www.earthscape.ca (http://www.earthscape.ca/%3c/p%3e%3cp%3eWho)

Our main office and yard are located just outside of Elmira, Ontario; a second office/yard is located in Toronto.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a Landscaping Labourer to assist our crews in the construction of hardscape areas such as pavers, flagstone, natural stone, walls, steps, drainage/utilities installation. It also includes construction of softscape areas such as grading, sod, garden beds, planting. As needed, crew members will occasionally be asked to work with our maintenance crews where they will perform manual duties to maintain landscaped environments such as mowing, raking, weeding gardens and pruning trees and shrubs. You must be able to lift 50 lbs and be able to work at a fast pace throughout the season. This is a full-time, seasonal position.

To be the successful candidate you:

• Align with Earthscape core values of integrity, hard work, team work, the pursuit of excellence and loving what we do;

• Communicate effectively with supervisors, colleagues and clients;

• Uphold high standards for safety, construction standards and quality control;

• Thrive in a busy work environment and demonstrate initiative in meeting project goals;

• Want to be proud of your employer and work for a highly regarded industry-recognized leader;

• Demonstrate competency in specific materials, methods, tools, equipment, and techniques requested to complete tasks in a safe and responsible manner;

• Have a minimum G class license.

Job Type: Full Time Seasonal

Compensation: $19.00-$32.00/hour commensurate with experience

Location: Wallenstein, ON with crews working around Kitchener-Waterloo & Guelph

Accommodations: We are committed to treating all people in a way that respects their dignity and independence. Should you require any accommodation during the recruitment process or otherwise, please notify us of this when you apply and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

Pre-employment checks: As part of our selection process, successful candidates may be required to consent to background checks relevant to the role, prior to receiving a job offer. These could include: work references, education and credential confirmation, employment verification, identity check, criminal offense and driver's license record.