Landscape Maintenance Laborer

Company Overview

Teufel Landscape has proudly been providing quality environmental solutions since 1890, when Gustav Teufel began a small gardening business out of his home in the West Hills of Portland, Oregon, shortly after arriving in the Pacific Northwest from his native Germany. Since that humble beginning in a greenhouse next to his home, five generations of the Teufel family has nurtured and added to the legacy of love for the land and growing beautiful plants. Today, Teufel Landscape remains a local, family-owned business passionately committed to continuing the family tradition of excellence and superior quality set by their forefathers over more than one hundred years ago. Teufel prides itself on high-quality work, delivering each project with technical environmental solutions at the forefront of landscape design.

GENERAL SUMMARY OF PURPOSE & FUNCTION:

This maintenance laborer position is required to follow the direction of the Crew Leader in the contracted maintenance of our clients’ grounds.  Hand and power tools will be utilized in the completion of tasks.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Regularly moves and lifts heavy objects such as, but not limited to:  Barrels, tarps, limbs, rocks, equipment.
• Typically bends, stoops and crouches on a regular basis to adjust machinery, pick up trash, debris and perform other duties.
• Frequently engages in tasks that require repetitive motion and positions for long period s of time.
• Frequently does maintenance tasks that require good concentration and attention to detail.
• Regularly operates equipment in public places around other people that requires operator to be constantly aware of personal and others’ safety.
• Consistently performs tasks that require attention to detail such as weeding beds, dead heading, and planting annual flowers to specific design standards.
• Frequently is assigned multiple tasks and required to complete tasks without direct supervision.
• Occasionally, this position is required to explain tasks and answer questions from the customer.
• Constantly, required to monitor time spent per assigned task as each jobsite task is bid based on time to complete task.
• Continuously must monitor quality of work preformed.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES & TASKS

The principal duties are duties that you will be required to perform on a daily basis, however this job is not solely limited to only these duties and tasks.   Other duties may be assigned as is necessary to meet our customers’, and the company’s needs.

• Lifting Heavy Objects
• Picking up trash and debris
• Sweeping
• Raking
• Watering
• Handling Burlaps and Tarps filled with yard debris
• Hand Weeding
• Basic pruning of shrubs and low trees
• Grooming flower and shrub beds
• Operating Power equipment for long periods of time (Blower, edger, 21" mower, string trimmer, power shears)

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

This manual labor position requires good physical condition and dexterity in the use of simple hand tools and equipment. Although no specific skills are required, incumbent must be able to perform various tasks as instructed. The worker should understand the use of assorted tools/equipment in the performance of their duties, this position reports directly to the crew leader. 

Education and Experience:

High School Diploma or equivalent education or experience.

Language Skills:

 Bilingual English Spanish is beneficial