Natural Areas Maintenance Technician

Position Overview

What You'll Do

We need your hands-on field expertise to help manage and maintain large-scale restoration projects:

• Advanced Weed & Vegetation Control: Utilize your knowledge of weed management and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to control invasive species in meadows, floodplains, and stormwater basins via targeted herbicide application and mowing.


• Equipment Operation: Put your skills to use operating backpack sprayers, trimmers, blowers, and chainsaws. You will also occasionally operate heavier equipment like RTVs and compact tractors.


• Fine Gardening & Installation: Use your eye for detail for hand weeding, mulching, aesthetic pruning, and planting trees, shrubs, and perennials.


• Site Monitoring: Assist with site assessments, vegetation surveys, and checking on stormwater facilities to ensure our installs are thriving.

Who We're Looking For

This isn't an entry-level gig; we need someone who already knows their way around a job site and a trailer.

• The Landscaping Foundation: 2–5 years of hands-on experience in landscaping, horticulture, or grounds maintenance. (An Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in horticulture/landscaping is a huge plus, but we value field experience!)


• Plant Knowledge: You know your plants by name and understand basic horticulture. You can read a site plan/design and execute it accurately.


• The Right Credentials: A valid driver’s license is required (experience pulling a trailer is a major plus). A Pennsylvania Pesticide Applicator or Technician Certification is required.


• Physical Stamina: You’re used to the grind. You are comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions and can regularly lift and carry up to 75 lbs.


• Professionalism: You take pride in your work, show up on time, and communicate effectively with the crew and clients.


• Age: Must be 18 years or older.

Additional Information

What We Offer:*

• Paid time off and paid holidays.


• Opportunities for advancement.


• All job specific equipment and safety gear provided.


• 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match.


• Employee-owned company and discounted stock purchase options.


• Group Health Plan.


• Employee Referral Bonus Program:  Send-A-Friend.


• The Davey Tree Family Scholarship for children of employees.


• Charitable matching gift program.

*All listed benefits available to eligible employees.