This Landscape Maintenance Crew Member role focuses on delivering high-quality landscape plant and bed maintenance for residential and commercial properties. The primary objective is to care for customer properties through scheduled and on-call pruning, weeding, and clean-ups while maintaining professional daily communication with clients. The successful candidate will operate both independently and alongside a dedicated crew, reporting to local branch management.

Based in Omaha, NE, this organization is a highly respected, $100M+ employee-owned lawn and tree care enterprise experiencing significant growth across the Midwest. They offer a stable, non-tobacco work environment that prioritizes year-round employment, preventing seasonal layoffs through a unique compensation structure. Candidates who value strong cultural alignment, professional appearance standards, and clear career advancement pathways will thrive here.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range of $50,000 - $65,000 annually.
• Bonus opportunities.
• Full-time, year-round employment. 
• Utilizes a Variable Rate Overtime (V-ROT) model to ensure a full 40-hour paycheck all year, effectively preventing seasonal layoffs.
• Excellent health, dental, and vision insurance package, starting on the first of the month following 30 days of employment.
• 401(k) with company match, available after a 90-day waiting period.
• 100% Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), with eligibility beginning after six months of employment.
• 17 Paid Time Off (PTO) days, plus 11 paid holidays and 1 floating personal holiday.
• Flexible work schedule provided, along with company uniforms.

Responsibilities

• Execute landscape plant and bed maintenance, including scheduled and on-call pruning, weeding, cutbacks, and clean-ups.
• Drive plant installation requests and maintain planters on residential and commercial properties.
• Communicate professionally with customers on a daily basis to manage service expectations and explain processes.
• Recommend additional company services to customers based on their specific property needs.
• Work effectively as an independent contributor and as a collaborative team member while caring for client properties.
• Participate in continuous on-the-job training covering all aspects of the services provided.

Requirements

• Must possess at least 2 years of experience in landscape plant maintenance or a degree in horticulture or a related green industry field.
• Demonstrated expertise in specific plant identification and bed maintenance, rather than just basic mowing skills.
• Must hold a valid driver's license and have the ability to obtain DOT medical certification.
• Physical capability to lift 50 lbs and push/pull objects while walking up to 3 miles per day.
• Must meet strict, professional, clean-cut appearance standards within a non-tobacco organizational culture.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen (including marijuana), criminal background check, and Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check for this safety-sensitive position.