Landscape Maintenance Labourer (Year-Round)

Location: Wallenstein, ON (or direct to snow site during winter)
Job Type: Full-Time Permanent (Year-Round)
Wage: 22.00- 26.00 an hour (depending on experience/role)

Job Overview

Earthscape is hiring a full-time, year-round Landscape Maintenance Labourer to maintain high-end residential and commercial properties across Elmira, Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, and surrounding areas. This role combines spring, summer, and fall landscape maintenance with winter snow and ice management.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform manual duties to maintain landscapes in spring/summer/fall, including mowing, raking, weeding, edging gardens, and pruning trees and shrubs.
• Operate mechanical lawn equipment (mowers, blowers, edgers, clippers) and assist with landscape construction (pavers, stone, walls, drainage) as needed.
• Plant flowers, grass, shrubs, and bushes to enhance client properties.
• Clear snow and ice using shovels, commercial snow blowers, and stand-on Snowrator machines during winter events.
• Apply de-icing materials and work efficiently to meet event timelines.
• Inspect equipment, report maintenance issues, and keep work areas and vehicles clean and organized.
• Adhere strictly to all company safety procedures regarding machinery, traffic, pedestrians, and extreme weather hazards.

Availability & Working Conditions

• Full-time hours through spring, summer, and fall seasons outdoor landscape operations.
• Requires 24/7 on-call availability throughout the winter season (Nov 15 Apr 15) with short-notice response times.
• Winter shifts are weather-dependent and variable, including overnights, weekends, and holidays.
• Demands physical endurance for outdoor work in all weather conditions (heat and extreme cold), walking on icy surfaces, continuous shoveling, lifting up to 50 lbs, and machinery operation.

Compensation & Perks

• Competitive hourly pay rate plus 10 hours per week standby pay during winter.
• Extended health and dental benefits, life insurance, and AD&D.
• Profit sharing, performance bonuses, and Employee Share Ownership Program (ESOP) participation after 1 year.
• Overtime pay, tuition reimbursement, winter/clothing allowance, and company social events.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Strong work ethic, reliability, punctuality, and clear communication skills.
• Alignment with Earthscape core values (integrity, hard work, teamwork, pursuit of excellence, loving what we do).
• 1-2 years of progressive experience in ornamental horticulture, landscaping, or snow removal preferred.
• Comfortable operating lawn, garden, and snow management machinery.
• Minimum G Class license and ability to pass background checks (references, identity, criminal record, and driver's abstract review).