Hiring for Horticulture Department
Position: Gardener
Full-time, non-exempt
Pay: Starting at $17 per hour
Uniforms and equipment provided
Benefits: Health, Dental, and Vision insurance, Basic Life insurance, 401(k) with Employer matching after 1-year, Paid Time Off.
Cave Hill Cemetery is seeking an individual to provide specialized groundskeeping and quality landscape maintenance. The position being filled is full-time and the operating schedule is Monday through Friday, 8am to 4:30pm. Being team minded and having good attention to detail is necessary. You should enjoy working outside in a park-like setting in any kind of weather conditions. If you have experience in landscaping, farming, or gardening and pay attention to detail, you may be perfect for this job. Email resume to our CFO & Director of HR, dawnd@cavehillcemetery.com or come to the Administration Offices to fill out an application.
As a Gardener, you would work under the oversight of our Horticulture and Landscape Manager. You will receive training to assist in the management of a collection of sections within the cemetery. You would tend to Special Care plantings, juvenile trees, prepping the grounds and plantings for burial services to occur, as well as, work on special landscaping projects, and a number of other grounds projects.
Responsibilities would include:
- Working as a team to make sure the grounds are always cared for properly.
- Pruning maintenance of small and new trees.
- Planting of trees, shrubs annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees
- Trimming hedges and shrubs.
- Hand weeding of planting beds.
- Mulching of trees, shrubs, and planting beds.
- Watering of trees, shrubs, lawns, and planting beds.
- Monitoring and maintaining plant health.
- Wide-ranging groundskeeping duties.
Qualifications:
- Must be 18 years or older at the time of hiring.
- Must be legally authorized to work within the United States of America.
- Ability to operate a utility vehicle.
- Ability to be on your feet for a prolonged period of time when required.