Landscaper

Job Number: 7

Contract   |  Calgary, Alberta   |  Posted on Jun 03, 2019

 

Job Description:

Job Title:  Landscaper (NOC: 2225)

Employer:  Saunders Construction Ltd.

Terms:

Vacancies:  7

Anticipated Start Date: Spring 2020

Salary: $28.85 - $29.50 / hr

Hours: 44.00 hours per week

Terms of Employment:  Seasonal, Full Time, Overtime, Weekend, Day

Location: Work in various locations in Alberta except for the Fort McMurray area (travel expenses paid by employer when working out of town.)

Skills:

Education: Not required

Credentials (certificates, licenses, memberships, courses etc.): Not required

Experience: 2 years of relevant experience

Language: English

Work Setting: Construction company, landscape contractor

Work Site Environment: Outdoors

Personal Suitability: Team player, reliability

Area of Specialization: Landscape construction

Type of Landscaping Experience: Residential projects, Commercial / Industrial construction, Institutional construction, Park and recreation sites

Duties:

  • Plan the layout of the different landscape structures
  • Prepare the site for planting
  • Amend poor soil conditions, if needed
  • Install fences, decks and planters, if needed
  • Install rock gardens, stone garden walls, retaining walls, fieldstone paths and patios, ornamental ponds, fountains and waterfalls, interlocking brick as needed
  • Determine grade of the ground to prevent the pooling of water or leakages.  Ensure proper water flow to prevent any flooding of buildings or other sensitive structures
  • Plant trees and shrubberies, as needed
  • Install lawns as needed
  • Install automated irrigation systems, as needed
  • Mentor new employees to support supervisors / foremen with training
  • Work without supervision

Own Tools / Equipment: Steel-Toed Safety Boots, Hard hat, Safety vest

Work Conditiions and Physical Capabilities: Attention to detail, repetitive tasks, handling heavy loads, physically demanding, manual dexturity, ability to distinguish between colours, standing for extended perios, bending, crouching, kneeling

Other: Salary based on experience.  Actual start date is weather dependent,

Courses in landscaping and experince as a landscaping labourer are assets.

How to apply:

By Mail:

Site 6 Box 15 R.R.7

Calgary, Alberta

T2P 2G7

By Fax: (403) 936-6132

By E-mail: scllandscaper@gmail.com

 

 

Job summary

Company

Saunders Construction Ltd.

Job Type

Contract

Location

Calgary, Alberta

Start Date

Apr 01, 2020