Landscape Laborer

Thompson + Hanson is home to designers and architects, curators, and gardeners–creatives at heart grateful for the privilege of shaping and inspiring beautiful spaces across Houston and Austin since 1981. Our landscape design & maintenance teams specialize in the conception, construction, and continuous care for each project we undertake. Our clients trust us to create and maintain unique and beautiful landscapes that stay fresh with each season.

Our landscape design, install & maintenance teams specialize in the conception, construction, and continuous care for each project we undertake. Our clients trust us to create and maintain unique and beautiful landscapes that stay fresh with each season.

Being a part of the Thompson + Hanson team means more than just having a job. We believe in nurturing employees, providing room to grow, and offering opportunities for leadership.

Job Responsibilities: Care for established lawns and flower beds by mulching, aerating, weeding, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls

Operate powered equipment, such as mowers, chain saws, electric clippers, sod cutters, and pruning saws

Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers

Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes

Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws

Gather and remove litter

Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, planters, or other grounds features

Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans

Adhere to safety policies

Maintain high quality workmanship

Qualifications :

Little experience needed; training provided

Active listening

Interpersonal skills

Physical requirements of the job: Bending or twisting the body; keeping or regaining balance

Making repetitive motions

Standing, sitting, kneeling, crouching, squatting, walking and/ running

Pushing or pulling objects

Bending and stooping

Climbing ladders, scaffolding, and stairs

Grasping and squeezing

Move or lift objects up to 75 pounds

Environmental Elements of the job: Work outdoors in extreme heat or cold

Exposed to high places

Sounds or noise levels that are distracting and uncomfortable

Use herbicides, fertilizers, pesticides, and related products

Exposed to hazardous equipment

Exposed to minor burns, cuts, bites or stings

Extremely bright or inadequate lighting

Tools, equipment, and technology utilized for job: Lawn mower

Rakes

Pruners and shears

Hedge trimmers

Weed whackers

Blowers

Power saws: chain and pruning

Hand or power tools

Tillers

Spreaders: mulch, rotary, and sand

Wheelbarrows and wagons