Work location: Based at 260131 Range Road 280 Delacour, AB T0M 0T0, with travel to various sites in Calgary and surrounding areas.
Terms and conditions of employment: Seasonal, full-time (40 to 60 hours/week, weather dependent); Overtime, Morning, Day, Weekend
Salary: $23/hour (based on skills/experience); salary increase and bonus based on performance
Benefits: Health Spending Account after 3 months
Vacancies: 11
Start date: Spring 2027 (Actual start date is weather-dependent)
Job requirements:
Language: Basic English
Experience: 1 year of related experience
Work site environment: Outdoors, Dangerous, Noisy, All weather conditions
Work Setting: Landscape Contractor, Roads and Highways, Government
Landscaping Experience: Residential projects, Commercial and/or industrial construction, Institutional construction, Park and recreation sites, Cemetery or crematorium, Sports field
Construction Specialization: Interlocking brick, Retaining walls, Rock gardens, Fieldstone paths, Stone garden walls, Landscape construction
Own tools/equipment: Steel-toed safety boots
Personal suitability: Organized, Reliability, Team player, Punctuality
Work conditions and physical capabilities: Attention to detail, Repetitive tasks, Ability to work independently, Physically demanding, Handling heavy loads (up to 45 kg/100 lbs), Manual dexterity, Ability to distinguish between colours, Combination of sitting, standing, walking, Bending, crouching, kneeling
Duties:
· Construct landscaped environments which may include trees, shrubberies, lawns, fences, decks, patios and other landscape structures.
· Tree removal
· Construction of retaining walls for various landscape environments, including shoveling and digging trenches, cutting and installation of geotextile material, block cutting, stacking wall blocks, etc.
· Level earth to fine grade specifications
· Laying of stones for walkways and patios, including raking gravel, leveling areas, cutting paving stones, compacting of soil, etc.