Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other

Job Title: Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other Worker(s) Requested: 200 Start Date 2027-01-01 End Date: 2027-09-30

Area of Intended Employment: Colorado: El Paso, Teller

Work Days: Mon-Fri (07:00 AM - 05:00 PM) Extra Days: poss Sat

Offered Hours per week: 35

Starting Wage Offer: $24.98 - $35.00 Overtime Wage Offer: $37.47 - $52.50

Pay Period: weekly

Deductions from pay: A single workweek is used to compute wages due, paid weekly Possible raises, bonuses, or incentives dependent on tenure w/company, experience, or job performance. All deductions required by law will be deducted from workers' pay.

Employer offered benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO. Benefits provided after 60 days employment.

Employer Provided Housing: None

Job Requirements: No education/no experience required. On-the-job training available. Overtime may be available. Possible weekend work. Lift 50 lbs. May perform drug screening, E-Verify, or Background Check (Post-Hire). Time will be given for daily breaks.

Job Duties

Daily job duties include: Assist with tree & shrub pruning, thinning, cutting, shaping, shearing, and maintenance care. Workers will perform all tasks at ground level at residential and commercial properties on existing foliage. Remove limbs, brush, logs, and other vegetation generated during tree and shrub operations. Assist with fire mitigation activities removing hazardous vegetation, thinning tree stands, pruning lower branches, reducing fuel loads, and establishing defensible space around structures. Perform plant health care services, including application of fertilizers, soil amendments, mulch, and treatments designed to promote tree and shrub health. Inspect trees and shrubs for signs of disease, insect infestation, structural defects, drought stress, and other health-related conditions and report to certified arborist. Communicate with crew leaders and supervisors regarding job progress, equipment needs, safety concerns, and site conditions. Operate and maintain chainsaws, pole saws, chippers, stump grinders, aerial lifts, skid steers, trucks, trailers, and other equipment used in operations.

Equipment Includes

Skid Steer will be used to remove foliage debris from worksite and load onto trailer for disposal.

Make -- Bobcat

• Model -- S450
• Model size -- Mid-sized
• Weight -- 1370 lbs.
• Horsepower -- 49 hp.

Work Truck will be used to transport tools to worksite and pull debris trailer.

• Ram truck
• 2500 series
• Gross vehicle weight -- 6,000 to 7,000 lbs. -- used to haul/pull twin-axle trailer

Rake clean, and restore work sites following completion of tree care services. Physical demands include lifting, carrying, dragging, pushing, and pulling materials weighing up to 50 pounds or more.

Employer Provided Daily Transportation: Employer will not provide daily transportation.

Inbound & Outbound Transportation: Employer will provide workers at no charge all tools, supplies & equipment required to perform the job. The employer is responsible for paying for all visa and border crossing fees. Employer is responsible for paying for all inbound transportation and hotel costs from the place of recruitment to the employer's place of business in the first workweek of employment to the extent that shifting such costs to the employees (either directly or indirectly) would effectively not bring the workers' wages below the FLSA minimum wage. Employer will provide or pay for charter bus services or other modes of transportation to groups of H-2B or U.S. workers or will permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved. The remainder of inbound transportation, meals, and hotel expenses to be reimbursed to the worker at the 50% point of the contract. As per FLSA requirements, daily meal subsistence is paid. Outbound transportation and subsistence will be provided/paid by the employer where the worker completes the work contract period, or is terminated without cause, and no subsequent H-2B employment is available to the place the worker originally departed to work, except where the worker will not return due to subsequent employment with another employer.

Inbound & Outbound Subsistence Rate($): 16.78 or 68.00 p/day with receipts.

Qualified applicants are to inquire about the job op directly to Pikes Peak Workforce Center - Main, Located at 1675 Garden of the Gods Rd., Colorado Springs CO 80907. Call (719) 667-3700 or go online to www.connectingcolorado.com. Email resume to Janae at employment@timberlineone.com for Front Range Arborists. This ad is being placed concurrently with an H-2B application.