Landscape Maintenance Laborer

McHale Landscape Design, Inc. is a family-owned residential landscape architecture and design-build firm with more than 45 years of experience in custom outdoor living environments. The company combines registered landscape architects, licensed professionals, in-house carpentry and masonry teams, multiple design studios, and a privately owned 35-acre nursery to deliver thoughtfully planned and expertly built landscapes. Its integrated design-build process brings designers, craftsmen, and technicians together as one coordinated team, providing single-source responsibility from concept through construction.

McHale also offers comprehensive landscape maintenance and fine gardening services across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., ensuring properties thrive year-round. The firm’s work has earned more than 450 national and local industry awards for excellence, reflecting its commitment to quality, craftsmanship, and long-term landscape care.

The Laborer for our Maintenance Division would be a member of a crew of other laborers supported by a foreman. They will be implementing the projects sold by the Maintenance Division Account Managers at our client’s homes and business locations. This position is full-time and reports to the Upper Marlboro, MD corporate office daily (Mon-Fri), occasional Saturdays if needed.

• Follows written and verbal instructions from the crew leader (foreman), production manager, account manager and clients.
• Plants new flowers, trees, grass, and shrubs.
• Maintains gardens and lawns, including mowing, trimming, pruning, raking, and weeding.
• Waters plants and lawns and adds fertilizer as needed.
• Installs outdoor lighting and sprinkler systems.
• Removes snow, ice and leaves, as needed.
• Builds and renovates stone pathways, patios and ledges.
• Adheres to all safety precautions.
• Assists in distribution, maintenance, storage, and use of equipment (to include trailers, tools, vehicles, etc.)

Physical demands require constantly moving, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling. Occasionally ascends/descends a ladder to perform work. Frequently operates machinery and will use hands/fingers and legs to operate, activate, use, prepare, inspect, place, detect and position materials. Frequently required to stand and walk, lift and/or move up to 20 to over 50 lbs. with assistance. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Constantly required to communicate with ability to talk and hear. Job will require constantly working outdoors in all types of weather conditions and exposure to elements. This can include heavy to moderate noise, extreme proximity to moving equipment or machinery, proximity to electrical energy, exposure to tools and machines used in construction industries.

• At least one year of landscaping experience is preferred, but not required
• Over 18 years of age.
• Highly motivated, self-driven, and detailed oriented.
• Must be professional in appearance and actions.
• Punctual and dependable with a can-do attitude.
• Ability to work effectively with individuals of differing backgrounds, knowledge and skill levels.