Landscape Maintenance Labourer

Landscape Maintenance Labourer

If you are punctual, reliable, and prepared for work, complete your duties diligently using a team-oriented approach, and can handle extensive outdoor physical activity, consider joining our team in the full‑time position as a Landscape Maintenance Labourer, at the Village by the Arboretum (VBA) based in Guelph, ON.

The Village by the Arboretum is an award‑winning adult lifestyle community in Guelph and is currently home to over 1200 residents.

Reporting to the Landscaping Manager, you will perform garden and horticultural duties for the grounds crew. You will be required to ensure high standards in terms of safety, work ethic and quality during your day‑to‑day routine in order to maintain the customer’s and Company’s expected quality standards.

• Follow and consistently demonstrate our company Core Values
• Portray a positive and professional image to customers through safety, work ethic and attitude.
• Immediately direct all customer concerns to Landscape Maintenance Crew Leader to allow for quick resolution.
• Ensure daily maintenance work is completed on time and in fulfilling the customer’s and RHG standards. Site to be left clean, tidy and visually sharp.
• Primary seasonal duties will be to operate zero turn mower, in a safe and efficient manner.

• Pruning, planting and maintenance completed to standards required before moving on to another site.
• Perform spring and fall clean‑up: pruning, removal of leaves, bed edging and cultivating.
• Perform bed maintenance: cultivate, plant, rake and edge.
• Perform lawn care maintenance: cut, line trim, power edge.
• Soil and seeding.

• Perform winter maintenance duties: shrub and tree pruning, installation and removal of seasonal decorations, twining, burlap hedging.
• Be available when required for winter maintenance duties, which include shoveling, salting and operation of winter snow removal equipment.
• Report any concerns, questions or problems with equipment to the Crew Leaders immediately.
• Report any concerns, questions or problems with any safety issues seen during the day‑to‑day routine immediately to your Crew Leader.
• Follow all company/Industry safety guidelines, procedures and policies.
• Communicate effectively and precisely with crew members and your crew leader.
• Ensure instruction given is fully understood, ask questions otherwise.
• Report any and all accidents and damages to your Crew Leader immediately.
• Report any and all injuries to your Crew Leader (minor cuts, bruises, sunburn, etc.). Record product used in the first aid box on the form in first aid box.
• Take timely and timed breaks as instructed by your Crew Leader.
• Work at the pace of your crew.

• Commitment to our organization’s progressive culture, including our company Core Values.
• Horticultural experience is an asset.
• Valid Class G driver’s license, and clean abstract.
• WHMIS.
• Ability to work well with others and be approachable.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Physical ability to carry out extensive outdoor physical activity involving repetitive motions, bending, lifting, pruning, shoveling, raking, and operating lawn and snow clearing equipment commonly used in the industry.

We’re an award‑winning home builder with a passion for quality, community, and innovation. Our team is dedicated to creating places people are proud to call home. In this role, your work will directly influence how buyers connect with our homes and communities—from their first online impression to the moment they walk through the front door.

Interested in building your future with us? Please submit your resume via our Humi Job Board link.

We appreciate all applications, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.