Horticulture Technician

Horticulture Technician Tropex - 5.0 Clearwater, FL Job Details Full-time From $19 an hour 4 hours ago Benefits Paid holidays Health insurance Dental insurance 401(k) Paid time off Vision insurance Employee discount Life insurance Qualifications Outdoor work Inventory management Customer service Driver's License Cleaning Van driving Full Job Description Job Description Are you looking to find a career doing something you enjoy? Do you like working with plants? Do you like working around people? If the answer is yes, then Tropex is the place for you! We are looking for a detailed oriented Horticultural Technician who will manage the care of plants located in our client locations in and around the Tampa/ St. Petersburg area on a Monday-Friday (approx 7am-4pm) basis. Plant Partners, Inc - Tropex is a leader in the Interiorscape industry. We were founded more than 40 years ago to provide live plant maintenance, leasing, and sales to customers. We may be in the interior plant business as a product but our main focus is in providing outstanding customer service.

Job Functions:

Serving as the direct client contact, the Horticulture Technician is in charge of checking for moisture levels, watering, trimming, weeding, pruning of trees and plants, and application of mulch and fertilizers as needed to ensure excellent quality standards. Technicians inspect plants for damage, disease, soil erosion and location problems. The technician will need to identify plants, insects, pests and diseases as appropriate. Recommend and perform corrective actions such as removal of plants or remedial treatments. Our customers have mostly indoor and some have outdoor plants. Technicians will operate equipment such as water tanks, sprayers, shovels, hand tools and related interiorscape equipment as required. Technicians manage inventory by submitting plant replacement requisitions and tracking plant installations. Technicians are also responsible for keeping assigned equipment clean and in good working condition, perform routine vehicle maintenance checks. Technicians may also be occasionally asked to perform special services, installations, pulling plants from accounts, inventory reviews and collecting client checks as requested by a Customer Service Manager.

Qualifications:

Valid Florida Drivers License, Organizational skills and ability to work with minimal supervision. Ability to drive vans and passenger vehicles (required 7 years clean driving record). Result oriented and able to work both independently and as a team member. Excellent customer service skills needed.

Preferred Experience/Skills :

Gardening or horticultural work, which involves plant maintenance, botany, agriculture or horticulture; OR, any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Type:

Full-time Salary :

$19.00 /hour starting

Physical Requirements:

Sitting less than 1/3 of day; Standing/Walking regularly over 2/3 of day Talking/Hearing regularly over 2/3 of day Reaching regularly up to 2/3 of day Use of hands to finger, handle or feel frequently over 2/3 of day Lifting occasionally up to 50 pounds Climbing 10 foot ladders We offer competitive wage and benefits package including health, dental, vision, disability and 401K programs . Paid holidays, Paid time off, Paid Birthday day off, and a bonus opportunity for our Technician's. Plant Partners, Inc. is a Drug and Tobacco free workplace . Drug free means no medical marijuana. Our policy provides a drug and tobacco-free environment to all employees and visitors. This policy covers the smoking of any tobacco product and the use of oral tobacco products, and e-cigarettes on Plant Partners, Inc. Property or customer locations. The tobacco-free policy applies to both employees and non-employee visitors to Plant Partners, Inc. Drug free means candidates must be able to pass a company drug test according to national transportation laws. Note to all

Agencies:

Plant Partners, Inc. has a team of dedicated recruiters who are responsible for all hiring needs. Our practice is to partner and work with our approved vendors only and on an as needed basis. Plant Partners, Inc. has identified and finalized our list of preferred vendors and the review process has been closed. We do not accept resumes from recruiting agencies that are not a preferred vendor, have not been authorized or approved by Corporate Recruiting to partner on a position and have not signed Plant Partners, Inc.'s vendor agreement. Any resumes submitted from unapproved vendors will be considered unsolicited, and Plant Partners, Inc. will not be obligated to pay a referral fee.

Job Type:

Full-time Pay:

From $19.00 per hour

Benefits:

401(k) Dental insurance Employee discount Health insurance Life insurance Paid time off Vision insurance Application Question(s): What interests you the most in applying for this position?

Experience:

horticulture: 2 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

Drier's License and Auto Insurance (Required) Ability to

Commute:

Clearwater, FL 33762 (Required)

Work Location:

In person