Lawn Care Specialist​/General Labor

Naturescape is seeking to hire a Lawn Care Specialist in Des Moines, IA to provide our customers with outstanding services for their residential and commercial properties.

Are you looking for a career in lawn and landscape care with a stable, family-owned business? Would you like to be a valued and respected member of a close-knit team? If so, look no further!

$19/hr - $26+/hr is the average pay you can earn including incentives and overtime opportunities. Starting wage is $19+/hr. As a specialist, you can significantly increase your average hourly pay by earning significant weekly performance-based incentives. The majority of our specialists earn bonuses each week, and our top-performing specialists make an extra $15,000+ per year in performance-based bonuses alone. Overtime opportunities are frequently available.

Naturescape rewards employees for their successes and provides opportunities to improve compensation through effort.

Benefits At a Glance

• Independent work in the great outdoors
• Competitive wages with potential for weekly performance-based incentives
• Typical annual raises
• Overtime opportunities frequently available
• Paid training; no lawn or landscape care experience required
• Become a manager in as little as one year
• Full-time, part-time and seasonal employees; flexible schedule
• Military friendly, willing to work with current drill schedules
• 401k with 200% company match (vested immediately - no waiting period)
• Generous benefits: health insurance, HRA, supplemental insurance, PTO, employee discounts
• Keep your insurance all winter:
  Naturescape pays 100% of insurance benefits during any winter unemployment
• Snow removal and other winter work opportunities available to most specialists
• Stable, growing, family-owned company since 1986

We love giving our employees the opportunity to grow with our company; frequent opportunities for advancement often mean that a lawn care specialist can become a manager in as little as one year, especially for those willing to relocate. If you are interested in our benefits and want to work independently in the great outdoors with a supportive and appreciative team, we want you to apply today!

Naturescape is a family-owned company that is 100% committed to making our customers happy with our lawn and landscape care. Since our beginnings in Appleton, WI in 1986, we have grown to 41 locations around the Midwest and South. We care about employee satisfaction and want you to love your job. Here at Naturescape, management is willing to train and help you succeed.

For the benefit of our employees, customers, and anyone who interacts with Naturescape, we are proud to be a drug-free workplace and provide safe and healthy working conditions at all of our branches.

“Management is team-oriented and genuinely interested in employees; team environment is positively reinforced and overall a great place to be.”

“Everyone has made an effort in training me. People actually care about me and my family, along with things we are involved in.”

“The incentive system is very motivating and makes the job more fun.”

“Naturescape is an awesome company to work for — very generous and caring. I am happy to have chosen Naturescape for my career.”

As a Lawn Care Specialist, you enjoy spending your working day outdoors in various weather conditions. You typically work 10 hour days, 4 days per week (with variations due to weather and customer needs). You consult with residential and commercial customers on a full range of lawn and landscape issues to assess their needs. Your customer service skills and training enable you to ensure customer satisfaction with your services.

You drive company vehicles to customer locations, where you provide lawn care, lawn aeration, mowing, tree/shrub care and pruning, mosquito control, and snow removal. Your dedication and ability to build rapport help you meet customers’ lawn and landscape goals and expectations.

• Valid driver’s license and good driving record
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs
• Motivated with a desire to learn

Not sure if you’re qualified? Relax! No lawn care or landscape experience is required and we provide paid training. Are you passionate about working outdoors and helping people? If so, you could be perfect for this lawn and landscape position!

If you feel you would be right for this position, please fill out our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application so we can review your information. We look forward to meeting you!

Come Grow With Us!

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