Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers

Job Title: Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers Worker(s) Requested: 39 Start Date 2027-04-01 End Date: 2027-11-30 Area of Intended Employment: Colorado: Larimer, Weld Work Days: Mon-Fri (07:00 AM - 05:00 PM) Extra Days: poss Sat Offered Hours per week: 35 Starting Wage Offer: $22.04 - $26.00 Overtime Wage Offer: $33.06 - $39.00 Pay Period: bi-weekly Deductions from pay: A single workweek is used to compute wages due, paid bi-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 can deduct monthly rental rate of $500.00 from paycheck if worker requests in writing. Employer Provided Housing: Employer will provide workers with optional housing at the monthly rental rate of $500.00. Will be deducted from pay upon written request from Employee. Employer Offered Benefits: None Job Requirements: No education/no experience required. On-the-job training available. Overtime may be available. Possible weekend work. Lift 50 lbs. Job Duties: General landscaping and groundskeeping workers use their skills and experience to develop unique outdoor spaces and turn contractors or property owners visions into public parks, gardens areas, commercial surroundings and residential living spaces. General landscapers maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Workers typically perform a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, flower bed construction and preparation, removing unwanted debris, monitoring plant health, weeding, sprinkler installation, and installation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units. Mowing and trimming occurs on a weekly or biweekly basis based on signed contracts or weekly invoicing. Equipment: Riding lawn mower, pallet jack, grass trimmer, back pack blower, push fertilizer spreader, and walk behind ditch digger. Hand Tools: Rake, trimmer, shears, shovel, hammer, post hole digger, digging bar, and grass bagger. 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 Larimer County Economic and Workforce Development, Located at 200 W. Oak St., Ste. 5000, Fort Collins CO 80522. Call (970) 498-6670 or g online to www.connectingcolorado.com. Email resume to David at davidc@zakgeorgelandscaping.com for Zak George Landscaping LLC. This ad is being placed concurrently with an H-2B application.