Organic Landscape Care - $DOE

Hendrikus Group

Creatively merging... the aesthetic, the organic, the structural. Our successful organic landscape care program is expanding and we are looking for a career-minded individual to play a diversified, hands-on role in its continued growth. We provide annual organic programs using safe disease & pest sprays, soil amendments, fertilizers and more. We rejuvenate depleted lawns and gardens to health and vitality. We work pro-actively with our clients to educate, assist and to provide them our expertise and care.This position suits an outgoing, organized individual who has a background in landscaping, disease and plant knowledge, a technical mind and/or spray technician experience, experience with or the desire to learn organic methods for garden care and fluency in customer contact & education.

Your work may involve:

project planning, scheduling and set up
customer contact & follow-up
education
running trucks & equipment
working with our custom soils, our organic products and methods
quality control & testing
garden analysis and problem solving
absolutely, unequivocally, hands-on make-it-happen days

To work with us you must:

have great HANDS-ON skills in horticulture
have had several years experience working with gardens, soils, plants, pests & diseases
be mature and articulate
love involvement in the understanding of organics and our methods
be in solid physical condition and health
have a valid drivers license with a good driving record
have experience driving larger trucks
have experience with spray equipment

Benefits include great pay, education benefits, opportunities to expand your skills, paid vacation, paid "well" days off, full medical and dental plans, and 401(k).The Hendrikus Group is unique. We are landscape artisans and the foundation of our work is a fusion of ecology and science together with art and intuition. We are also stewards of the earth in our commitment to maintain our client's landscapes with sustainable, cutting edge & proven organic methods. We are leaders in our field, providing our services long before "organic" care became popular and desirable. Learn more about us by visiting our web site at: www.hendrikus.com.Working with us can be an incredible, challenging and rewarding adventure. We are immersed in what we do... the energy that we bring to our work is seen in the results. We are not looking for just "employees" but we are looking for individuals who really LOVE their work and ENJOY learning something NEW every day; individuals who understand that a company is the sum of its parts and what each person contributes to their work every day is critical to both their and the company's success. And by the way, no one here wears white tennis shoes - the owner wields a shovel as much as anyone else at the company.Frankly, we want to work with people who share our ethics. If you agree with the following statements, then we ask you to apply...
If we can't build it sustainably, we do not build it all.All life in the food web, from insects to elephants, is important.We go out of our way to preserve and protect life that lives in the soil or flies in the wind.The first principle of truth is to use common sense.Second, we use science where needed; we don't worship it.And third, always use intuition and see how something feels.Uniforms are less important than uniform work and quality.Accept and eagerly pursue both arduous and easy tasks, as well as the menial and noteworthy in projects. They are all a part of the human creative process whether in the mud or on the mountain.Please send your resume including salary requirements to employment@hendrikusgroup.com. Or send to The Hendrikus Group, Inc., PO Box 1289, Issaquah, WA 98027-0050, Attn. Employment.