Job Location : Rocky Mount,NC, USA
Groundperson - NON-UNION
Brand: Burford's Tree
Location: Rocky Mount, NC, United States
Date Posted: Dec 13, 2024
Requisition Number:
**Description**
**Groundperson**
The groundperson is responsible for gathering and feeding brush & debris into a woodchipper, scanning areas from trip and fall hazards, ensuring other workers stay out of the path of travel. This position is also responsible for maintaining equipment and materials.
**Essential Functions & Responsibilities:**
+ Operate chainsaw to cut brush, logs and stumps of larger trees.
+ Drag, gather, and feed brush into wood chipper.
+ Services vehicles and equipment, maintaining them in neat, clean, and specified mechanical order.
**Minimum Qualifications:**
+ Must be 18 years-of-age or older.
**Education & Experience**
+ High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
+ Entry-level position, no experience required.
+ Previous experience a plus.
**Pre-Screen**
+ Upon offer, employees may be required to subject and pass a pre-employment drug screen, background and/or MVR check.
**License & Certifications:**
+ Driver's License Preferred, but not required
**Physical Requirements:**
+ **RARE** (less than 10%): Sitting, Crawling, Climbing Poles, Color Vision, Climbing Ladders, Climbing Stairs
+ **OCCASSIONAL** (up to 33%): stooping, kneeling squatting, body twisting, sense of touch, climbing on/off truck, gripping, lifting over 10 lbs. to 50 lbs., reaching, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, balancing, lifting over 50 lbs.
+ **FREQUENT** (up to 66%): standing, walking, manual dexterity, seeing distant, seeing, reading, range of motion, hearing-speech range, depth perception, climbing stairs, lifting up to 10 lbs.
+ **CONTINUOUS** (up to 100%): Sense of Touch, Gripping, Seeing, Carrying, Pulling
Individuals with a disability who desire a reasonable accommodation can contact the ADA Coordinator by calling **1-833-###-####** . We partner with the Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and Immigration Service to e-Verify all newly hired employees.
**Benefits**
We offer a competitive benefits package that provides a foundation of support for the health, safety, and security of you and your family. We are proud to extend a broad selection of benefits to meet your needs-and medical, dental, and vision benefits start on the first day of employment.
**Individuals with a disability who desire a reasonable accommodation can contact the ADA Coordinator by calling 1-833-###-####. We partner with the Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and Immigration Service to e-Verify all newly hired employees.**
**An Equal Opportunity Employer.**
**Please note:**
+ _All job offers are subject to pre-employment drug screening and a background check._
+ _Unless otherwise noted, we do not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S. for this position._
**Notice to Agencies:** We only accept resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing services if a Service Agreement has been signed and we have requested recruitment/staffing services for the specific position. Any unsolicited resumes will become the property of the company, and no fees or compensation will be paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or staffing service.