Landscape Specialist I
Carol Woods Retirement Community | Chapel Hill, NC
Do you enjoy working outdoors, creating beautiful spaces, operating equipment, and making a visible impact every day?
At Carol Woods, our Grounds Department does more than maintain landscapes—we create and care for the outdoor environment that thousands of residents, visitors, and team members enjoy year-round. We're looking for a Landscape Specialist I who takes pride in their work, enjoys being part of a supportive team, and isn't afraid to get their hands dirty.
What You'll Do
No two days are exactly alike. You might be:
🌳 Planting trees, flowers, shrubs, and seasonal color throughout our beautiful campus
🚜 Operating equipment including mowers, blowers, skid steers, dump trucks, vacuums, and other grounds equipment
🌿 Helping maintain healthy lawns through our turf care program
🍂 Leading the charge during leaf season with blowers, vacuums, and leaf loader trucks
🌺 Assisting residents with gardening projects and participating in our Private Duty Gardening Service
♻️ Supporting campus recycling and trash collection program
s💧 Helping maintain irrigation systems, drainage infrastructure, and stormwater management feature
s🛠️ Assisting with landscape renovations, campus improvement projects, and plant inventory manageme
nt❄️ Supporting snow and ice removal efforts during inclement weat
her🌱 Growing your skills with opportunities to earn your North Carolina Pesticide License and expand your horticultural knowledge
What
We're Looking ForWe're
looking for someone w
ho:✔ Enjoys working outdoors in all seas
ons✔ Has a strong work ethic and a team-first attit
ude✔ Takes pride in creating and maintaining beautiful landsca
pes✔ Can safely operate or learn to operate landscaping equipment and machin
ery✔ Holds a valid North Carolina driver's lice
nse✔ Can lift, carry, and move materials weighing 50+ pou
nds✔ Has experience or training in horticulture, landscaping, turf management, or a related fieldEducat
ion & ExperienceRequir
ed:High s
chool diploma or equivalentExperi
ence and/or formal training in horticulture, landscaping, turf management, or a related fieldValid
North Carolina driver's lice
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