Resort Horticulturist-Full-time

Hiring Organization: The Homestead, America's Freshwater Resort
Employment type: Full-Time
Job Location: Glen Arbor, MI
Application Due Date: March 7, 2023

Resort Horticulturist

Hiring Organization: The Homestead, America’s Freshwater Resort

Employment type: Full time

Job Location: Glen Arbor, MI

Application Deadline: March 8, 2023

Excellence

If you aspire to excellence and want to work, learn, and play in a beautiful place, you should become the Resort Horticulturist for our properties. One is a resort on Lake Michigan thehomesteadresort.com. It is inside of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore nps.gov/slbe, which the viewers of Good Morning America chose as the “Most Beautiful Place in America” https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/best_places_USA/sleeping-bear-dunes-michigan-voted-good-morning-americas/story?id=14319616 link. The other is an Arnold Palmer Signature Course manitoupassagegolfclub.com which you could play.

Both properties feature landscaping designed by Peridian International, the Landscape Architects who created the Master Plan for EuroDisney and landscape designs for the highest end resort hotels at Disney World – the Beach Club, Yacht Club and Grand Floridian. peridian.net

Culture

You’ll discover that it is different. It is driven by leaders who act more like coaches than bosses and by specialized teams. They work together on a common mission – providing exceptional service to assure that guests relax, refresh, and restore.

Position

This is the leadership position for the team that specializes in the installation of new landscaping, and the care of annuals, perennials, shrubs, small trees, and landscape features. Basic responsibilities include:

Orienting and training team members
Preparing landscape beds
Planting, mulching, watering, and fertilizing
Weeding and pruning
Controlling diseases and pests
Maintaining equipment

The work schedule is varied and may include weekends and holidays. Winter work includes snow removal.

Benefits

Because our team members are at the heart of everything we do, we offer a total rewards package that includes competitive wages and salaries, health and life insurance, retirement savings, educational opportunities, holiday gifts, paid time off including birthdays with a $250 check and a cake, and free skiing and golf. These rewards, our culture, and our attentiveness to work life balance, help our team members live their best life, grow personally and professionally, and enjoy the healthy, outdoor lifestyle made possible by our national park community.

Qualifications

A great attitude about life and work
An associates or undergraduate degree in horticulture or a related field
At least two years of horticulture experience, preferably in a four-season climate
A Commercial Pesticide Applicator certification for ornamentals
A clean driving record and valid driver’s license

Diversity and Opportunity

We provide a diverse, accepting, and supportive workplace that holds all to the highest standards of conduct, integrity, inclusiveness, and respect. We strive to work, learn, grow, and play while supporting our collective and individual successes.

Apply

If our culture and position appeal to you and you feel you’d be a great Supervisor, please apply at www.thehomesteadresort/careers.com.