Landscape Steward

Build a Landscaping Career in a One-of-a-Kind Setting

Mountain Park HOA is seeking a dependable, motivated Landscape Steward to help maintain the outdoor spaces that make our community such a special place to live and work.

This is not a typical commercial landscaping position. Mountain Park includes approximately 185 acres of community-owned outdoor space in the hills of Lake Oswego, including parks, trails, wooded areas, ornamental landscapes, roadside beds, traffic islands, streams, and neighborhood green spaces. You will work in a wide variety of environments while helping keep these areas attractive, healthy, safe, and welcoming.

If you enjoy working outdoors, operating landscape equipment, solving practical problems, and seeing the results of your work throughout the community, this could be a great fit.

What You Will Do

As part of the Landscape Stewardship team, you will perform a variety of hands-on landscape maintenance tasks, including:

- Weed, grub, mulch, and maintain shrubs, trees, landscape beds, roadside areas, and other community spaces.

- Mow, trim, blow, and complete routine seasonal landscape maintenance.

- Prune shrubs and trees to support healthy growth, appearance, and structure.

- Plant and transplant trees, shrubs, and other plant materials.

- Maintain, repair, and install irrigation systems, including programming irrigation controllers.

- Apply fertilizers and approved landscape control products in accordance with safety procedures.

- Perform leaf cleanup, storm response, and other seasonal or inclement-weather work.

- Operate and perform light maintenance on trucks, trailers, mowers, string trimmers, power shears, chainsaws, wood chippers, tractors, and other landscape equipment.

- Use GIS, irrigation, and workflow software to document work and support daily operations.

- Assist with occasional erosion-control, stormwater, stream, or outdoor construction projects as needed.

- Work safely near roads, equipment, vehicles, and members of the public.

Full-Time Benefits

This is a regular, full-time position scheduled for 36 - 40 hours per week. All full-time employees receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance at minimal cost for employee-only coverage.

- Paid time off beginning at hire, with employees in their first four years earning up to 20 days annually.

- Four paid holidays plus an annual paid birthday off.

- Employer-paid basic life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.

- A 401(k) retirement plan with a company match of 100% on contributions up to 3% of salary.

- Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Account options.

- Voluntary long-term disability coverage.

- Employee and immediate-family discounts on eligible Clubhouse facilities, programs, and amenities.

- Employer-provided training and certification opportunities.

Join a collaborative team whose work has a visible impact across an entire community. At Mountain Park, no two days - or outdoor spaces - are exactly alike.

Qualifications

What We Are Looking For

We welcome candidates with education, training, or practical experience in landscaping, grounds maintenance, horticulture, irrigation, arboriculture, or a related field. An equivalent combination of experience and education will also be considered.

Successful candidates will:

- Be dependable, safety-minded, and willing to learn.

- Enjoy physical, hands-on work in changing outdoor conditions.

- Communicate professionally with coworkers, contractors, and residents.

- Be comfortable learning new equipment, technology, and software.

- Be able to regularly lift up to 25 pounds, frequently lift up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift heavier materials with appropriate assistance.

- Be at least 18 years old and possess a valid driver's license with at least two years of safe driving history.

- CPR/First Aid and Flagger certifications a plus.