Massachusetts Jobs

12 full-time, temporary Landscape Laborers. DATES OF NEED: 3/18/2025 - 12/15/2025 HOURS: 45 hrs/wk. Monday-Saturday from 6:00am - 4:00pm. Schedule varies, end times vary, weekly schedule may vary depending on weather. Additional overtime varies WAGE: \$23.59/hr, Workers paid weekly. When available, OT wage rate is \$35.39/hr. Possibility for raise/bonus at employer\'s discretion. Opportunity for higher pay depending on experience and job performance. JOB DUTIES: Spring clean-ups at largely commercial client properties to include leaf clean-up, weeding, edging, mulching, and annual plantings; weekly maintenance of same properties to include weeding, trimming, mowing, and rotation of annual plantings; Fall clean-ups to include leaf collection and disposal as well as trimming back of appropriate plant material; fine grading of landscapes, installation of seed or sod, creation of planting beds; installation of plant material to include shrubs, trees, and flowers; edging and mulching new beds; irrigation of lawns, trees, and shrubs upon installation. Installing, adjusting, and maintaining irrigation systems, assembling PVC pipe for install, use a shovel and a trencher to dig trenches up to 24 inches deep and 6 inches wide that will allow access for plastic pipe to supply water for automatic lawn sprinkler system; installation of mortarless segmental retaining walls; wheelbarrowing materials such as gravel, small stones, and sand; assist with hauling concrete pavers & wall blocks but do not install; assist fence installers by moving materials around job site and retrieving tools but do not install; may operate vehicles to and from jobsites. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Pre-employment drug testing required; Drug testing during employment for cause; Post-Accident Drug Testing; All drug testing is performed without regard to an employee\'s citizenship or immigration status, and all testing is paid for by the company. Pre-hire background check required; All background checks are performed equally as to U.S. workers and H-2B workers, and all fees are paid for by the company. Able to lift 50lbs. No prior experience required, will train. All tools, supplies, & equipment required to perform the job will be provided, at no charge A single workweek will be used to compute wages due. Employer facilitates voluntary housing arrangements along with corresponding payroll deduction of \$150-\$500/week (dependent on number of people in unit). A single workweek will be used to compute wages due. If the worker completes 50 percent of the work contract period, employer will arrange and pay directly for initial transportation and subsistence costs from the place of recruitment to the place of employment for those traveling from such a distance they are not reasonably able to return to their residence each day. Upon completion of the work contract or where the worker is dismissed earlier, employer will provide or pay for worker\'s reasonable costs of return transportation and subsistence back home or to the place the worker originally departed to work, except where the worker will not return due to subsequent employment with another employer. The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distances involved. Daily subsistence will be provided at a rate of \$15.88 per day during travel to a maximum of \$59.00 per day with receipts. H2B workers will be reimbursed in the first workweek for all visa, visa processing, border crossing, & other related fees, including those mandated by the government (excluding passport fees).