Lighthouse Outdoor Lighting of Denver, Colorado's award-winning outdoor lighting company, is hiring one crew member for our installation team.
Most of this job is spent outside with a shovel in your hands. You'll hand-dig trenches through lawns and planting beds, bury 12-volt wire, set fixtures into Colorado clay and rock, and come back after dark to aim them. If that sounds like a good day, keep reading.
THIS IS NOT AN ELECTRICIAN JOB
We install 12-volt landscape lighting. There is no conduit, no panel work, no 120V rough-in, no permits, and no inspections. Hours worked here do not count toward an electrical apprenticeship or a journeyman license. If you are building hours toward a card, this job will set you back. Please don't apply.
WHAT THE WORK ACTUALLY IS
- 8 to 10 hours outdoors, year-round, in whatever weather Colorado gives us
- Hand-digging and trenching through clay, rock, root balls, and established planting beds
- Hauling fixtures, transformers, and wire spools across large properties
- Kneeling, crawling under decks, and reaching into tight beds
- Evening appointments after sunset to aim fixtures, roughly two nights a week in season
- Working clean on high-end residential properties, usually with the homeowner home
OUR STANDARD
We are a premium outdoor lighting design firm. Our work has been published in Landscape Architecture Magazine and Masters of Landscape Lighting, and it gets judged at night, up close, by people who paid a lot for it.
- Wire gets buried at depth. Not tucked under mulch.
- Every splice waterproofed. Every run planned before anything gets dug.
- Turf and beds get left the way we found them.
- If "good enough" is your standard, you will not enjoy working here.
WHAT WE WILL TEACH YOU
Wire runs and transformer sizing, fixture placement and aiming, the Nightscaping and Locklin product lines, and how to troubleshoot a system in the dark. You do not need lighting experience. You need hands and a work ethic.
WHAT YOU BRING
- At least 1 year outdoors doing physical work: landscape, irrigation, hardscape, grounds or golf course maintenance, fencing, tree work, excavation, or concrete
- Valid Colorado driver's license and a clean driving record
- You show up. On time. Every day.
- You care what it looks like when you are finished
- 18 or older, 21+ preferred for driving our vehicles
NICE TO HAVE, NOT REQUIRED
- Irrigation install or repair
- Hardscape or paver work
- Pulling cable
- Ability to read a landscape or lighting plan
- Previous crew lead experience
PAY, BENEFITS, AND GROWTH
- Year-round, stable, full-time work. We do not lay off in winter.
- Higher starting pay for candidates with relevant outdoor trade experience
- Performance-based raises and a clear path to Lead Technician
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid training, company truck, and tools provided
LOCATION
You must be able to commute reliably to Centennial, CO 80112. Most of our work is in the south Denver metro.
APPLY
If you like working outside, take pride in how a property looks when you leave it, and want to learn a trade that is not going anywhere, we would like to hear from you.
Pay: $23.00 - $26.00 per hour
Benefits:
Application Question(s):
- What is the longest you have stayed at one outdoor, physical labor job, and why did you leave?
- This job does not count toward an electrical apprenticeship or a journeyman license. If you have electrical experience, why do you want this job instead?
- Most of this job is hand-digging trenches and working on your knees in dirt, outdoors year-round. What is the most physically demanding job you have held, and how long did you do it?
Experience:
- outdoor physical work (landscape, grounds, digging): 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Centennial, CO 80112 (Required)
Work Location: In person
