Landscape & Tree Pruning Technicians
Company: Premier Lawn Services, a BlueOak Outdoor company
Reporting Location: Tonganoxie, Kansas
Service Area: Kansas City metro, Basehor, Leavenworth, Bonner Springs, Lawrence, and Topeka
Job Type: Full-time; limited part-time opportunities available for Lawn Care Technicians
Work Setting: In person and outdoors at customer properties
Schedule: Monday–Friday, with occasional overtime or weekend work based on weather and seasonal demand
Build a Career Outdoors—not Just Another Seasonal Job
Premier Lawn Services is growing and looking for dependable lawn-care professionals who want consistent work, quality equipment, competitive pay and opportunities to advance.
We believe great employees deserve clear expectations, organized routes, safe working conditions, recognition for excellent performance and a path to higher pay and leadership. If you take pride in your work, show up consistently and want to be part of a company investing in its people and its future, we want to meet you.
Our crews report to our Tonganoxie facility before traveling to residential and commercial properties throughout the surrounding service area.
Base Hourly Pay + Performance Incentives + Tips
- Landscape Technician: $18–$22 per hour
- Experienced Landscape and Pruning Technician: $20–$25 per hour
- Landscape Crew Lead: $22–$26 per hour
- Final base pay is based on experience, equipment skills, plant knowledge, leadership ability and driving record.
- Employees can earn additional performance-based compensation based on productivity, quality, safety and dependable attendance.
- Customer tips are distributed to eligible field employees who performed the work.
What You Can Expect From Us
- Competitive base pay with performance-based earning opportunities
- Client tips passed through to the employees who performed the work
- Consistent full-time scheduling during the primary season
- Opportunities for additional hours during busy periods
- Training and support for applicator certification
- Paid training
- Company-provided uniforms and sun-protection gear
- Commercial-grade equipment
- Organized routes and clear daily expectations
- Opportunities to advance into crew leadership, working field supervision and specialized services
- A locally owned company where dependable employees and excellent performance are recognized
Available Positions
Landscape Responsibilities
- Prepare and renovate landscape beds
- Install mulch, decorative rock, soil, edging, plants, shrubs, small trees and sod
- Remove weeds, debris, overgrown plants and existing landscape materials
- Perform light grading, bed shaping and seasonal property cleanup
- Load, secure, transport and unload tools, plants and landscape materials
- Follow written job scopes, material quantities and crew-lead instructions
- Protect lawns, irrigation components, buildings, pavement and existing landscaping
- Maintain a clean, organized and professional jobsite
- Take required before-and-after photos and report site concerns
- Assist with lawn maintenance, snow removal and other seasonal services when needed
Pruning Responsibilities
- Prune shrubs, hedges, ornamental plants and small trees according to company standards
- Remove dead, damaged, diseased, crossing or obstructive branches when within the approved work scope
- Use hand pruners, loppers, hedge trimmers, pole pruners and pruning saws safely
- Operate chainsaws only when properly trained, qualified and authorized
- Establish safe work and drop zones to protect coworkers, customers and property
- Avoid improper topping, excessive removal and damage to plants
- Clean up, haul and properly dispose of branches and landscape debris
- Report hazardous trees, utility conflicts or work requiring an arborist, climber or aerial equipment
This position primarily involves landscaping, shrub pruning and ground-based pruning of ornamental and small trees. Climbing, utility-line clearance and large-tree removal are not included unless an employee is separately trained, qualified, insured and authorized for that work.
Qualifications
- Landscape installation, horticulture or professional pruning experience is preferred
- Entry-level candidates with strong attendance and a willingness to learn will be considered
- Knowledge of proper pruning practices and common plants is strongly preferred for experienced positions
- Crew-lead candidates should have prior leadership or project-management experience
- Experience operating landscape equipment is preferred
- Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record are strongly preferred
- Experience driving a truck and landscape trailer is a plus
- Reliable transportation to our Tonganoxie facility
- Ability to work outdoors in heat, cold, dust, and changing weather
- Ability to lift approximately 50 pounds and perform physical work throughout the day
- Dependable attendance and punctuality
- Strong attention to detail and respect for customer property
- Willingness to follow instructions, use required safety equipment, and care for company tools
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
- ISA arborist credentials or relevant horticultural certifications are valued but not required
Additional Seasonal Opportunities
Depending on business needs, employees may also have opportunities to work in lawn care, seasonal cleanups, Christmas-light installation, snow and ice management, and other outdoor services.
How to Apply
Apply through Indeed and describe any experience involving:
- Landscape installation
- Planting, mulch, rock, edging or sod
- Shrub or ornamental-tree pruning
- Landscape equipment operation
- Truck and trailer operation
- Crew leadership
Selected applicants will be contacted for a brief phone interview followed by an in-person interview at our Tonganoxie facility.
Our crews report to our Tonganoxie facility each workday. We welcome applicants from Tonganoxie and surrounding communities, including Basehor, Bonner Springs, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Lansing, Linwood, McLouth, Eudora, De Soto, Edwardsville and western Kansas City, Kansas. Applicants must be able to report reliably to Tonganoxie at the scheduled start time.
Premier Lawn Services and BlueOak Outdoor are equal-opportunity employers. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, performance, business needs and applicable law.
Pay: $18.00 - $27.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Opportunities for advancement
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
Work Location: In person
