Certified Floral Assistant / Delivery Driver – Own Vehicle Required
Top Florist Kingwood
1962 Northpark Dr, Kingwood, TX 77339
Job Overview
Top Florist Kingwood is hiring a Certified Floral Assistant / Delivery Driver to support daily flower shop production and local deliveries. This is a hands-on floral position for someone who has real floral training, understands basic flower names and arrangement styles, and wants to grow in the floral industry.
This position is not for someone who simply “likes flowers.” Floral work requires knowledge, form, proportion, balance, care, speed, cleanliness, and attention to detail. We are looking for someone who respects floral design as skilled work and is willing to follow professional shop standards.
Floral certification, CFD training, floral design coursework, or documented floral training is required. Candidate must also have their own reliable vehicle, a valid driver’s license, and current auto insurance for local deliveries.
Duties
- Assist with floral production, including mums, boutonnières, corsages, bows, ribbons, and basic floral pieces
- Help identify and handle common flowers, greenery, and basic arrangement styles
- Process flowers, clean stems, fill buckets, rotate inventory, and maintain flower freshness
- Assist designers with vase arrangements, roses, sympathy pieces, supplies, wrapping, and order preparation
- Follow photos, recipes, color instructions, customer notes, and shop standards carefully
- Package orders for delivery or customer pickup
- Deliver flowers, plants, sympathy arrangements, gifts, and event orders safely and on time using your own vehicle
- Follow GPS routes, delivery notes, gate codes, hospital/funeral home procedures, and customer instructions
- Communicate immediately with the shop if there is a wrong address, no answer, gate issue, delay, or delivery concern
- Assist customers in-store or by phone when needed
- Help with POS transactions, order organization, cleaning, restocking, and general shop support
- Keep the design area, cooler, buckets, tools, and supplies clean and organized
Requirements
- Floral certification, CFD training, floral design coursework, or documented floral training required
- Must be familiar with common flower names, greenery, and basic arrangement styles
- Must know how to make or assist with mums and boutonnières
- Must have hands-on floral, corsage, boutonnière, ribbon, bow, craft, or flower shop experience
- Must have your own reliable vehicle
- Must have a valid driver’s license
- Must have current auto insurance
- Must be comfortable using GPS and following detailed delivery instructions
- Must handle fragile floral arrangements carefully and professionally
- Must be dependable, punctual, clean, organized, and committed to scheduled shifts
- Must be able to stand for long periods and lift/carry floral arrangements, plants, and supplies when needed
- Must be available during busy floral seasons, including Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, prom/homecoming season, Christmas, weekends, and funeral/service deadlines
Preferred Experience
- CFD certification or professional floral design certification
- Flower shop experience
- Homecoming mums, garters, boutonnières, corsages, bows, and ribbon work
- Basic vase arrangements and floral production
- Sympathy, funeral, prom, homecoming, wedding, or event floral experience
- Delivery experience in Kingwood, Humble, Houston, The Woodlands, Spring, and surrounding areas
- POS, retail sales, customer service, and order management experience
- Bilingual English/Spanish is helpful but not required
Pay
Pay is hourly and based on certification, floral skill, delivery reliability, experience, schedule commitment, and ability to work independently. Higher pay may be considered for candidates with CFD certification, strong floral training, or proven flower shop experience.
Interview & Skills Demonstration
Qualified candidates may be invited for an unpaid interview and skills demonstration. This may include discussing flower names, arrangement styles, floral care, mums, boutonnières, bows, ribbon work, and basic design knowledge. A candidate may also be asked to demonstrate a small sample task for evaluation only.
The unpaid interview is not a work shift, training shift, or production shift. Candidates will not complete customer orders, make sellable products, deliver orders, or perform shop duties during the unpaid interview.
Paid work begins only after the candidate shows real interest, basic floral familiarity, eagerness to learn, and is selected for a scheduled paid shift according to company policy.
Pay: $10.00 - $15.00 per hour
Application Question(s):
- Please describe your floral certification, CFD training, floral design coursework, or documented floral training. Include where you completed it, what flower names and arrangement styles you know, and whether you can make or assist with mums, boutonnières, corsages, bows, ribbon work, vase arrangements, or sympathy pieces.
- This role also requires local flower deliveries using your own reliable vehicle. Please confirm whether you have a valid driver’s license, current auto insurance, and your own vehicle. Also list the delivery areas you know well and explain your availability for scheduled shifts, weekends, floral holidays, and busy seasons.
- Do you have floral certification, CFD training, floral coursework, or documented floral training?
- Do you know how to make or assist with mums and boutonnières?
- Do you have your own reliable vehicle?
- Do you have a valid driver’s license and current auto insurance?
- Are you available for scheduled shifts, weekends, and floral holidays?
Work Location: In person
