TO APPLY:
Read the entire job post and follow the instructions outlined in the post.
KEY POINTS:
$92,000+ Annual Earning Potential
Company Truck, Company Credit Card, Overtime Pay, & Full Autonomy.
LOCATION:
Greater Victoria.
Introduction
Independent field operator for Ascent Yard Care on the South Island, 36 to 40 dollars per hour, company truck, full autonomy.
Mission
Ascent Yard Care is restoring balance to British Columbia’s ecosystems by restoring landscapes and eradicating the invasive plants that threaten our planet’s biodiversity.
We are building the most advanced field operation in Canada to eliminate invasive plants, restore and maintain landscapes, and regenerate natural ecosystems at scale.
We’re not hiring an assistant. We’re hiring an operator.
Ascent is a leading company with locations on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. We are now hiring a full time, year round operator to handle our expansion on the South Island.
You’ll be the operator and the one who sets the standard others will follow. A crew will be built around you starting in September, and you’ll be the one they learn from and the leader of a tight knit crew.
You’ll run a fully outfitted and equipped company truck and execute jobs across the South Island. Every hour is paid, every kilometer is covered. You’ll have the best tools, full autonomy, and direct support from HQ.
Ascent does high impact work with unmatched efficiency to create results that truly matter to our customers.
About Us
At Ascent, we create beautiful finished products that are rooted in true customer needs.
As an Ascender you ensure that we aren’t just working, but that we are creating a big impact on every property and doing it in record time.
You prioritize efficiency and stay laser-focused on the right problem at the right time. You are central to the delivery of our services.
Your ability to balance impact and efficiency is as good as your ability to balance customer needs and the finished product. You can adapt to new challenges like a pro. We’re an end-to-end tree, hedge, garden, and herbicide application service so we’ll need your strategic thinking and fast paced production rate at every stage of the game, from arrival on-site to project execution to final cleanup.
You’ll run our proven system and within it, make dozens of independent judgment calls every day that determine whether a job goes smoothly or sideways
What You’ll Do
Treatments
- Treat lawn and garden weeds with herbicide
- Treat invasive plants with herbicide
Trimming
- Hedge trimming
- Hedge topping
- Shrub trimming and shaping
Pruning
- Tree pruning up to 35 feet
- Fruit tree pruning
- Drop-crotch pruning
- Bush pruning
Garden Cleanups
- Clean out overgrown garden beds
- Cut weeds to ground level and treat them with herbicide
Tools You Will Use
- Backpack sprayers
- Hand held sprayers
- 3500 series truck
- 14 foot dump trailer
- Hedge trimmers
- Long reach hedge trimmer
- Chainsaws
- Pole saw
- Pole pruner
- Backpack leaf blower
- Hand tools
- 16 foot ladders
Operational Setup
- Your company truck which is outfitted with everything you will need on a day-to-day basis will live at your personal residence. This allows you to go directly to jobs so we reduce travel time and maximize the amount of projects that you can complete in a single day.
- For jobs that require a trailer you will pickup our 14 foot dump trailer, which is located at our headquarters in Saanich V8M1Y2.
Communication
- Be friendly and knowledgeable with every customer
- Communicate clearly with HQ
Organization
- Take photos of every job before leaving site
- Follow extremely efficient work flows
- Mark each job as complete after finishing it
- Clock in and out
- Buy supplies, buy replacement tools and equipment, and park the company truck at your residence
Requirements
- High output under no supervision
- Drive a 3500 series truck and backup a 14 foot dump trailer with ease
- Excellent communication
- Follow highly efficient processes
- Follow specific instructions
- Solve problems on your own
- Plan ahead and be proactive at every step of the day
- Comfortable doing things differently than you have done in the past
Expectations
- Do high impact work extremely efficiently
- Operate like it’s your company
- Communicate early and often
- Learn fast, move fast, fix fast
- Be consistent, every hour matters
- Willing to work long days and put in overtime
Onboarding
Before you start full time on your own, you will spend two days with our crew in Saanich on August 3rd and 4th. You will work side by side with our most experienced operators, learn our pruning and vegetation management systems, and see what an elite Ascent day looks like from first job to final cleanup. This week is where you learn our system and the way we do things. Your independent role, operating out of your own personal company truck officially starts on August 5th.
Why This Matters
Ascent Yard Care is proving that small, focused teams with advanced tools, efficient operations, and dedicated hard work can outcompete large organizations.
Compensation
- Strong pay raises tied to impact and KPI’s
- Unlimited overtime pay
- Unlimited growth potential for top performer
- Be part of something that matters
- Lead our team as we grow
- As we add more operators on the South Island, you’ll have the opportunity to become the clear go-to lead for the region
- Health stipend
- Vacation pay and sick pay
- Pay is 36 to 40 dollars per hour plus overtime and paid drive time. This is roughly $92,000 dollars per year.
What we offer you:
- Being part of a really great team
- A company that values excellent work
- Training of pruning methods, vegetation management, and chainsaw operation
- World class equipment
- Wage increases
- No limits or restrictions on overtime
- Growth within the company
-Time is paid from clock in to clock out, with a 30 minute paid lunch
- Unlimited and unrestricted overtime pay
- Bonus pay
The successful candidate will be:
- Willing to learn new techniques and adapt to the work methods of Ascent
- Able to work well with a tight-knit team
- A strong listener
- Engage in physically strenuous work
- Care intensely about the success of each project
- Show up on time and well rested
We work hard and have fun doing it.
This job is a 40hr+/week, year-round, permanent position
Key performance indicators we track
- Percentage of jobs completed on-time
- Percentage of satisfied customers
- Call back rate
- Percentage of jobs with photo documentation
- Percentage of on time starts (arrival time at the first job of the day)
APPLY
Send an email to [email protected] with the subject line “South Island Operator” and include the following:
1. Prove you understand the mission.
2. Attach a copy of your resume.
3. Write 2-3 sentences on why you want to
work for Ascent.
4. Submit your answers to the questions below.
QUESTIONS:
- You arrive for a garden cleanup that was quoted to “clean out the front beds” The customer asks if you can also clear the backyard beds while you are there. How do you handle it?
- You are halfway through a large blackberry and knotweed treatment and realize it is taking much longer than expected. You still have another treatment booked afterward. What steps do you take?
- You finish a job and it looks good, but you know in your gut that you rushed the final 20 minutes and it’s 80% of what you’re capable of. The customer is happy and hasn’t noticed. Do you say anything, and what do you do?
- If you could only track one number from your work each day to improve your speed and quality over time, what would you track and why?
Email your complete application to [email protected]
Applications that do not follow the 4 steps above will not be considered.
Pay: $92,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company car
- Flexible schedule
Work Location: On the road
