Become Our

Landscape Foreman

(and More)

Looking for a well-paying landscaping job north of the Twin Cities? If you're a hard worker who loves to learn, read on.

If you plan to landscape for the long haul, and want to mastermind the work someday, apply to become our landscape foreman. You won’t be an ordinary landscaper, but rather will restore shorelines on lakefront property. If you put in the time, learn the craft of shoreline restoration, and get good enough to run our jobsite, you can make an excellent living and have fun. Our customers love the shorelines we build and the way we carry ourselves. Our company does well and better by the year. If you’re willing to learn and willing to work, you too will prosper in every way that counts. It will take at least a few good years of on-the-job experience before you can run a jobsite. That’s fine with us, if you meet some criteria.

Please do not apply if:

You don’t have reliable transportation, Monday through Friday.
Landscaping is a temporary job for you.
You’re not willing to put in long hours, especially during the warmer months.
You have medical issues or physiological quirks that may prevent you from (occasionally) heaving rocks all day, or from bending down and squatting many times in a day. Put another way: if Uncle Sam may not Want You, you may not want us.
You only want to manage a crew, and not also get your hands dirty.
You only want to do the hands-on work, and not also manage a crew.
Traveling out of town - sometimes out of Minnesota - for many of our jobs doesn’t sound like it might be fun.
Your car contains cassette tapes, you remember what was at the site of the MOA, or you often have to take it easy because of your back.
People often tell you things like “lighten up” or “that was a joke.”
You can’t pass a drug test. (Even when you’re lucid enough to get it all in the cup.)
You believe “society” owes you more than a hankie.

We hope you will apply if:

A 12-hour day, Monday through Friday, is normal for you and easy to sustain.
You feel guilt when you’re not working in one way or another.
You’re often busy with hands-on projects.
You love working outdoors, rain or shine.
You enjoy physical work (to a point), and often seek it out.
You’re bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Either because you’re young, or because you’re remarkably young at heart (and people tell you so). There is no “right” age, but we need to plan on a long relationship.
You see most problems and puzzles as personal challenges and tests of character.
You’re scrappy. Sometimes you fall short, but you don’t fall into a funk. You fix the problem, apologize, prevent it from happening again, and move on.
You hate leaving anything unfinished. When time is short and the hours have been long, you tend to plow through, even if you don’t want to. Rarely or never do you say, “We’ll just wrap it up tomorrow” and retire with your warm milk and blankie.
On the (relatively few) occasions you get home at 11pm, you’re not upset, and in fact feel a little sense of accomplishment.
Few things make you as happy as finishing a project and seeing your handiwork, especially when it was tough at times.
You don’t assume you know anything, but you want to learn everything.
You have thick skin, and see all feedback as an opportunity to improve.
You don’t expect praise for showing up, or a bonus for seniority. You know you only get rewards for excellence.
I’m more likely to find you helping a relative or neighbor than at a protest against the injustice in Timbuktu.
You know it takes discomfort to make a “comfortable” living, and that you get out of life what you put into it.

We understand if you’re cut from that tough hide, you may be considering other jobs, or you may have a good job you’d need to leave. Now is probably a good time to tell you what hard and smart work can earn you at our company.

Other ways to get on our good side:

You’re an outdoorsman. Often you feel more at home in a tent than at home. You think a coonskin cap is an underrated accessory.
You’re handy with tools. You can change a Sawzall blade one-handed. You know what a ratchet strap is. Seldom do you strip a bolt or screw, but when you do, you say things graffiti artists wouldn’t spray-paint on an overpass.
When something breaks, you’re the first one to try to fix it. (You’re more a Scotty than a Gomer, so usually you do fix it.)
You’re more “Texas friendly” than “Minnesota nice.” You’re more likely to say “Howdy!” than “hi.” You look at people square in the eye. Sometimes people say “Ow” after shaking your hand. There’s nothing wrong with quiet types, but it’s hard not to like the gregarious kind.
You’re well-groomed. Nobody mistakes your designer stubble for dirt. You don’t have hair like Dog the Bounty Hunter, or a beard like a coffee shop hippie.
You don’t have an ex’s name or a prison tat on your face (or under the facial hair).

Here’s what you’ll get if you master shoreline restoration and become a pillar around here:

The potential to earn six figures and maybe more (yes, while you’re still bright-eyed and bushy-tailed).
Profit-sharing in the form of annual bonuses.
401K, if desired.
Year-round work (no layoffs).
No snowplowing, ever.
A shiny new company truck - not the typical manure mobile.
A company credit card.
2 weeks of paid vacation (with more you can earn).
A pet Gila monster to intimidate customers into paying their invoices. (Just seeing if you’re still paying attention.)
Branded uniforms and other gear that makes you look sharp.
The chance to move into sales or operations, or even to become lead mechanic (if you want to).

This is what you’d be helping to create.