Grounds Maintenance Technician
Brightwater Grounds • Portland, OR
$20–$24/hr · On-site · Full time
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What Brightwater Grounds has confirmed, with the source
Job coach welcome at work
We have had coaches ride along before.
Transportation support
Crews leave from the yard in company trucks.
Employer reported, last confirmed Sep 1, 2026.
What you’ll actually do
Maintain grounds at schools and business parks: mowing, pruning, planting and seasonal clean-up. Outdoor work in a small crew.
- Meet the crew at the yard at 6:30
- Load the truck with the day’s equipment
- Mow, edge, prune or plant at the first site to the job sheet
- Move on to the next site
- Clean and put away equipment at the yard
Skills and experience
Required
- Valid driver’s license
- Work outdoors in all weather
- Lift 50 lb
Preferred
- Landscaping experience
- Pesticide applicator license
How this job works
- Schedule
- Mostly consistent, occasional changes
- Meetings
- 0–1 per week
- Independent or collaborative
- Mostly collaborative
- Customer contact
- Occasional
- Switching between tasks
- A few switches a day
- Feedback
- Directly, as it comes up
- Instructions
- Mostly demonstrated in person
- Noise and surroundings
- Busy and often loud
- Standing
- Standing for most of the shift
- Walking
- Walking for most of the shift
- Lifting
- Over 50 lb
- Fine hand movements
- Some — typing, scanning, handling
- Driving
- Yes — driving is a core part of the job
- Travel
- Occasionally
- Technology
- Job sheet app (phone)
- Hours
- Start is 6:30 year round. Finish time moves with the season and weather.
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Hiring process
Application review · within 1 week
Reviewed by the operations manager.
Ride-along · about 4 hours
A paid morning with a crew so you both can see if it fits.
Decision · within 3 business days
A phone call.
About ten days. Available on request: work sample instead of an interview, support person or job coach welcome.