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Art Nissen and Son Landscaping Inc Landscaper in Hampshire, Illinois
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Art Nissen And Son Landscaping Inc is looking to fill 15 Landscaper positions. This is a temporary, full-time seasonal position from 4/1/2026 to 11/30/2026.
Begin/report to work: 49W666 Melms Rd, Hampshire, Kane County, IL 60140 @ \$21.26/hr. Employer will transport workers daily between report to work address and additional worksites.
Additional worksites: (work throughout the following counties/areas): Boone, IL, Bureau, IL, Cook, IL, Dane, WI, DeKalb, IL, Dodge, WI, DuPage, IL, Green, WI, Grundy, IL, Jefferson, WI, Kane, IL, Kendall, IL, Kenosha, WI, Lake, IL, LaSalle, IL, Lee, IL, McHenry, IL, Milwaukee, WI, Ogle, IL, Racine, WI, Rock, WI, Stephenson, IL, Walworth, WI, Waukesha, WI, Will, IL, Winnebago, IL, and areas of Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, Janesville-Beloit, WI, Kenosha, WI, Madison, WI, Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI, Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI, Rockford, IL, South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area.
Duties: Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to plant bulbs, flowers, foliage, grass, ground covers, seeds, shrubs, sod, trees, and apply mulch for protection. Decorate gardens with stones or install rock gardens, drainage systems, sprinkler systems, mortarless segmental concrete wall units. Care for established lawns by watering, weeding, mowing, mulching, trimming, edging, raking, removing litter, leaves, and debris. Maintain sprinkler systems, including start up and winterizing. Use hand tools such as brooms, pliers, rakes, shears, shovels, or wheelbarrows. May operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as small work trucks with utility trailers, edgers, leaf blowers, mowers, trimmers & other related Landscaper activities as per SOC/OES 37-3011 (onetonline.org).
Standard/Expected Schedule: Monday-Friday 6:00AM-6:00PM. Offering 50+ (plus) hours per week; not including applicable lunch and/or breaks. Possible weekend/holiday work. Start/end times, offered hours and/or overtime could vary as they may be dependent upon other factors such as project/schedule/service needs, weather, and commute time between worksites (if applicable). Work is performed outdoors, exposed to weather; must be capable of doing physically strenuous labor for long hours, occasionally in extreme heat or cold. Variable weather conditions apply; hours may fluctuate (+/-), possible downtime and/or overtime.
Terms: Employer will comply with all applicable Federal, State and local employment-related laws and regulations such as wages, breaks, hours worked, and overtime hours (overtime possible, but not required or guaranteed. If overtime is worked, wage is paid at 1.5x regular rate of pay per hour worked beyond 40 hours each week.).
Requirements: Must be 18 due to equipment use. Must show proof of legal authority to work in the U.S. Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco free work zone. Perform physical activities: such as lift, balance, walk, stoop, handle, position, move, manipulate materials use static strength to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, carry objects up to 50lbs. No minimum education requirement. On-the-job training available. All applicants must be able, willing and qualified to perform work described and must be available for the entire period specified and work throughout all areas of intended employment.
Wages and Conditions of Employment: \$21.26/Hour OT \$31.89/Hour. Will use a single workweek as its standard for computing wages due. Wage paid every week All deductions required by law will be made by the employer as well as any further tax withholding or other reasonable deduction(s) authorized by the worker. At Employers sole discretion: possible raises and/or bonuses based on individual factors such as work performance or skill (not guaranteed); possible ash advances (if applicable/requested by worker, potential deduction from workers paycheck).
Inbound and Outbound Transportation (Initial Arrival & Contract Completion/Subsequent Departure): The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distances involved. Daily subsistence will be provided at the rate required at the time of travel (currently \$16.28 per day during travel to a maximum of \$68.00 per day with receipts).
Transportation and subsistence will be provided for cost from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer, whether in the U.S. or abroad, to the place of employment. Will reimburse the H-2B worker in the first workweek for all visa, visa processing, border crossing, and other related fees, including those mandated by the government, incurred by the H-2B worker (not including passport).
Upon completion of the work contract or where the worker is dismissed earlier, employer will provide or pay for workers reasonable costs of return transportation and subsistence back home or to the place the worker originally departed to work, except where the worker will not return due to subsequent employment with another employer.
3/4s Guarantee: The worker will be offered a total number of work hours equal to at least three-fourths of the workdays of each 12-week period.
Tools, Equipment and Supplies: All work w