WORK FOR EVERETT’S

Design Assistant

Looking for hard working individuals to join our team! If you love to be outside and want to work with great people, we have a home for you. Full time and part time positions available. Whether you are experienced or just willing to learn, we’re interested in talking with you.

We are seeking individuals to join our Landscape Support Staff. This person will ensure quality and accuracy in providing designs, proposals, and project follow-thru. Everett’s is committed to providing Outdoor Solutions to be Proud of through our Core Values of:

Trustworthy
Exceeds Customer Expectations
‘Can Do’ Attitude
Integrity
Customer Service
Passionate
Professional Workmanship

Duties & Responsibilities

The right fit for this position will present the following qualities:

Strong math and computer skills
Excellent oral and writing communication skills with customers, crews and vendors
Strong working knowledge of CAD/Dynascape Design/Landscape Design Programs
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets (More than basic skills)
Ability to direct crews out on the job via oral, text and picture communication
Detail oriented with ability to retain information and relay accurately
Ability to multi-task, take notes and stay organized
Team Player while having the ability to be self-motivating
Knowledge of trees/shrubs and working knowledge of landscape practices a huge bonus, but a minimum ability to quickly learn.

This is a full-time position with benefits. The primary focus of this position will be working with take-off information from Landscape Designers to create computer designs (base plans and drawings), will assist with “behind the scenes” project management, securing materials, scheduling and communicating necessary information to crews.

Requirements

This is a team, yet individual work setting. The physical requirements of this position will require sitting at a desk over 50% of your time, working with computer design software, Microsoft Excel and phone/email work. Visits to site will be expected to keep projects on task. Identifying and tagging of plant material at our on-site nursery and Everett’s Gardens will also be required. Work hours will vary based on season. During our Landscape season, start times will be daily 7:00am.

Pay Rate

Pay and benefits will be reflective of experience.

Job Type

Full-Time

Benefits

Health insurance
Paid time off
401(k)
Dental insurance
Employee discount
Health savings account
401(k) matching
Referral program

To apply

Please apply using this form. For additional information contact our Human Resources Department at (616) 698-8064 or hrd@everettslandscape.com

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Have questions?

Polly Wirbel hrd@everettslandscape.com
Call (616) 698-8064

Our Core Values

We are focused on providing landscape solutions to be proud of. We guarantee excellent customer service as we walk together through the process and aim to ensure every customer we serve experiences our core values:

A Can Do Attitude.

No matter the circumstance, we will do everything in our power to get the job done for our customers! Everett instilled a can do attitude into this company in 1956 and that holds true today.

Passion.

It's important to have team members who are passionate about what they do. When you have passion for what you're doing, it gets done right. Love what you do and do what you love!

Excellent Customer Service.

Excellent customer service allows us to keep strong relationships with our customers. We have real people answering our phones in order to keep that personable touch, and we're always willing to listen and help in any way we can.

Integrity.

Our main focus is strong relationships with our customers. This means being 100% honest with every situation good or bad. If we do something wrong, we believe in taking ownership and fixing the situation honestly.

Exceeding Expectations.

We love dreaming with our customers. Dreaming together allows us to pin point what the needs are and how we can go above and beyond their needs to give them the wow factor they’ve been looking for!

Trustworthiness.

Strong relationships are what we strive to form with our customers. In order to create strong relationships, there must be trust. Today, we still have customers from when Everett’s was founded in 1956. That’s over 60 years of trust, wow!

Professional Workmanship.

Each of our Everett’s team members goes through a training process upon hire. We believe professional workmanship is shown through our people who know each stage of the landscape process. The detail is in the work!