Company Overview:
Millennium Investments is a leading force in construction and real estate development, with a legacy of creating world-class properties like The Crane and East Resort. Our commitment to innovation, quality, and excellence drives every project we undertake. We invite you to join our team of over 600 employees, to work at one of the most unique hospitality properties in Barbados and the oldest operating hotel in the Caribbean.
We are seeking a Landscaper to join our dynamic team and play a key role in supporting the Landscaping function within our organisation. In this position, you will be eligible for employee benefits such as health and life insurance, exclusive employee discounts in our Food & Beverage Outlets, exclusive discounts to stay at our resorts, exclusive rates for 50+ affiliate resorts worldwide and discounts on gym membership.
Applications open to Barbadian nationals, CARICOM Nationals eligible to work in Barbados or eligible for Free Movement of Skills/Labour Certificate and Foreign Nationals with permission to reside and work in Barbados.
Role Overview:
Perform work required for the maintenance and development of the lawns, landscape beds, trees, irrigation systems, and general grounds around the property.
Main Key Responsibilities:
- Trim shrubs and cultivate garden.
- Trim and pick flowers and clean flowers beds.
- Gather and remove litter, garden waste, debris from the grounds and property.
- Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning shears, and other landscaping maintenance tools as required.
- Soil cultivation, digging, forking, watering, raking, weeding, edging, pruning, seed sowing, bed preparation and planters.
- Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, and shrubs, and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools.
- Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing and removing thatch, and trimming and edging around flower beds, walks, and walls.
- Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, and trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
- Maintain irrigation systems and use irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste.
- Maintain the hand tools and power operated equipment e.g weed wackers, mowers etc.
- Plant plants and maintain exterior and interior landscaping in accordance with the landscape plan.
- Anticipate guests’ needs, respond promptly, and acknowledge all guests, however busy and whatever time of day.
- Maintain positive guest relations at all times.
- Be familiar with all hotel services/features and local attractions/activities to respond to guest inquiries accurately.
- Resolve guest complaints, ensuring guest satisfaction.
- Monitor and maintain cleanliness, sanitation and organization of assigned work areas.
- Regularly inspect assigned work areas to insure proper standards are maintained.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Secondary school education
- Two or more years’ experience in propagation techniques, proper handling and use of all landscaping machinery, or an equivalent combination of education and experience such as an associate degree
- Well-developed skills in all aspects of horticulture
- Knowledge of a range of grounds hand-tools
- Good working knowledge of horticultural management and maintenance practices
- Knowledge of horticultural methods of planting, cultivating, pruning, caring for trees and lawns
- Knowledge of safe working practices including safe lifting techniques, and techniques for safe handling, storage and disposal of hazardous materials
- Demonstrate good communication skills and practices to be able to work cohesively with co-workers as part of a team to serve internal and external customers.
Desired Qualities:
- Work with minimal supervision.
- Perform job functions with attention to detail, speed, and accuracy.
- Able to prioritize, organize, and follow up.
- Able to stand for extended periods of time during shifts
- Able to walk interrupted for long distances on a daily basis
- Able to lift, carry and move light to heavy weights, up to 35kg on a regular basis
- Able to push, pull, guide materials over 35kg
- Able to stretch, bend, climb, stoop, squat, crouch for extended periods of time during shifts
Applications close on August 31, 2026.
Please note that only suitably qualified applicants will be invited to interview.
