Careers with Cool Ponds
We feel incredibly lucky every day to follow our passions and build incredible things for wonderful people. If you'd like to join our team, check out our career options below.
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Landscape Crew Member
Cool Ponds is hiring landscape crew members. You'll work with our small, amazing team, creating all types of incredible backyard landscaping projects for our customers. There's really no better feeling than seeing that huge smile on customer's face when we've completed their backyard paradise!
Job Description
Here’s what your job will entail:
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Work days Tuesday - Friday 8am - 6pm (you will love having three day weekends!)
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We will train you in everything you need to know about landscaping and pond building. If you have experience in any kind of construction-type work, let us know! Carpentry, electrical, and plumbing knowledge always comes in handy (but is not necessary).
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You will be challenged physically. That’s a guarantee! You can cancel your gym membership: lifting rocks and digging holes is a better workout.
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This is a seasonal job that runs March through November.
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Building water features requires great communication. You’ll work closely with our crew foreman, project manager, and company co-owner.
In the spring and fall, you’ll be doing pond cleanings. You’ll drive one of our company vehicles and either on your own or with another crew member, you’ll drive all over the city to service water features. Customers are so thankful to have you help get their ponds straightened up!
Why Cool Ponds Rocks
We are highly protective of our play time! Our landscape crew works Tuesday through Friday from 8am to 6pm. We work hard during those 40 hour work weeks, but it's worth the sweat for three day weekends!
One of the reasons Cool Ponds has been around since 2004 is our ability to adapt and grow. If you have a way to make Cool Ponds better, we want to hear it. You'll be a part of our team -- not a cog in a machine.
All of us at Cool Ponds have chosen our careers because we genuinely love our work. We love what we do. We have a ton of fun working together. If you're missing joy in your work day, then this is a job for you.
Qualifications
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A proven capacity to do hard work. We ask that you have some sort of labor experience. Although this job is rewarding, it is physically hard! If you have outdoor labor experience, that's a plus.
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A willingness to learn. We will teach you everything you need to know.
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Ability to find the good in every situation. We work in some really tough conditions. Indiana summers are hot. And cleaning a pond in March is cold. If you can work hard and still have a smile on your face, you'll fit in just fine.
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You'll need to love being outdoors. We try to mimic nature as best as we can. To understand how to build a natural waterfall, you'll need to know what a natural waterfall looks like!
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A drive to be better every day. When you work with a small company like ours, every individual attitude makes a big impact. We all strive to be better at our jobs and to be better people. An understanding of your own strengths and a will to improve your weaknesses will not only help yourself -- it'll help your entire team.
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A genuine desire to lead and grow a team. As a landscape foreman at Cool Ponds, building ponds will be the second most important thing you do. The most important thing you'll do is to lead your team.
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Clear communication. You'll be texting, emailing, calling, and speaking face to face not only with your landscape crew but with every member of Cool Ponds. And your customers too.
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A fun-loving attitude. What's the point of working a job if it's no fun to you? We come to work every day excited to be here -- what we do is cool and the people we work with are fun to be around.
Applying
We ask that you please apply in person. We are open Tuesday - Friday 10am - 5pm. We will be having an open job fair on Saturday, February 15 from 8am - 12pm. Be prepared for an on the spot interview.
Physical Demands
In order to perform this job, the landscape foreman and all landscape crew members will be physically required to:
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Lift 80+lbs
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Kneel, bend, crouch, and climb in and out of holes
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Stand for long periods of time
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Ability to communicate orally with customers and crew members
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Operate hand tools such as shovels and pickaxes
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Operate machinery
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Visually observe job site to maintain high safety standards for both Cool Ponds’ employees and customers
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Work outdoors in all types of weather conditions
Please note that we will also require a valid driver’s license and ability to pass a drug test. All Cool Ponds’ property, vehicles, and job sites are tobacco-free.