Job Responsibility:

About the position

We're looking for someone to perform carry-outs and help in the Garden Centre of our Pictou Home Hardware store. When it's busy, you'll be loading customers' cars with bags of soil and mulch (and other things too). During other times, you'll be watering plants, cleaning up, or helping our seasonal staff with various other tasks. This is a full-time three-month position.

Key Responsibilities:

-Loading/unloading customer`s vehicles, ensuring that the proper product is given according to the customer's invoice. Always verify the customers have a paid invoice before loading their vehicle.

-Customer carry-outs inside the store/outside garden center as required.

-Keep the area around the pallets of soil, mulches, etc. neat and clean at all times. This includes sweeping the parking lot around the pallets, cutting away plastic from pallets, keeping the stock on pallets stacked neatly (stack if necessary), always having a pallet of each item opened, making sure that all pallets have proper signs that look good and that have accurate pricing. Replace any missing signs.

-Any pallet items that need to be tarped are kept covered and covered at the end of each shift. (pelletized lime)

-Help with the outside garden center, sweeping, on cash, watering plants, filling, and facing stock.

-Help unload plant trucks and display the current stock in the greenhouse

Requirements:

-Able to lift 75lbs





-Able to work in a variety of weather conditions, rain, wind, heat/humidity, and cold.

-Cash training is required

-Assemblies as required (wheelbarrows, rakes, furniture, firepits, barbeques etc.)

-A knowledge and love of plants and flowers would be considered an asset.

Schedule:

-Working one weekend day per week or two every two weeks.

-9:30-6 pm weekdays, varies on weekends.

To Apply: Our preferred application method is for you to fill in an application and bring it to the Project Desk at the Pictou store (84 Weaver Road). Applications are available at the checkout, or online for printing at: (scroll to the bottom of the page and download the PDF retail application form). Note that this job is not listed on the Home Hardware website; this is simply a way to access the application form.

Submissions without a Home Hardware application form will not be considered. If you have already completed an application in the last few months there is no need to do another one. Please send a message and we will look up your application.

Job Types: Full-time, SeasonalContract length: 3 months

Pay: $16.20 per hour

Expected hours: 35 - 40 per week

Benefits:

- On-site parking
- Store discount

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Weekends as needed

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus pay

Work Location: In person

📌 Carry Out Person (Pictou)
🏢 Proudfoots Home Hardware Building Centre
📍 Pictou