Assistant Gardener: Garden Maintenance (100%)

Stadt Winterthur

Winterthur

Key information

Publication date:05 November 2025
Workload:100%
Contract type:Permanent position
Place of work:Winterthur

Job summary

Stadtgrün Winterthur cares for the city's green spaces and forests. Join a team dedicated to enhancing the quality of Winterthur as a living and business environment.

Tasks

Maintain lawns, meadows, and plant areas for optimal health.
Perform planting, tree care, and shrub maintenance tasks.
Assist with simple renovations and ensure safe tool use.

Skills

Completed apprenticeship in gardening or relevant experience required.
Strong knowledge in green space maintenance and care.
Team-oriented with a high sense of safety and responsibility.

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Stadtgrün Winterthur plans, maintains, and manages the green and open spaces, the forest, the Bruderhaus wildlife park, the five cemeteries, as well as the crematorium of the garden city Winterthur. Our services are central to the quality of the garden city Winterthur as a residential and business location.

Your Tasks

Responsibility for the maintenance of lawns, meadows, and planting areas

Carrying out plantings, sowings, tree care work (in the trunk and tree pit area), young tree care work as well as shrub pruning and shrub care

Taking on simple craft work as well as conversions, renovation work

Ensuring competent and safe operation of machines and tools

Your Profile

Completed vocational training as a gardener EBA with a focus on garden maintenance or have verifiable several years of experience in garden maintenance, care, e.g. specialist in operational maintenance or in agriculture

Solid knowledge in the field of green space maintenance

Confident and careful handling of machines and equipment

Team player, convincing, highly independent as well as high safety and risk awareness

Driver's license category B (BE advantageous)

What We Offer

At least 5 weeks of vacation

Regular working hours (seasonal)

Diverse internal course offerings

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

Further benefits can be found on our website.

Contact

Your questions about the position will be gladly answered by Josuas Schwager, Senior Gardener District East, phone +41 79 811 03 53.
Learn more? https://stadt.winterthur.ch/

We look forward to your online application.

Categories:

Construction / Architecture / Engineer, Construction Work / Scaffolding / Machinery