Employment Opportunities | Platt Hill Nursery

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Come grow with us

At Platt Hill Nursery, we believe that our success stems from the dedication of our exceptional team. This is your chance to explore a variety of rewarding employment opportunities where you can cultivate your passion for plants and customer service in a vibrant, supportive environment. Your journey toward a fulfilling career starts here, we invie you to come blossom with a career at Platt Hill Nursery!

We are dedicated to providing our customers with only the best in customer service and product offerings. We are retail! Further, we are committed to our staff and to providing a positive work environment wherein our employees can achieve career growth and fulfillment in fast paced, challenging, team based and goal oriented company culture.   

Our Benefit Package Includes:*

  • Health and Life insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Holidays
  • Continuing Education
  • Employee Discounts
  • Company Uniforms
* Health and Life Insurance, Paid Vacation and Paid Holidays are only for FT positions; waiting period may apply.

APPLICATION: Click Here for our Platt Hill Nursery Employment Application

Requirements for all available positions:

(All positions require these skills and attributes. Please refer to each location’s employment opportunities, listed on this page, to view additional requirements for specific positions.)

 

  • Friendly and service-oriented personality (in person and on the phone).
  • Initiative! – if you see something that needs to be done,  or an area where you can lend a hand, rise to the challenge and make it happen!
  • Ability to work quickly and accurately, even under pressure.
  • Highly detail oriented.
  • Effective multi-tasking and basic math skills.
  • Ability to bend, lift items up to 25 pounds or more, and stand on feet for long periods of time
  • Ability to work outside in all kinds of weather and temperatures.
  • Willing and available to work retail hours.
  • Reliability and Highly Self-Motivated
  • Coachable – learn quickly and put new knowledge into action.
  • Enthusiastic Teamwork.

Hiring Event February 15th 2025

Please come join us at our job fair from 9:00am – 11:00am for both locations, Carpentersville, IL and Bloomingdale, IL  You will be able to meet the manager and interview with them the day of the job fair. We look forward to meeting you. 

We are hiring for spring seasonal , part time; non exempt, hourly pay

Bloomingdale and Carpentersville Cashier

Job duties:

  • Operate cash regiter and POS
  • Greet Customers in a courteous, friendly manner in peron and on the phone
  • Direct phone calls to the proper department
  • Receive, unpack, price and display merchandise
  • Maintain a neat and clean store
  • Other duties assigned

Bloomingdale and Carpentersville Greenhouse Sales

Job Duties: 

  • Greet the customers in a courteous and friendly manner
  • Inform customers of weekly sales
  • Direct the customers to proper sales areas for products desired
  • Answer customers questions on plant culture
  • Provide physical assitance when necesary
  • Recieve and price new plant material
  • Other duties assigned

Bloomingdale and Carpentersville Nursery Sales

Job Duties:

  • Greet customers professionally
  • Aid in sales of nursery product lines; provide customers assistance
  • Selling (person to person and telephone)
  • Recommend products to customers
  • Maintain straight rows and neat sharp blocks of plants
  • Install plant description signs on standards as needed; replace worn, torn, or weathered signs
  • Monitor which plants are dry
  • Other duties as assigned                                                                                                                                                 

Bloomingdale and Carpentersville Nursery Hardgoods and Carryout

Job Duties: 

  • Loading merchandise into customer vehicles
  •   Sweeping – maintaining a neat and clean appearance in designated area
  •  Bring carts/wagons from the parking lot into sales yard.
  •  Disposing of trash
  •  Organizing and maintaining displays; keep bagged products stacked neatly/repair torn bags.
  •  Operating the scale to weigh products.
  •  Pricing nursery
  •  Answering customer inquiries to the best of your knowledge or to direct the customer to the proper personnel.
  •   Other duties as assigned

 

Send your resume/application to hr@platthillnursery.com and be sure to bring a copy to the job fair