Horticultural Maintenance Specialist Interior Focus

 

Purpose Statement

Hoffman Design Group’s purpose is to leave people and their environments in a better place than we found them.

Why This Role Matters

Interior environments are living systems. Without thoughtful care and observation, those systems slowly decline.

As a Horticulture Mant, you are a trusted caretaker of the environments our clients experience every day. Your work ensures plants remain healthy, spaces feel alive, and the environments we create continue to perform as intended.

The work may happen quietly and behind the scenes, but it matters deeply. The health of these environments and the experience people have within them depend on your care.

Core Responsibilities

Steward Plant Health

  • Provide expert care for all interior plants through observation, watering, pruning, cleaning, fertilization, and appropriate replacement recommendations.

Manage Your Route with Ownership

  • Plan and execute service routes efficiently while maintaining consistent care standards across all assigned client environments.

Communicate Clearly and Professionally

  • Maintain clear communication with clients and the Interior Operations Lead regarding plant performance, service needs, and site conditions.

Represent the HDG Standard

  • Act in ways that reflect the professionalism, care, and attention to detail that define Hoffman Design Group.

Daily Freedom & Responsibility

This role operates on trust, not micromanagement. Interior Living Systems Specialists are empowered to make thoughtful decisions in the field, solve problems in real time, and communicate when support is needed.

Freedom to organize the work. Responsibility for the results.

Operational Structure

Horticulture Maintenance Specialists operate within the service system coordinated by the Interior Service Lead. This structure ensures routes remain organized, service requests are addressed quickly, and client environments receive consistent care.

Key Expectations

• Maintain plant health across all assigned client environments.

• Maintain professional communication with clients and teammates.

• Complete service documentation accurately and on time.

• Contribute ideas that improve service quality and route efficiency.

• Represent the Hoffman Design Group brand with professionalism.

Basic Qualifications

  • Clean driving record

  • Ability to work independently and manage a service route

  • Strong interpersonal and customer communication skills

  • Interest in horticulture and plant care

  • Ability to use basic digital tools for communication and reporting

  • Valid driver’s license and social security number

  • Minimum high school diploma or the equivalent

  • Must be energetic, motivated, hardworking, honest, reliable, responsible and love working with plants

  • Comfortable working outdoors, even in the winter months

Preferred Qualifications

The following are qualifications that are not required but are prefered:

  • 1+ Year of Plant Maintenance Experience

  • Ability to drive a 14 ft truck

  • Hardscaping and Carpentry Experience

  • Knowledge of Philadelphia’s Center City

  • Reliable Fully Insured Personal Vehicle

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

  • Ability to physically participate in installations and maintenance which may require moderately heavy lifting/carrying

  • Ability to climb ladders

  • Push and maneuver any size portable water machine necessary for interior maintenance

  • Stand and walk for extended periods of time

  • Work across varying interior environmental conditions

  • Drive between service locations as required

Details & Compensation

We have current openings in our Suburban and Urban routes

  • Our Suburban routes are primarily in the King of Prussia/202 Corridor/Exton area

  • Our Urban routes are currently in and around Center City Philadelphia

Hoffman is currently recruiting for part time and full time Horticulture Maintenance Specialists with Interior Focus

  • $18-$25 per hour based on experience

  • Paid Time Off

Full Time Only

  • 401K with employee match

  • Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

 
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