Helper - Horticulture

Job ID: 13270-2026-00003756-1-S
Place of work: 66663 Merzig
Offer type: Workplace
Date: 1.8.2026
Time limit: bis 31.7.2028
Working hours: Full-time
Job description
Company:

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE CENTRE

Federal Armed Forces Service Centre Zweibrücken

Job description:

The job description has been shortened: The full description including the application process can be found at the end under "Application information (employer's website)".

- You will be responsible for carrying out landscape maintenance work, e.g. Border maintenance, pruning, lawn maintenance, cleaning of traffic areas, ditch maintenance, cleaning of building and cellar entrances as well as rubbish and container storage areas, emptying rubbish bins, sports field maintenance, cooperation in tree felling and follow-up work, etc., as well as operating garden and landscape trees. as well as operating gardening and landscaping machinery (single-axle tractors, ride-on mowers, small tractors).
- You will operate, guide and maintain small motorised equipment (including brush cutters, hedge trimmers, leaf blowers) and be responsible for minor repairs.
- You will keep trip documentation, work records and allowance sheets.
- You will work in winter maintenance. The performance of this task is associated with on-call duty or standby duty.
- Participation in training and further education is required.
- The position is to be filled on 01.08.2026.
- WHAT COUNTS FOR YOU
- You will initially be employed for two years on a fixed-term contract. Permanent employment is intended, but is dependent on the result of the security check (see qualification requirements).
- You can expect an attractive salary.
- You will be graded up to pay group E 3 of the collective agreement for the public service (TVöD).
- The activities are to be carried out on site at the office. Full-time or part-time is possible.
- You will have the opportunity to participate in sports and health programmes during working hours within a defined framework.

Qualification requirements:

WHAT COUNTS FOR US

- You have a category B driving licence and a category B Bundeswehr driving licence or are willing to obtain one. You agree to drive a service vehicle.
- You are committed to the free democratic basic order in the sense of the Basic Law through your entire behaviour.
- You are in good health and physically resilient, as the performance of your duties places the following demands on you:

- Working standing or walking for up to 8 hours a day.
- Working under the influence of the weather (heat, cold, wet).
- Working on slopes with gradients of 35° - 45° for several hours per shift.
- Noise pollution with an average of 100 db (A), in individual cases up to 120 db (A).
- Lifting heavy loads of up to 30 kg several times a day, occasionally up to 50 kg.
- Working in forced postures (kneeling, overstretching, bending forward, etc.).
- Exposure to vibrations (whole-body vibration / hand-arm vibration).

- You agree to take part in a medical pre-employment medical examination.
- Successful completion of the level Ü 2 sabotage protection security check is mandatory to fill the advertised position. Based on this requirement, you will initially be employed on a fixed-term contract if all other requirements are met. If you do not pass the security check, the employment relationship will not be terminated.
WANTED
- You are authorised to operate a chainsaw.
- You have knowledge of handling small motorised equipment and previous experience of working with gardening and landscaping machinery.
- You have previous knowledge of the above-mentioned work and an interest in nature and plants.

Additional information:

Please apply preferably online via the Bundeswehr application portal. This will speed up the selection process.

For further information, please contact:

06332-5665-5226 Ms Lenzen

06332-5665-5227 Ms Pirmann
Application information
Remuneration:
not specified
Application period:
12.5.2026 - 9.6.2026
Application type(s):
  • via Internet
Company:
Bundeswehr location
22er Street 25
66482 Zweibrücken
Palatinate
https://bewerbung.bundeswehr-karriere.de/

Enquiries:
Kostenfreie Karriere Hotline

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