Gardener/versatile Forestry Worker

**Job description**

A large private estate located in Burgundy, near Autun, is seeking a **full-time, live-in employee**for a permanent position (CDI). The role involves contributing to the **upkeep of a forested park, a large kitchen garden, and a formal French garden**, working as part of a versatile team of approximately ten people, under the supervision of an estate manager.

**Responsibilities**

Main Responsibilities:

- Maintaining and gardening a one-hectare kitchen garden combining flowers, fruits, and vegetables.
- Maintaining forest paths and meadows.
- Pruning and caring for trees.
- Regularly trimming boxwood and hedges.
- Performing various other tasks related to the general maintenance of the estate (painting, weeding, fence maintenance, leaf collection, minor repairs, occasionally looking after small farm animals, etc.).

Garden & Kitchen Garden (Spring/Summer):

- Gardening a one-hectare vegetable garden (sowing, tracking growth, harvesting).
- Trimming boxwood and hedges in a large formal French garden.
- Demonstrating a strong aesthetic sense and attention to detail.

Forest & Outdoor Work:

- Driving and operating a tractor.
- Using agricultural equipment (mulcher, flail mower, baler, etc.).
- Maintaining tools and equipment (e.g., sharpening chainsaws).
- Using a chainsaw for felling and cutting wood.
- Performing forestry maintenance (clearing young plants, removing fallen trees, brush clearing).
- Producing firewood (cutting, splitting).
- Installing fences (wooden rail and wire).

**Requirements**:

- Hard-working, versatile, discreet, honest, and proactive with a positive attitude
- Able to work effectively in a team.
- Training or significant experience in **horticulture, forestry, or landscape gardening.**:

- Strong references required (a portfolio or photos of previous work may be requested).
- **Driver’s license (Category B)** required.

**Work conditions**
- **Contract Length**: Permanent (CDI)
- **Pay Intervals**: Monthly
- **Working Days**: Monday to Friday
- **Working Hours**: 35 hours per week (with variations during busy periods)
- **Accommodation**: On-site accommodation provided (suitable for a family)

**Salary**

Negotiable, dependent on experience.