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About Us

For the better part of the last decade, we’ve introduced ourselves as the company at the intersection of landscape and architecture. While that’s still who we are, we’re focusing our message on a more important part of our business – you! The real thing that’s allowed us to grow our business is a dedication to customer success.

With our material options and Customworks team, designers and contractors across the country can be inspired to dream big and we’ll work with your teams to build big. Whether your project requires standard or custom, large or small, find out why we say that "successful sites start here!"

Places and People

Union City, CA

Tournesol Siteworks’ Headquarters is located in the beautiful Bay Area of Northern California where we’ve been working since 1979. Our facility is in Union City, on the east side of the San Francisco Bay, where we’ve called home since acquiring a 45,000 sf building in 2016. We cast, prep and paint our FRP pots and planters in this facility, as well as assemble our self-watering container systems.

Port Orchard, WA

Our newest facility joined us at the beginning of 2017. Formerly FairWeather Site Furnishings, their capabilities in metal forming and wood processing fit right in with the needs of our customers. In addition to the site furnishing products that they’ve produced for over 30 years, we’re now producing pots and planters in weathering steel at this plant. With capabilities including laser cutting, bending (sheet, strap and rod), lathe cutting, and of course welding, grinding and finishing, we have standard and custom capabilities that mesh seamlessly with the rest of our products. We employ around 35 at this facility, including some sales, project management, and engineering staff along with the local production team.

El Paso, TX

The U.S. half of our TexMex connection is based about three miles as the crow flies from the Mexican border, along US I-10. We receive product cast over the border in our Ciudad Juarez maquiladora, prepping, painting, and assembling as required. While this facility has traditionally processed all our GFRC lightweight concrete products (including fountains), we’ve recently begun processing fiberglass here as well. El Paso serves as a convenient shipping point for orders heading east. We currently have 20 employees at this facility, in a 20,000 sf facility on a 5-acre lot.

Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, MX

Our Mexican maquiladora is officially Tournesol Siteworks S.A. de C.V., and is a Mexican entity wholly owned by Tournesol Siteworks. Lightweight concrete has been the focus here since it was started by Stonewear in 2005, but we’ve recently begun casting FRP fiberglass as well. Since we’ve expanded production, we recently moved into a 65,000sf facility located in one of the earlier (and more central) industrial parks in Ciudad Juarez. We usually employ about 30 at this location, including a dedicated tooling shop, quality, GFRC casting and prep, and FRP casting and prep.

Processes

FRP Fiberglass Pot & Planter Fabrication

Tournesol Siteworks works in fiberglass for many of its pots and planters. We typically cast by hand or with a pneumatic chopper gun, using forms created in our dedicated mold shops. Once cast, the surface is prepped for painting by sanding and touching up with body filler. Each pot is damp-proofed with asphaltic sealant, then painted with industrial-grade acrylic epoxy. The labor-intensive process results in a uniform, consistent quality finish that is incredibly versatile. We wrote the book on making commercial quality planters that won’t bow or warp when filled with soil.

Wood Fabrication

Whether in furnishings, planters, or as decking and construction material, Tournesol Siteworks knows wood. Our Boulevard thermally-modified wood is a domestically grown and treated 25-year alternative to South American hardwoods, and is available in many of our products. Our wood shop in Port Orchard works Douglas Fir, Red Cedar, Ipe, Tigerwood, and a popular milk-bottle based recycled plastic lumber into our benches, tables, receptacles and even bollards. Custom projects are no strangers, either!

Lightweight Concrete

Alkaline-resistant glass fibers substitute for tensioning rebar to allow us to cast concrete in ½”- ¾” thicknesses for most site furnishing applications. The weight makes it easy to ship, handle and place on site, yet strong enough to hold up to high-traffic. Similar to fiberglass, the process uses a concentric system to spray concrete into purpose built forms. After casting, the surface is patched and treated to create many different finish options.

Metal Processing

Tournesol Siteworks has a wide range of metal fabrication capabilities, including laser cutting, bending, shaping, and cutting. Whether starting with metal castings, pipe, sheet metal or strap, the metal fabrication process goes through many labor-intensive steps. Fixturing and years of welding experience ensures quality and consistency in production. Final surface preparation (grinding, blasting) occurs prior to finishing with a zinc-rich primer and epoxy powdercoat for optimal rust protection. Our team has recently begun working in weathering steel, allowing for a whole new range of finishes

Our Culture

Connecting with people is so important, now more than ever. It starts by listening, asking questions, and expanding working relationships. At Tournesol, our brand is centered around collaboration, trust, and delivery - striving to make our contractor customers and specifier partners successful! Our values and actions are displayed through a positive attitude, including critical thinking, culture, and curiosity, which lead to a passionate group of individuals - our team.

Come join our team!

Tournesol is always looking for qualified, high performing individuals to join our team. We’re a small, but rapidly growing manufacturing company specializing in pots, planters and site furnishings. We’re a tight-knit group, we take good care of our people, and our future is bright. Come grow with us! A brief summary of available positions are listed below. Click on Read More to download a pdf copy of a full job description. If this sounds like an opportunity that you’d be interested in, email us at: jobs@tournesol.com with a word-formatted resume with the job title in the subject line. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

HR Coordinator

As the Employee Success Coordinator, you’ll work directly with the Employee Success Manager and the Head of Finance and Administration to maintain and enhance the organization’s human resources functions by assisting the managers in the daily HR needs of company. You’ll be based in our corporate office in Union City, CA. You’ll have a direct hand in accomplishing our #1 goal – a successful project in every way.

Union City, CA

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Product Marketing Manager

As the Product Marketing Manager, you’ll work directly with the Director of Marketing and with the Product Innovations Group to communicate the value of current and new products to our marketspace. The Product Marketing Manager will be focused on empowering go-to-market teams such as sales, support, customer success and account management by identifying a coherent marketing strategy for the product, shaping communications and product positioning. You’ll be expected to know our market and understand its competitive environment, the customer base, and stay on top of developing market trends. You’ll have a direct hand in accomplishing our #1 goal – a successful project in every way.

Union City, CA; El Paso, TX or Port Orchard, WA

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CAD Technician

As a CAD Technician, you’ll work under the direction of engineering management as part of a multi-functional team in support of engineering group efforts and directives. Focus will be on standard products, sustaining and new product development, and on custom projects with our Customworks group through 3D and 2D prototyping and documentation following team member instructions for developing a design, working with computer models, and detailing necessary information for production and customers. You’ll have a direct hand in accomplishing our #1 goal – a successful project in every way.

El Paso, TX or Port Orchard, WA

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Customer Success Coordinator

As a Customer Success Coordinator, you’ll support a Regional Sales Manager and an Inside Salesperson in a designated territory. You’ll provide coordination between clients, production, accounting and sales teams through the timely exchange of information and resolution of requests, via telephone, email and mail. You’ll work directly with clients, including landscape architects and designers, general contractors, and our national distributor network. You’ll be based in one of our manufacturing locations (Union City, CA; El Paso, TX or Port Orchard, WA) and you’ll be required to travel occasionally to our other facilities. You’ll have a direct hand in accomplishing our #1 goal – a successful project in every way.

Union City, CA; El Paso, TX or Port Orchard, WA

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Estimator

As an Estimator, you’ll work with the Head of Sales and other Team Leads to support the Sales team, in reviewing and quantifying landscape construction plans. You’ll use Salesforce and other electronic tools to identify and quantify construction plans, and will communicate directly with contractors, landscape architects and designers. You’ll be generating quotes on range of projects and products, including planters, site furnishings and fountains. You’ll be based in one of our manufacturing locations (Union City, CA, El Paso, TX or Port Orchard, WA) and will be required to travel occasionally to other facilities. You will have a direct hand in accomplishing our #1 goal – a successful project in every way.

Union City, CA; El Paso, TX or Port Orchard, WA

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General Laborer

As a Fabrication Worker, you will work under the direction of the Production Leads and directly with the Production Manager processing steel and wood using saws, rolling equipment, drill presses, punches, grinders and other processing equipment. Operator will also be involved in processing materials for custom products from drawings/blueprints. You’ll be based in our Port Orchard, WA manufacturing facility. You’ll have a direct hand in accomplishing our #1 goal – a successful project in every way.

Port Orchard, WA

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Metal Worker

As a Metal Worker, you will work under the direction of the Metal Fabrication Lead and directly with the Production Team processing steel and other materials using saws, rolling equipment, drill presses, punches, grinders and other metal processing equipment. Operator will also be involved in processing materials for custom products from drawings/blueprints. You’ll be based in our Port Orchard, WA manufacturing facility. You’ll have a direct hand in accomplishing our #1 goal – a successful project in every way.

Port Orchard, WA

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Powder Coating Operator/Painter

As a Powder Coating Operator/Painter, you will work under the direction of the Production Manager and directly with the Production Finishing Team preparing surfaces and applying coatings to steel and other materials. The Operator/Painter will also be involved in prepping, masking, and plugging products prior to applying coatings. Employee will be based in our Port Orchard, WA manufacturing facility. You will have a direct hand in accomplishing our #1 goal – a successful project in every way.

Port Orchard, WA

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QA/Safety Coordinator

As a QA/Safety Coordinator, you will work under the direction of the Plant Manager and with the Corporate Safety Director to ensure a safe and healthy work environment by implementing safety and health programs and objectives, as well as coordinating safety training programs. They will also be responsible for overseeing the quality assurance of our manufacturing team, including inspecting incoming product from our sister facility in Mexico and other manufacturing partners overseas. The QA/Safety Coordinator will be based in our Union City, CA manufacturing facility. You will have a direct hand in accomplishing our #1 goal – a successful project in every way.

Union City, CA

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