Landscape Maintenance Landscaper
Job Summary
Looking for a landscape maintenance role where youre trusted to get on with the job finish early and still have opportunities to develop your career
Were recruiting for a well-established and growing commercial and industrial landscape contractor looking for an experienced Landscape Maintenance Crew Member to join their Brisbane team.
This is not residential garden maintenance.
Youll be working exclusively across commercial and industrial landscapes including industrial estates warehouses and distribution facilities business parks schools and commercial developments.
Your primary focus will be landscape maintenance but if youre interested in broadening your experience theres also the opportunity to get involved with the companys landscape projects and soft-landscape construction team.
Whats on offer
- $40 per hour super depending on experience and capability
- 6:00am2:00pm Monday to Friday
- No weekend roster
- Permanent full-time position
- Contracted maintenance portfolio providing year-round work
- Paid day off for your birthday
- Uniform and PPE supplied
- Company vehicle and plant provided where required
- Tickets licences and relevant training supported and funded
- Genuine progression to Leading Hand Foreman or Supervisor
- Supportive approachable management
- A down-to-earth team with a no big egos culture
Youll work across an established portfolio of commercial and industrial sites throughout South East Queensland.
This isnt a role where someone needs to stand over you all day.
Were looking for someone capable of taking responsibility for their allocated sites planning the work delivering them to a high standard and identifying anything that needs attention.
Day to day youll be involved in:
- Commercial and industrial landscape maintenance
- Zero-turn ride-on and push mowing
- Edging brushcutting and blowing
- Hedging and pruning
- Weed and pest control
- Plant health and landscape presentation
- Turf maintenance
- Basic irrigation checks and repairs
- Operating and maintaining landscape machinery and equipment
- Completing site reporting checklists and before/after photos via phone or tablet
- Liaising professionally with clients and site contacts
- Supporting less experienced crew members when required
Attitude is just as important as ability.
Were looking for someone whos reliable takes pride in their work can work independently and is the sort of person others enjoy having in the crew.
Ideally youll bring:
- Around 3 years commercial industrial or body corporate landscape maintenance experience
- Good plant identification and practical horticultural knowledge
- Confidence operating zero-turn and ride-on mowers and other landscape equipment
- A current Queensland drivers licence and confidence towing a plant trailer
- White Card
- ACDC licence or willingness to obtain one
- Good attention to detail and pride in site presentation
- Confidence dealing professionally with clients and site contacts
- Ability to use a smartphone or tablet for daily job reporting
- The ability to work independently and manage your day
The business has two growing areas - commercial landscape maintenance and landscape projects - which creates genuine opportunities for the right person.
If you enjoy maintenance and want to stay on the tools theres plenty of ongoing work. If youd like to progress into a Leading Hand Foreman or Supervisor position theres a genuine pathway to do so.
And if youd like more variety youll have the opportunity to work alongside the projects team and gain further exposure to landscape installation and construction.
Required Skills:
What were looking for Attitude is just as important as ability. Were looking for someone whos reliable takes pride in their work can work independently and is the sort of person others enjoy having in the crew. Ideally youll bring: Around 3 years commercial industrial or body corporate landscape maintenance experience Good plant identification and practical horticultural knowledge Confidence operating zero-turn and ride-on mowers and other landscape equipment A current Queensland drivers licence and confidence towing a plant trailer White Card ACDC licence or willingness to obtain one Good attention to detail and pride in site presentation Confidence dealing professionally with clients and site contacts Ability to use a smartphone or tablet for daily job reporting The ability to work independently and manage your day A Certificate III in Horticulture or Landscape Construction irrigation experience chainsaw EWP skid steer or loader tickets would all be well regarded but arent essential.