Are you a modern day Landscaping Team Leader, with over 5 years experience of running your own projects, who wants to work for an award winning company building luxurious gardens? Do you have enthusiasm for beautiful outdoor spaces? Would you relish the opportunity of working on design and builds that are some of the best in the country? Do you want to work for a company who nurtures and supports the talent and growth of its employees? If this sounds like you, then read on...we want to hear from you!
Business Overview:
Walker Landscape and Design is a fast-growing garden design and build company based in Chester working throughout the North West. We design and build gardens that are uniquely tailored to each of our client’s specific needs, tastes and lifestyles, are built with the highest quality workmanship and finished to the highest of standards that provide our clients many years of enjoyment. Great customer service and communication are at the heart of everything we do, and are key to delivering our clients with a seamless landscaping experience, from initial enquiry through to delivery of the finished garden and beyond.
Job Purpose:
The role is a Working Landscaping Team Leader role, you will require a keen eye for detail and a high level of hard landscaping skills including excellence in paving, decking, blockwork and brickwork. We build excellent gardens for our discerning clients, and as such you will have an extremely high level of technical skills, you will be professional and have an approachable manner at all times.
Key Knowledge & Experience:
- Relevant experience/qualification in landscaping
- Experience of leading a team
- Very good understanding of landscape construction
- Good principles of horticulture
- Good knowledge of H&S requirements
- Ability to plan project budgets, timelines and manage staff
- Tickets / good experience of using Plant Machinery safely
- Excellent knowledge and experience of laying all types of paving inc porcelain and stone
- Excellent knowledge and experience of blockwork, brickwork and retaining walls
- Excellent knowledge and experience of decking, fencing and timber structures
- Shrub, tree planting, turfing.
Keys Skills & Responsibilities:
- Deliver, and oversee key domestic landscaping projects
- Understanding of design drawings and setting out sites and levels
- Able to plan, prioritise and work to deadlines
- Ability to problem solve
- Ensure you and your team adhere to H&S guidelines and wear correct PPE
Desirable skills/experience
We would be particularly interested in hearing from you if you have experience in:
- Swimming Pools
- Bioclimatic Pergolas
- Garden Buildings
- Rendering
- Water features
In return for your skills and hard work we will offer:
- A highly competitive salary base salary starting at £37,000 - £40,000 DOE, plus overtime.
- Company van and fuel card.
- Working on high end luxury projects.
- Uniform, PPE and all equipment needed.
- Pension.
- Free onsite parking.
- Staff well being program including fresh fruit each week and Stream, a financial well being app offering free financial support and advice, and ability to access wages in advance of pay day.
- Company events, Summer and Christmas socials.
- Continued training.
- A positive working environment, part of a great team, where our employees feel challenged, are able to grow in their roles and have a sense of pride and achievement in what they do.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £37,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Chester, Cheshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Laying porcelain and natural stone paving: 3 years (required)
- Timber and composite decking: 3 years (required)
- Blockwork/brickwork: 3 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person
