Are you a modern day Skilled Hard Landscaper, with over 5 years experience working on domestic landscaping projects, who wants to work for an award winning company building luxurious gardens? Do you have enthusiasm for beautiful outdoor spaces? Do 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 working under a Team Leader as a Skilled Landscaper, you will require a keen eye for detail and a high level of hard landscaping skills including experience 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
- Very good understanding of landscape construction
- Good knowledge of H&S requirements
- Tickets / good experience of using Plant Machinery safely
- Experience of laying all types of paving inc porcelain and stone
- Experience of blockwork, brickwork and retaining walls
- Experience of decking, fencing and timber structures
- Experience of shrub, tree planting, turfing
Keys Skills & Responsibilities:
- 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
- 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 £30,000 - £35,000 DOE, plus overtime.
- Working on high end luxury projects.
- Uniform 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 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: £30,000.00-£35,000.00 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:
- Timber and composite decking: 2 years (preferred)
- Laying porcelain and natural stone paving: 3 years (required)
- Blockwork/brickwork: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person
