Landscape Team Leader in Chester

Are you a modern day Skilled Landscaper, 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? 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 want to hear from you

Business Overview:

Walker Landscape and Design is a fast-growing garden design and build company working throughout Cheshire and 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

• Rendering
• Water features

In return for your skills and hard work we will offer:

• A highly competitive salary base salary starting at £35,000 DOE, plus overtime.
• Working on high end luxury projects.
• Uniform and all equipment needed.
• Pension.
• Free onsite parking.
• Company van and fuel card
• Staff well being program including fresh fruit each week and Wagestream, 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 events
• A positive working environment where our employees they 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: £35,000.00-£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