Hard Landscaper 43819
- Employer
- Fresh Horticultural Careers
- Location
- London (Greater)
- Salary
- 25-28k DOE
- Closing date
- 21 May 2021
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Gardening Jobs, Garden and Landscape Design Jobs
- Sector
- Landscaping
Job Details
Hard Landscaper
An exciting opportunity has opened for a Hard Landscaper to join our clients well established and growing business. Our client is a successful garden design, build and maintenance company established over 20 years ago.
This exciting hands-on role, where you will work closely with your Hard Landscaping foreman within a team of two, offers the opportunity to work on some top end domestic and commercial gardens. You will need hard landscaping experience; some horticultural knowledge is beneficial; a desire to learn and develop is vital. You will need to be good at communicating and enjoy being part of a close-knit team, whilst being able to show initiative.
Job description:
- Support the Hard Landscaping foreman in day-to-day construction works and garden installations to ensure that your gardens reach their full potential.
- Ensure all tools, materials and plants are taken to site when required.
- Ensure that the van is kept clean and tidy with a full set of tools. Reporting any problems immediately.
- Communicate effectively with office based Project Manager to ensure the smooth and timely progression of jobs, highlighting issues that arise.
- Ensure all health and safety procedures are followed.
- Attend staff meetings.
You will need:
- Experience in working off plans.
- To have some experience in stone work and stone construction paving, cladding
- To have some experience in garden timber work decking, trellising and fencing
- To have some understanding of irrigation systems.
- Support the Hard Landscaping foreman to ensure that your gardens reach their full potential.
- Ensure all tools, materials and plants are taken to site when required.
- Ensure that your team’s van is kept clean and tidy with a full set of tools. Reporting any problems immediately.
- Ensure all health and safety procedures are followed.
- To be diplomatic and calm with clients.
- 1-2 years of hard landscaping experience.
- Some horticultural knowledge
Desirable:
- To be skilled in stonework and stone construction paving, cladding
- To be skilled in garden timber work decking, trellising and fencing
- Knowledge of irrigation systems.
- Full clean driver’s license.
- CSCS Accreditation
Reward:
- Ongoing training and development
- 25 days paid holiday + bank holidays
- Discretionary annual bonus
- To work on exciting projects with innovative professionals within a successful, opportunity giving company.
Hours of work: 07.30 - 17.00 with 1 hour off for lunch. Salary: Up to £28,000 Dependant on experience
Company
We possess over 20 years recruitment experience and have specialised in the Gardening, Landscaping and Horticulture industries since 1999. Typically we have 150+ permanent vacancies covering all areas of the horticultural industry, from operatives to senior management.To apply for any of our vacancies please complete our simple online application form by visiting www.freshhortcareers.com.
- Website
- http://www.freshhortcareers.com/
- Telephone
- 020 7793 7825
- Location
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London
SE11 4BA
United Kingdom
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