Strata Garden Maintenance Manager - Surrey, Canada - Heartwood Gardenworks

Description

Heartwood Gardenworks Ltd.

is searching for a responsible, self-starter to join a rapidly growing landscape maintenance company providing services to exclusive strata properties and estates in the South Surrey / White Rock area.

This role is an excellent opportunity for the right individual to grow their career path in this industry with a well-established family business with deep roots in the community, a supportive team culture and wonderful colleagues.

We know how to have fun and celebrate our successes but rely on each other

to be hard working and accountable as a team and a company, ensuring we represent the best in service to our clients.

The landscape foreperson's responsibilities include overseeing the maintenance of existing grounds, ensure the growth and vibrancy of our plants, flowers, lawn, and garden structures.

supporting and overseeing small projects such and landscape installations, monitoring and training workers, supervising use of equipment, ensuring health and safety on the site and supporting various administrative duties.

You should also have leadership skills and sound knowledge of Integrated Pest Management.

To be successful, you should be able to both follow and provide instructions, be a keen problem-solver, possess remarkable communication skills with team and clients and have a creative eye for design.

A top-notch landscape foreperson should constantly be expanding their horticulture knowledge.


Landscape Foreman Responsibilities:

• Delegating tasks and overseeing the use of tools and equipment.
• Assessing progress and making recommendations.
• Ensuring all crew members obey health and safety regulations at all times.
• Supervise and coordinate groundkeepers to ensure wellmaintained grounds, proper use of tools, and

responsible allocation of resources.

• Assign tasks, train workers, monitor performance, and provide material and cost estimates if required
• Manage projects to ensure completion, including contributing to work efforts
• Completing landscape projects as assigned.
• Overseeing maintenance of lawns and gardens, and ensuring proper use of pesticides, fertilizers, and other

chemicals.

• Completing inventory checks and equipment inspections.
• Assisting in recruiting and training new crew members
• Preparing documentation as requested cost, material, equipment, performance updates and time

estimates.

• Scheduling training sessions wherever required.

We offer competitive salaries, on-the-job training, state-of-the-art facilities and a great team environment.
Employees will have access to Health Care Spending accounts and offsite educational and training
opportunities.


Landscape Foreman Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Knowledge of tools and equipment used in landscaping.
• Onthejob training as a landscape crew member.
• Relevant certificate or training related to landscape or horticulture is an asset
• Experience in a manager role would be advantageous.
• Ability to provide clear written and verbal instructions.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
$26.00-$30.00 per hour


Benefits:

• Company car
• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Onsite parking
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision care

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Language:

• English (preferred)

Licence/Certification:
- driver's (required)


Work Location:
In person