Landscape Lead Hand - Toronto, Canada - Earthscape Play

Earthscape Play

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Landscape Lead Hand

Permanent Full Time, Toronto, ON
At
Earthscape, we create beautiful, innovative custom playground sculptures and structures that inspire children and adults to creatively play.

By partnering with some of the most prestigious Landscape Architecture firms in North America, we bring brilliant playground concepts to life.

Our award-winning design-build firm is located just outside of Elmira, Ontario.

Who are we looking for?
We are looking for a
Landscape Lead Hand to support our crews in Southwestern Ontario. In this role, you will read and interpret plans, structural drawings, and specifications to accurately build project features.

You will assist in the management of installation projects by determining the sequence of work, performing and delegating tasks to crew members to achieve on-time completion of projects.

In addition, you will communicate professionally with general contractors to update them on project details, and respond to concerns or requests.

This is a full-time, permanent position.

Have two to five years of experience across a broad range of landscaping construction site work (concrete, masonry, carpentry, site layout, site grading and water features);
Can read and interpret scaled drawings and pay attention to all the details that make our playgrounds exceptional places for kids to play;
Are comfortable and skilled operating a variety of landscape machinery;
Recognize the importance of building to high quality standards we always aim to do a job exceptionally well the first time;
Thrive in a busy work environment and respect project timelines and dates;
Are willing to travel overnight (for which a generous travel allowance is provided.)
Are looking for something new, exciting and creative to be a part of; you must have an imagination and great problem solving skills;
Want to be proud of your employer and work for a highly regarded industryrecognized leader;
Are an excellent communicator; capable of being responsible, timely and thorough in coordinating schedules and timetables with subcontractors, material suppliers, staff and the client;
Have a big imagination and great problem solving skills;
Create and encourage a safe work environment for your colleagues;
Have a minimum G license.

At Earthscape, education is valued but your experience, attitude, work-ethic and leadership count most.

What's in it for you?
This job will offer you the opportunity to work on some of North America's most innovative playground projects. The pace, challenges and problem-solving opportunities will mean you are never bored. You will have the chance to develop and refine a wide variety of skills in our rapidly growing business. Your colleagues are dynamic, and highly skilled. They have an impressive range of backgrounds, skills and expertise. Above all they are dedicated to Earthscape's success.

We believe strongly in rewarding our staff with a combination of:

profit sharing and performance bonuses;

- extended health and dental benefits for full-time employees;
- social events throughout the year;
- award-winning projects and designs;
- track record of excellent client relationships.

Compensation
$ /hour commensurate with experience