Garden Maintenance Team Leader

Green by Nature; North Sydney; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tool of trade vehicle provided

Job summary

Green by Nature in New South Wales is seeking a Garden Maintenance Team Leader to oversee a dedicated maintenance run across prestigious landscapes. You will lead hands-on horticulture, set high standards, and mentor a small team to deliver exceptional results for valued clients.

Ideal candidates bring experience in high-end residential garden maintenance, strong plant knowledge, and a passion for quality. A driver’s licence is required; the role offers a vehicle for work use and opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in horticulture, landscaping or garden maintenance.
• Strong plant identification and horticultural knowledge.
• Experience maintaining high-quality landscapes or gardens.
• Background in premium residential garden maintenance highly regarded.
• Previous leadership experience or ability to lead and develop others.
• Excellent attention to detail and pride in your work.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.
• Current Driver's Licence.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a garden maintenance team.
• Perform detailed horticultural maintenance across premium sites.
• Pruning, hedging, planting, mulching, weed and pest management.
• Monitor plant health and recommend improvements.
• Ensure sites meet high presentation standards.
• Build relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Maintain equipment, safety standards and daily work plans.
• Champion safe work practices and quality outcomes.

Skills

Proven horticulture experience

Plant identification knowledge

Premium landscape maintenance

Leadership ability

Attention to detail

Communication and customer service

Driver's licence

Job description

Garden Maintenance Team Leader

Are you a passionate horticulturalist who takes pride in creating and maintaining exceptional landscapes?

We're seeking an experienced Garden Maintenance Team Leader to join our team, leading an established maintenance run across a portfolio of high-profile and award-winning landscape sites. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys hands-on horticulture, leading by example and delivering outstanding results for valued clients.

While the sites you'll maintain are not residential properties, this role will particularly suit someone who has developed their skills in high-end residential garden maintenance and is looking to apply that level of plant knowledge, presentation and attention to detail across prestigious landscape environments.

About the Role

As a Garden Maintenance Team Leader, you'll lead a small team responsible for delivering detailed horticultural maintenance to an exceptional standard. You'll work across a well-established run with longstanding clients, ensuring landscapes continue to thrive and present at their very best.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a garden maintenance team.
• Perform detailed horticultural maintenance across premium landscape sites.
• Pruning, hedging, planting, mulching, weed and pest management.
• Monitor plant health and recommend improvements where required.
• Ensure sites consistently meet the highest presentation standards.
• Build strong relationships with clients and key stakeholders.
• Maintain equipment, safety standards and daily work programmes.
• Champion safe work practices and quality outcomes.

About You

• Proven experience in horticulture, landscaping or garden maintenance.
• Strong plant identification and horticultural knowledge.
• Experience maintaining high-quality landscapes or gardens.
• A background in premium residential garden maintenance will be highly regarded.
• Previous leadership experience or the ability to lead and develop others.
• Excellent attention to detail and pride in your work.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.
• Current Driver's Licence.

What's on Offer?

• Work on high-profile and award-winning landscape sites.
• Established maintenance run with longstanding key clients.
• Tool of trade vehicle provided.
• Supportive team environment with opportunities for career development.
• Variety, autonomy and responsibility in your day-to-day work.
• Join a team that values quality workmanship, safety and professional growth.

If you're a horticultural professional looking to take the next step in your career and work on some of the region's most prestigious landscape sites, we'd love to hear from you.