Landscape Maintenance

Select People; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 54,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

Job summary

Select People in Brisbane is seeking a hands-on Garden Team Leader to run a small maintenance crew across luxury residential properties. You will stay hands-on while ensuring quality, managing daily schedules and coordinating with the management team in a family-like environment.

The role offers a permanent, full-time position with Monday to Friday work, a company vehicle, and autonomy to deliver excellent garden care.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a small garden maintenance crew.
• Hands-on leadership with a focus on quality.
• Experience with high-end residential gardens.
• Ability to manage day-to-day scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate a small garden maintenance crew.
• Organise the day and keep your team on track.
• Maintain high-end residential gardens.
• Pruning, hedging and plant care.
• Mowing, edging and presentation work.
• Planting, mulching and seasonal maintenance.
• Weed and pest management.
• Monitor plant health and maintenance needs.
• Ensure properties are presented to a high standard.
• Communicate professionally with clients.
• Train and mentor junior team members.
• Maintain safe and efficient practices.

Skills

Team leadership

Garden maintenance

Horticulture

Communication

Tools

Equipment operation

Job description

Ready to lead a landscape maintenance team without giving up the hands‑on work you enjoy?
This is an opportunity to take ownership of a small crew, work across exceptional residential gardens and join an established landscaping business that backs its people with quality equipment, good systems and genuine support.
You’ll have responsibility for your team and the standard of work delivered, while still being hands‑on and doing what you enjoy.

Why This Role Is Worth a Look

• $39 - $45 hr + super, depending on experience
• Company vehicle
• Permanent, full-time positionMonday to Friday – keep your weekends
• Lead your own small garden maintenance crew
• Work across high‑end residential gardens
• Modern, well‑maintained vehicles and equipment
• Support from an established management team
• Genuine autonomy and responsibility
• Further career progression available
• Regular social events and team activities
• Close-knit workplace with a genuine family feel

More Than Just Leading a Crew

Good Team Leaders need good people around them.
You’ll be joining a landscaping business that places just as much importance on its people as it does on the standard of its work.
There’s a genuine family feel within the company. People know each other, help each other out and are encouraged to speak up, contribute ideas and take ownership of what they do.
The expectations around quality are high, but you’ll be given the equipment, systems and support to deliver it.
It’s a friendly, down‑to‑earth environment where good work is recognised and people who want to develop are given opportunities to do so.

Your Role

You’ll take responsibility for a small maintenance crew and the day‑to‑day delivery of quality garden maintenance across high‑end residential properties throughout Brisbane.
This is very much a hands‑on leadership role.
You’ll be working alongside your team while also making sure jobs run efficiently, standards are maintained and clients receive the level of service they expect.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and motivating a small garden maintenance crew
• Organising the day and keeping your team on track
• Maintaining high‑end residential gardens
• Pruning, hedging and detailed plant care
• Mowing, edging and presentation work
• Planting, mulching and seasonal garden maintenance
• Weed and pest management
• Monitoring plant health and identifying maintenance requirements
• Ensuring each property is presented to a consistently high standard
• Communicating professionally with clients when required
• Training and mentoring less experienced team members
• Maintaining safe and efficient work practices