Team Leader - Public Gardens

Foundation Recruitment; Sunshine Coast Regional; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Uniform, PPE & phone allowance

TOIL arrangements

Safety and performance incentives

Training and career progression

Xmas week off

Job summary

Foundation Recruitment’s Sunshine Coast vacancy seeks a Team Leader for Public Gardens. You’ll lead a small field crew (2–3) to maintain public gardens and parks, coordinate daily tasks, and ensure high-quality workmanship across Sunshine Coast sites.

This hands-on leadership role requires practical horticulture experience, safety focus, and ability to operate gardening machinery. You’ll report to the Regional Foreman and play a key part in on-site delivery while mentoring colleagues.

Qualifications

• Certificate III in Horticulture, Parks and Gardens, Landscaping or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 years' commercial gardening, landscaping or parks maintenance experience.
• At least 1 year of experience leading or supervising a small team.
• Construction White Card.
• Open driver's licence.
• Experience safely operating and maintaining commercial gardening machinery with minimal supervision.
• Basic knowledge of local weed identification.
• Confidence using smartphones and tablets for digital reporting and job management.
• Full Australian working rights.
• Physical fitness to undertake outdoor manual work, including lifting up to 20kg and walking up to 10km per day.

Responsibilities

• Leading and coordinating a small field crew to achieve daily work targets.
• Undertaking hands-on gardening, landscaping and grounds maintenance.
• Allocating daily tasks and monitoring work quality and productivity.
• Training and mentoring new team members.
• Operating and maintaining commercial gardening equipment, including hedgers, pruners, brush cutters and edge trimmers.
• Completing equipment inspections and reporting faults.
• Coordinating seasonal maintenance activities, including mulching, reduction pruning and herbicide application.
• Completing digital job reporting, forms and client documentation using a smartphone or tablet.
• Troubleshooting day-to-day site issues and escalating where required.
• Ensuring all work is completed safely and in accordance with relevant procedures.
• Maintaining professional relationships with supervisors, team members and the public.

Skills

Leadership

Team coordination

Safety awareness

Communication

Organisational skills

Education

Certificate III in Horticulture, Parks and Gardens, Landscaping or equivalent

Tools

Smartphones/Tablets for digital reporting

Operating & maintaining commercial gardening machinery

Job description

Foundation Recruitment – Sunshine Coast QLD

1d ago , from Foundation Recruitment Pty Ltd

Team Leader - Public Gardens | Horticulture|Tanawha, Sunshine Coast

Lead a small crew. Work outdoors. Enjoy consistent hours and great pay!

We are seeking an experienced Team Leader - Public Gardens to lead a small crew undertaking commercial garden maintenance and upkeep of public spaces across the Sunshine Coast.
This is a hands-on leadership role suited to someone with a strong background in commercial gardening, horticulture or landscaping who can confidently coordinate a small team, lead by example and deliver quality outcomes.

What's on Offer?

• Consistent working hours: 6:30am - 3:30pm.
• TOIL arrangements where required.
• Safety and performance incentives.
• Uniform, PPE and phone allowance.
• Training and career progression opportunities.
• Christmas week off.

Please note: No company vehicle is provided.

About the Role

You'll lead a small field crew of 2-3 people, coordinating daily activities and ensuring public gardens, parks and landscaped areas are maintained to a high standard.
Working under the guidance of the Regional Foreman, you'll be responsible for daily work allocation, team performance, safety and the delivery of scheduled maintenance activities.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and coordinating a small field crew to achieve daily work targets.
• Undertaking hands-on gardening, landscaping and grounds maintenance.
• Allocating daily tasks and monitoring work quality and productivity.
• Training and mentoring new team members.
• Operating and maintaining commercial gardening equipment, including hedgers, pruners, brush cutters and edge trimmers.
• Completing equipment inspections and reporting faults.
• Coordinating seasonal maintenance activities, including mulching, reduction pruning and herbicide application.
• Completing digital job reporting, forms and client documentation using a smartphone or tablet.
• Troubleshooting day-to-day site issues and escalating where required.
• Ensuring all work is completed safely and in accordance with relevant procedures.
• Maintaining professional relationships with supervisors, team members and the public.

Skills & Experience

• Certificate III in Horticulture, Parks and Gardens, Landscaping or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 years' commercial gardening, landscaping or parks maintenance experience.
• At least 1 year of experience leading or supervising a small team.
• Construction White Card.
• Open driver's licence (no interlock).
• Experience safely operating and maintaining commercial gardening machinery with minimal supervision.
• Basic knowledge of local weed identification.
• Confidence using smartphones and tablets for digital reporting and job management.
• Full Australian working rights.
• Physical fitness to undertake outdoor manual work, including lifting up to 20kg and walking up to 10km per day.

Highly regarded qualifications:

• MR Truck Licence.
• First Aid and CPR.
• ACDC Chemical Spraying Licence.
• TMI / Traffic Management qualification.

The Ideal Candidate

• Takes pride in the quality of their work.
• Can confidently lead, motivate and support a small crew.
• Has strong communication and organisational skills.
• Can manage daily workloads and work independently.
• Has a proactive approach to safety and problem-solving.
• Enjoys working outdoors and maintaining public spaces.

Please note this is a Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace, with employees subject to pre-employment and ongoing drug and alcohol testing in accordance with workplace policy.

Additional information

• Immediate start
• On-going work
• Xmas week off