Soft Landscaping Crew Leader

Kennet Landscape Solutions Ltd; Newbury; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van

Overtime opportunities

Permanent, full-time employment

Mon-Fri working

Opportunities to progress with company

Job summary

Kennet Landscape Solutions Ltd is seeking an experienced Soft Landscaping Crew Leader to join our on-site team in Berkshire. This hands-on role leads a small crew, organises workload, reads landscape plans and delivers high-quality workmanship on major residential developments.

We offer a salary of £32,000–£36,000 (DOE), a company van, overtime opportunities, and permanent, full-time employment with Monday–Friday working.

Qualifications

• Essential: Good practical soft landscaping experience
• Essential: Experience leading or supervising others
• Essential: Ability to read and understand landscape plans
• Essential: Full UK driving licence
• Essential: Valid CSCS card
• Essential: Good communication and organisational skills
• Essential: Reliable, proactive and able to work without constant supervision
• Experience working on new-build housing developments or other commercial landscaping projects would be a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Leading and working alongside a small soft landscaping team
• Organising the day’s workload and allocating tasks
• Reading and working from landscape plans
• Ground preparation, turfing, seeding and planting
• Tree and shrub planting
• Ensuring works are completed efficiently and to specification
• Maintaining high standards of workmanship and presentation
• Monitoring the productivity and quality of your team
• Liaising with Contracts Managers and site management
• Completing site paperwork and obtaining sign-off for completed works
• Ensuring health & safety requirements are followed
• Looking after company vehicles, tools and equipment

Skills

Soft landscaping experience

Leadership / supervision

Landscape plan reading

Full UK driving licence

CSCS card

Communication & organisational skills

Reliability & proactivity

Experience on housing developments/com

Job description

Soft Landscaping Crew Leader

£32,000–£36,000 per year DOE + overtime

Company van provided

Full-time | Permanent | Monday–Friday

Based from Hermitage, Berkshire

Kennet Landscape Solutions Ltd is a well-established commercial landscaping contractor working with leading housebuilders across the South of England.

Due to continued growth, we’re looking for experienced Soft Landscaping Crew Leaders to join our team.

This is a hands‑on position. You’ll lead a small landscaping crew while working alongside them, taking responsibility for the quality, productivity and day‑to‑day organisation of works on site.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading and working alongside a small soft landscaping team
• Organising the day’s workload and allocating tasks
• Reading and working from landscape plans
• Ground preparation, turfing, seeding and planting
• Tree and shrub planting
• Ensuring works are completed efficiently and to specification
• Maintaining high standards of workmanship and presentation
• Monitoring the productivity and quality of your team
• Liaising with Contracts Managers and site management
• Completing site paperwork and obtaining sign-off for completed works
• Ensuring health & safety requirements are followed
• Looking after company vehicles, tools and equipment

What we’re looking for

You’ll need to be an experienced landscaper who is comfortable taking responsibility for both the work and the people around you.

Essential:

• Good practical soft landscaping experience
• Experience leading or supervising others
• Ability to read and understand landscape plans
• Full UK driving licence
• Valid CSCS card
• Good communication and organisational skills
• Reliable, proactive and able to work without constant supervision
• Experience working on new-build housing developments or other commercial landscaping projects would be a strong advantage.

What you’ll get

• £32,000–£36,000 salary, depending on experience
• Company van
• Overtime opportunities
• Permanent, full-time employment
• Monday–Friday working
• Varied work across major residential developments
• Support from an experienced Contracts and Operations team
• Opportunities to progress as the company continues to grow

About Kennet Landscape Solutions

Kennet Landscape Solutions is an established commercial landscaping business based in West Berkshire. We deliver landscaping schemes for major residential developers and have built our reputation on providing a reliable, high-quality service.

We’re looking for people who take pride in their work, can lead by example and want to be part of a professional landscaping team.

If you’re an experienced landscaper ready to take responsibility for your own crew and projects, we’d like to hear from you.