Hardscape Landscaper

Ace Landscapes; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday off (paid!)

Job summary

Ace Landscapes in Auckland, Franklin, NZ, is seeking an experienced Hardscape Landscaper to build retaining walls, decks, and outdoor spaces from set-out to finish. You’ll join a team that values quality, growth, and collaboration across the full landscape scope.

You’ll contribute across hard and soft landscaping, including planting, lawns, irrigation, and finishing details. This is a full-time, permanent role requiring 3+ years’ hands-on experience and a NZ Class 1 licence with manual

Qualifications

• At least three years of hands-on experience with strong hardscape ability.
• Experience building retaining walls, footings, drainage and backfill.
• Experience building decks and timber structures with proper framing and finishing.
• NZ Class 1 driver's licence with the ability to drive a manual vehicle and tow/reverse trailers.
• Experience operating compact machinery such as diggers, Kanga, Toro, loaders and bobcats.
• Willingness to contribute across hard and soft landscaping and work well with others.

Responsibilities

• Build retaining walls, decks and outdoor spaces from set-out to finish.
• Take pride delivering landscape construction tasks and ensure quality.
• Contribute across hard and soft landscaping, including planting, lawns, irrigation and finishing details.

Skills

Hardscape skills

Retaining walls

Decks & timber structures

Footings & drainage

Manual vehicle driving

Tow trailers

Compact machinery operation

Team player

Cross-disciplinary landscaping

Education

Landscape Construction qualification or carpentry/trade experience

Job description

Bring your hardscape skills to complete landscapes

Hardscape Landscaper

Build retaining walls, decks and outdoor spaces you can be proud of. Bring your hardscape experience to a team that values quality, backs your growth, and works together across the whole landscape.

We’re looking for an experienced landscaper with strong hardscape skills who takes pride in their work and can confidently deliver landscape construction tasks from set-out to finish.

At Ace, we create complete landscapes. Your hardscape skills are an important part of that work, and you’ll also get involved in planting, lawns, irrigation and the finishing details alongside the rest of the crew. You’ll bring your strengths, share what you know, and keep building your broader landscaping skills.

This is a full-time, permanent role in Franklin, Auckland.

What You’ll Bring

• At least three years of hands‑on experience, with strong hardscape ability.
• Confidence building retaining walls, including set-out, footings, drainage and backfill.
• Confidence building decks and timber structures, including framing, levels, fixings and a clean finish.
• A full NZ Class 1 driver licence, with the ability to drive a manual vehicle and confidently tow and reverse trailers.
• Confidence operating compact machinery such as 1.7 tonne diggers, Kanga, Toro, loaders and small bobcats.
• A willingness to contribute across both hard and soft landscaping, work well with others, and take responsibility for the quality of your work.

A Landscape Construction qualification or trade experience in building or carpentry is an advantage.

Room to Grow

You may be an experienced crew member ready to take the next step, or already confident running crews and sites. We’ll match the role and pay to your experience, with a pathway to crew leadership as your skills develop.

What You’ll Be Part Of

We turn ideas into outdoor spaces people love, through creative design, skilled craftsmanship, and genuine service.

Our work connects people with nature and with each other. Every project is unique, but you can expect to work on:

• Paving and concrete work
• Decks and timber structures
• Fencing and retaining walls
• Rock, stone, and feature materials
• Lawns, gardens, and irrigation systems

What You’ll Get

We believe great people deserve a great place to work. When you join Ace, here’s what you can count on:

• A supportive environment - You’ll be backed by a professional team built on trust, respect, and teamwork.
• Training and growth - We invest in your skills so you can build a solid career, not just a job.
• A safe workplace - Your wellbeing matters. We keep safety standards high so everyone goes home healthy every day.
• Variety and challenge - No two days are the same. From fences to planting, every job builds your capability.
• Team culture and connection - We celebrate wins, share laughs, and enjoy regular team catch‑ups and social events.
• Your birthday off (paid!) - Because milestones matter, and life’s about balance.

At Ace Landscapes, you’ll be part of a crew that values quality, pride, and genuine people. That’s what makes us different — and that’s what makes it the Ace Way.

Our Vision

Ace Landscapes exists to connect people with nature — and with each other. Our legacy is to create landscapes that inspire, endure, and enrich lives by strengthening families and communities.

Where Craftsmanship Meets Character

At Ace Landscapes, we don’t just build landscapes — we build legacies. Every project we touch is about pride, craftsmanship, and creating outdoor spaces people genuinely love.

We’re growing and looking for A-players to join our team. Not seat-fillers. Not "just-a-job" types. We’re after people who show up, care about what they build, work well with others, and want to be part of something that means something.

At Ace, success starts with people who live by strong principles. If you can commit to and live out these principles, you’ll thrive here — and help Ace Landscapes keep growing into something truly special.

If that level of ownership and engagement doesn’t feel right for you, that’s okay — we respect the honesty. But if you’re ready to take full responsibility, deliver on your word, and hold yourself accountable every day, you’ll fit right in. That’s what we call living Above the Line.

We know not everyone is ready for that standard. But for those who are — who take pride in their craft, stand by their word, and deliver great work alongside great people — you’re exactly who we’re looking for.

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Applicants must have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa. All candidates must complete pre-employment drug and alcohol testing.