As a Landscaping Assistant at the Garden Builders, your job is to make sure the Landscapers and Foreman are able to work as efficiently as possible and can focus on high end finishes. You’ll achieve this by setting up site in the morning, getting electrics and hand tools ready, clearing the way for materials to be brought in, using cement mixers, planting at the end of projects and a variety of others! Get these right and you can say you helped create beautiful residential and commercial gardens across London and the home counties.
This is a role that for the right candidate can aim to progress into more senior role through learned experience and further training.
Requirements
1 year working in Landscaping or a similar physical job. Landscaping is physical and the assistant role requires you to be able to dig, lift, carry and push!
If you haven’t had a physical job but are a physically active person (think rugby, rock climbing, kayaking, surfing etc) then there is a place on the application form to tell us about it. Otherwise have a look at our temp roles where you can gain some experience
Ability to follow instructions and complete each task properly that is given to you
Good communication skills across team members, external trades, clients and designers
Able to maintain a safe and clean working environment, it is the assistant's job to keep site tidy, not make a mess!
Ensuring material waste onsite is kept to a minimum, it is the assistant’s job to make sure skips are packed full!
Maintain in good and safe working order all tools, vehicles, plant, equipment and machinery on site. We’ll maintained tools mean jobs are easier to compete to a high standard
Desirable
Good level of spoken English
UK Driving License
CSCS Card
Ability to be flexible and maintain a positive approach when challenges arise
Must be able to take initiative, e.g. tidy up when you see a mess, put up protection when you see a mess being made
Why build Gardens with us?
Work on Award winning gardens
Be part of teams with good equipment and for Foreman empowered to complete own their projects
High quality tools
Opportunity to learn new high spec techniques (we recently had an onsite training session for 10 team members focused on resin bound gravel installation)
Friendly and positive working environment
Skills Required
- 1 year working in landscaping or a similar physical job
- Ability to dig, lift, carry and push (physical fitness)
- Ability to follow instructions and complete tasks properly
- Good communication skills with team members, external trades, clients and designers
- Maintain a safe and clean working environment and keep site tidy
- Minimize material waste onsite and ensure skips are packed efficiently
- Maintain tools, vehicles, plant, equipment and machinery in safe working order
- Good level of spoken English
- UK driving licence
- CSCS card
- Ability to be flexible and maintain a positive approach
- Ability to take initiative (tidy up, protect areas without direction)
What We Do
The Garden Builders is a leading, award-winning garden design and build company based in West London. They specialize in creating high-end, well-constructed gardens and roof terraces, delivering projects to the smallest detail and within schedule and budget. They work with both established and emerging landscape architects to create inspiring outdoor spaces and have won multiple APL and BALI awards.
