Experienced Hard Landscaper | South Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire & Berkshire | Full Time | £32,000–£36,000 per annum
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:45 am – 4:45 pm, with one hour unpaid lunch (40 hours per week)
Our client specialises in garden design and landscaping, creating beautiful, biodiverse gardens that support wildlife and wellbeing. They deliver individual garden projects involving a wide range of hard and soft landscaping, with a focus on high-quality workmanship and attention to detail.
The Role
You will be an experienced Hard Landscaper joining one of the landscaping teams, delivering garden design projects to a high standard, on time and within budget.
This is a key role where your skills and experience will directly influence the quality and pace of project delivery. You will need broad and in-depth knowledge of hard landscaping construction, the ability to work independently with minimal supervision and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
Working as part of a team alongside a Landscaping Team Leader and Trainee Landscaper, you will undertake a variety of projects across South Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. You will also have the opportunity to share your knowledge with junior team members and progress into a Team Leader position.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out site clearance and preparation, operate excavators, skip loaders and other plant machinery safely, and set out sites using scaled drawings, laser levels and other setting-out tools
- Set levels, accurately excavate bases to the required depth and prepare foundations for patios, paths, driveways and other landscaping features
- Install drainage systems, including drainage pipes, soakaways, slot drains, ACO drains and French drains
- Prepare bases and foundations, construct footings and work with hand-mixed and poured concrete
- Construct reinforced concrete blockwork and other reinforced concrete structures
- Lay paving of uniform and mixed sizes, achieving high standards of finish and understanding levels, falls and drainage requirements
- Complete wet, dry and resin-based pointing, accurately cut curves in paving and install recessed drain covers
- Use disc cutters and grinders confidently and competently
- Carry out brickwork, including brick edging, retaining walls, raised beds, gate piers, walls, curved walls, soldier courses and wall capping
- Construct paths using bricks, pavers, gravel and self-binding gravel, with brick, stone, granite sett, metal and timber edging
- Install stone setts, create different brick paving patterns and construct curved paths with neat, accurate finishes
- Construct permeable driveways, driveway grid systems, block-paved surfaces and gravel driveways
- Build steps, lay and face treads, and manage changes in levels across sites
- Construct natural stone walls with a dry-stone effect and use pillared slate to face retaining walls and water features
- Prepare ground and erect various types of fencing, including picket, hazel hurdle, close-board, slatted and panel fencing, using a nail gun where required
- Measure, cut and install timber for pergolas, gazebos and smaller structures, using suitable joints and fixings for softwood and hardwood
- Set out, frame and board decking, including curved decking and decks overhanging ponds
- Construct water features, install liners, dress natural ponds with stone and understand pond pump installation and operation
- Prepare ground for turfing, including soil incorporation and levelling, and lay turf efficiently in different conditions
- Prepare planting areas, handle plants correctly, identify perennials, shrubs and trees, and understand soil struc