Leading Hand – Residential Lawn & Garden Maintenance
Mint Landscapes
Posted 22 days ago
💰 $72,000–$78,000/year + super
📍 Scarborough and nearby suburbs
⏰ 6:30 am – 3:00 pm, Monday to Friday
⛽ Fuel card for your personal vehicle (up to $100/week) — available after your first 3 months
👥 Small, supportive team with early finishes and a say in how things are run
About the Role
We’re Mint Landscapes, a small, family-style team based in Craigie, providing top-quality residential garden and lawn maintenance around Scarborough and surrounding suburbs.
We’re looking for someone with solid gardening and lawn care experience who’s ready to take ownership of their run, keep things running smoothly day-to-day, and help train new crew members as the team grows.
You’ll meet at our Craigie HQ at 6:30am, load up the truck, and head out with the crew — finishing by 3:00pm most days. The work is mostly regular maintenance, with the occasional soft landscaping job.
What You’ll Be Doing
Residential lawn care — rotary & cylinder mowing, edging, blowing
Residential garden maintenance — hedging, shaping, weeding, fertilising
Reticulation — basic testing and minor fixes (e.g. blocked nozzles)
Herbicide and fertiliser application (spray ticket required)
Leading the crew and training new team members as needed
Soft landscaping — turf, planting, edging, steppers, trellis (training provided as needed)
Using ServiceM8 to manage schedules and write job notes
Contributing ideas and having a voice in how we do things
What You’ll Need
Strong experience in residential garden and lawn maintenance
Confident using tools — hedgers, blowers, mowers, snippers, edgers
Spray ticket
Manual driver’s licence
Basic reticulation skills
Ability to lead a small team and keep things moving
Confident writing job notes on a phone or tablet (we use ServiceM8)
A good attitude and pride in your work
Bonus Points If You Have
MR truck licence
Chainsaw experience
Tool maintenance skills (e.g. sharpening blades)
Soft landscaping experience (planting, turf, edging)
What You’ll Get
$72,000–$78,000/year + super
Fuel card (up to $100/week) — available after 3 months
Early starts & early finishes — 6:30am to 3:00pm
Supportive crew and great clients
Year-round work with job security
A role where your voice matters — we’re small and growing together
📝 How to Apply
Please send us two separate documents:
Your resume
A brief (1–2 sentence) note on why this role interests you
About Mint Landscapes
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