Leading Hand – Residential Lawn & Garden Maintenance

Mint Landscapes
Scarborough Beach, WA
A$72,000-$78,000 p/a
Trades & Services → Gardening & Landscaping
Full-time
On-site

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

Scarborough Beach, WA, Australia

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