Property Care Senior Team Leader - Balcatta
Job Description
Closing Date: 08/07/2026
Salary: $79,765.00 - $79,765.00
Job Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Balcatta
Job Category: Property Care
ReNew Property Maintenance, operated by Good Sammy Enterprises, is a growing social enterprise delivering professional gardening and grounds maintenance services across Perth. We combine strong commercial outcomes with real employment pathways for young people and people with disability.
Your Impact
As a Full-Time Property Care Senior Team Leader; you will play a key role in undertaking and leading the delivery of landscape construction, horticultural maintenance, irrigation installation, and grounds development projects across commercial and community sites. The role is predominantly hands-on and requires extensive practical involvement in landscape gardening activities, including site preparation, planting, turf establishment, irrigation works, hardscape construction, and horticultural maintenance.
Job Description
What you'll do:
Landscape Construction and Garden Development
Prepare and interpret landscape plans, drawings, specifications, and project schedules.
Assess sites and determine landscaping requirements, plant selection, soil treatments, and construction methods.
Prepare planting areas, garden beds, seedbeds, and growing sites through cultivation, soil conditioning, grading, and fertilisation.
Select, plant, establish, and maintain trees, shrubs, hedges, flowers, ground covers, and ornamental plants.
Prepare lawn areas through topsoil preparation, seeding, and installation of instant turf.
Construct landscape features including pathways, paving, retaining walls, fencing, garden edging, pergolas, trellises, seating areas, and other hardscape elements.
Install and maintain drainage systems to support landscape health and functionality.
Determine irrigation requirements and hydraulic parameters for landscape and garden areas.
Install, test, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair irrigation systems including pumps, valves, controllers, sprinklers, drip systems, and water management infrastructure.
Operate landscaping machinery and equipment including ride-on mowers, brush cutters, hedge trimmers, chainsaws, compact loaders, post-hole diggers, blowers, and trailers.
Perform pruning, mulching, fertilising, weed management, pest control, and plant health treatments.
Monitor and assess plant health, soil condition, irrigation performance, and landscape presentation, implementing corrective actions where required.
Carry out landscape renovations, garden refurbishments, and improvement projects.
Estimate material requirements and coordinate procurement of plants, soils, turf, mulch, irrigation components, and landscaping materials.
Conduct regular site inspections to ensure landscaping works meet design specifications, quality standards, and client requirements.
Complete landscaping works in accordance with environmental regulations, horticultural best practices, and workplace safety requirements.
Team Guidance and Operational Coordination
Provide practical instruction and day-to-day guidance to Award and Supported Employees undertaking landscaping activities.
Coordinate daily work tasks and allocate resources to ensure landscaping projects are completed efficiently.
Monitor work quality and provide on-the-job coaching in landscaping techniques and safe work practices.
Ensure team compliance with workplace health and safety procedures and safe operation of landscaping equipment.
Assist with workforce planning and scheduling to support delivery of landscaping projects.
Liaise with customers regarding landscaping works, project progress, and site requirements.
Support the Operations Manager with site assessments, landscaping project planning, and scope development for new landscaping works.
Undertake other landscape gardening duties as directed by the Operations Manager.
Please note the shift is from Mondays to Fridays, from 6.00am - 2.00pm.
Desired Skills and Experience
What you'll bring:
Three (03) plus year’s experience in commercial gardening, grounds maintenance, or similar operational environment.
Demonstrated experience supervising teams in a commercial or service-based operation.
Strong understanding of workplace health and safety requirements and safe work practices.
Strong communication skills (written and verbal) with experience in client-facing roles.
Current Western Australian Driver’s Licence.
Experience operating ride-on equipment and safely towing trailers.
Ability to maintain compliance with organisational policies, procedures, and legislative requirements.
Commitment to training, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
Current Working with Children Check (or proof of application).
Cert III in Landscape Construction or similar.
Horticulture Certificate.
Weed Spraying Certificate.
Irrigation Certificate.
