EXPERIENCED GARDENER / TEAM LEADER
Location: Central Coast NSW
Employment type: Full-time permanent for an experienced Team Leader, or casual with a pathway to permanent based on experience
Pay rate: Above award, based on experience — paid weekly
Hours: Monday to Friday, early start and early finish, weekends off
Start date: August 2026, flexible for the right person
ABOUT MOWING & GROWING
Mowing & Growing has been operating on the Central Coast since 2005. We are an established local family business with a strong reputation for quality, reliability and professional service.
Our crews work across residential lawn mowing, acreage mowing, garden maintenance and property maintenance. Our clients stay with us because we provide a consistently high standard of work.
Our garden maintenance work is growing, and we are looking for an experienced gardener who is ready to lead a crew and help us continue developing this side of the business.
ABOUT THE ROLE
This is a hands-on leadership position leading a two-person garden maintenance crew across the Central Coast.
You will plan and run garden maintenance jobs, work physically alongside your offsider, maintain quality standards and ensure each property is completed properly within the allocated time.
This is not a management-only role. You will be actively involved in hedging, pruning, whipper snipping, spraying, garden maintenance, clean-ups and all other physical aspects of the work.
You will report to our Field Supervisor and work closely with the directors.
Once you are established in the role and familiar with our properties, clients and systems, there is a pathway to greater responsibility.
During peak periods, this may include supporting a second gardening crew, checking their morning equipment load-up and departure, and becoming their first point of contact for routine gardening and operational issues.
Significant matters will continue to be escalated to the Field Supervisor or directors.
Garden maintenance provides stable, year-round work and continues through winter when lawn mowing slows down.
For an experienced gardener ready to lead, this is a permanent full-time position.
If you are a strong gardener who is still building toward a leadership role, a casual position with a clear pathway to permanent employment may also be considered.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
- Leading and working alongside an offsider
- Planning and running garden maintenance jobs
- Prioritising tasks within the scheduled job time
- Hedging, pruning, shaping and reductions
- Garden bed maintenance, including weeding, mulching and planting
- Whipper snipping, blowing and general property maintenance
- Weed spraying and chemical handling
- Green-waste clean-ups and small garden projects
- Identifying routine gardening requirements and making practical decisions on site
- Training and supporting less-experienced staff
- Maintaining tools, equipment and vehicles
- Communicating professionally with clients
- Representing Mowing & Growing to a high standard
- As the role develops, providing routine operational support to a second gardening crew during peak periods
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- Proven hands-on gardening and garden maintenance experience, preferably around three years or more
- Strong practical experience in hedging, pruning, garden maintenance and property clean-ups
- Ability to work unsupervised and run jobs efficiently
- Ability to lead a small crew while continuing to perform the physical work
- Strong eye for detail, presentation and finish
- Ability to assess a property, identify priorities and work within allocated timeframes
- Reliable, professional and able to communicate clearly with staff and clients
- Willingness to train and support less-experienced team members
- Comfortable working outdoors in physically demanding conditions
- Full manual driver’s licence — P2 acceptable
- Experience driving vehicles with trailers, or willingness to learn
- Chemical and spray-handling experience, or willingness to obtain accreditation
A horticulture qualification is welcome but not essential. Proven practical experience, work quality and the ability to lead a crew are more important.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Above-award pay based on experience, paid weekly
- Permanent full-time employment for an experienced Team Leader
- Casual employment with a clear pathway to permanent for the right developing candidate
- Stable, year-round work
- Monday to Friday hours
- Early starts and early finishes
- Weekends off
- Local Central Coast work with no regular commute to Sydney
- Fully equipped vehicles, tools and PPE
- A genuine hands-on leadership role in an established family business
- Support from the Field Supervisor and directors
- A structured introduction to our properties, clients and systems
- A real pathway to greater responsibility as the gardening side of the business grows
- An established business that invests in its people and is building better systems to support its teams
HOW TO APPLY
Apply directly through Indeed and include your resume and a brief cover note.
Please tell us:
- Your gardening and garden maintenance experience
- Your experience leading or training staff
- Your driver’s licence type
- Any qualifications or chemical accreditations you hold
- When you are available to start
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted to arrange an interview.
Two references will be required before any employment offer is made.
A police check may be required where necessary for particular client sites.
Mowing & Growing Pty Ltd
Central Coast NSW
mowingandgrowing.com.au
Pay: $29.00 – $40.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
