Job Details

GenRock Landscaping is seeking a Landscaping Supervisor to join the team in North Vancouver.

Permanent, full-time; $39.00 per hour; 30 to 40 hours per week. Work locations across the greater Vancouver region.

How to apply:
*Please do not call or apply in person.

Please email resume to: genrock4545@gmail.com

OR mail resume to:

GenRock Landscaping
#111-855 16th Street W
North Vancouver, BC
V7P 1R2

* Please indicate whether you are a Canadian/Permanent Resident or a Refugee Claimant with a valid Work Permit.

Job Description

Duties:
• Trims all kinds of trees;
• Trims shrubs and cultivates gardens;
• Pruning Japanese maples and pine trees in “Bonsai style”;
• Plans and executes small scale landscaping operations and maintains grounds and landscape of private and business residences;
• Participates with labourer, landscape in preparing and grading terrain, applying fertilizers, seeding and sodding lawns, and transplanting shrubs and plants, using manual and power-operated equipment;
• Plans lawns, and plants and cultivates them, using gardening implements and power-operated equipment;
• Plants new and repairs established lawns, using seed mixtures and fertilizers recommended for particular soil type and lawn location;
• Locates and plants shrubs, trees, and flowers selected by property owner or those recommended for particular landscape effect;
• Mows and trims lawns, using hand mower or power mower.
• Cleans grounds, using rakes, brooms, and hose;
• Sprays trees and shrubs, and applies supplemental liquid and dry nutrients to lawn and trees;
• Ensures work site is clean at all times;
• Trains the gardeners and landscapers in their duties and company policies;
• Conducts performance reviews of gardeners and landscapers;
• Performs gardeners’ duties in their absence, as needed;
• Resolves customers’ concerns and requests on job site;
• Represents the owner when on the job site and provides updates, as needed.


Qualifications:

• Completion of secondary school is required;
• At least 5 years of experience in landscaping industry;
• Must have an understanding of plant material, soil types, pest control, irrigation systems and landscape construction methods;
• Able to work outdoors in all weather conditions;
• Must be able to lift and handle up to 23kg (50 lbs);
• Class 5 driver’s licence is required;
• Previous Japanese garden landscape experience and Japanese pruning experience are assets;
• Cloud pruning techniques, candle removing and thinning of needles (momiage) experience is an asset. Pruning pines and maples and firm understanding of techniques is an asset;
• English language ability is required;
• Japanese language ability is an asset.