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Landscape Foreman/Forewoman

Location: Toronto, ON

Job Type: Full Time Seasonal (Start Date ASAP)

Wage: $32.00-40.00/hour

What's in it for you?

This job will offer you the opportunity to work on some of southern Ontario's most beautiful residential landscape projects. The pace, challenges and problem-solving opportunities will mean you are never bored. You will have the chance to develop and refine a wide variety of skills in our rapidly growing business. Your colleagues are all highly skilled, with an impressive range of backgrounds and expertise. Above all they are dedicated to Earthscape's success. Additionally, you will periodically work at sites where we are installing our unique custom wood playground. The pace, challenges and problem-solving opportunities mean you will never be bored. You will have the opportunity to develop and refine a wide variety of skills in our rapidly growing business.

We want you to be successful, and we believe in rewarding our staff for exceptional work. In addition to excellent on-the-job training in project management and site supervision, a safe and inclusive work environment for you and your colleagues, we offer:

• The chance to work on award-winning projects and designs;

• Extended health and dental care, life insurance and AD&D;

• Profit sharing and performance bonuses;

• Participate in our employee share ownership program after 1 year;

• Overtime pay;

• Company events.

Who are we?

Our company, Earthscape, is recognized as an award-winning design-build firm that specializes in high-end residential landscaping.

We are a group of enthusiastic, creative dreamers and builders who work hard and are exceptionally proud of what we design and create. Our project managers aren't afraid to get their hands dirty and our installation crews know that we trust, and highly-value, their work. It makes for a positive, productive, fun and rewarding environment, with enough challenges and opportunities to keep us growing. Our focus is on designing thoughtful, creative and innovative outdoor spaces that offer a unique vision for each client using a wide variety of materials (stone, concrete, wood, stone, etc.) For examples of past landscape design-build projects, visit our website at http://www.earthscape.ca/ (http://www.earthscape.ca/%3c/p%3e%3cp%3eWho)

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a Landscape Foreman/Forewoman to support our crews in Toronto and surrounding areas. In this role, you will supervise, coordinate, and schedule the day to day work activities of a landscape construction crew. You will train crew members with onsite training in skills and methods of landscape installation in line with Earthscape standard operating procedures and quality expectations. You will also plan labor requirements, equipment requirements and material deliveries and timing to ensure completion of job(s) within the deadline. You will be responsible for coordinating subcontractors, and provide any required oversight on location. In addition, you will maintain and enforce standards of safety. cleanliness and organization in assigned trucks, trailers, equipment, jobsites, and shop/yard areas.

To be the successful candidate you:

• Align with Earthscape core values of integrity, hard work, team work, the pursuit of excellence and loving what we do

• Have 5+ years of experience across a broad range of landscaping construction site work, including concrete, masonry, carpentry, site layout, site grading and installing and maintaining water features;

• Have experience reading and interpreting scaled drawings;

• Demonstrates leadership by example and the ability to engage others in the accomplishment of tasks in an efficient and organized way;

• Are looking for something new, exciting and creative to be a part of;

• Have a big imagination, and great problem solving skills;

• Recognize the importance of building to high quality standards;

• Want to be proud of your employer and work for a highly regarded industry-recognized leader;

• Communicate effectively with supervisors, colleagues and clients;

• Thrive in a busy work environment and respect project timelines;

• Are comfortable and skilled operating a variety of landscaping machinery;

• Have a minimum G class license.

Job Type: Full Time Seasonal

Compensation: $32.00-40.00/hour depending on experience

Location: Toronto, ON

Accommodations: We are committed to treating all people in a way that respects their dignity and independence. Should you require any accommodation during the recruitment process or otherwise, please notify us of this when you apply and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

Pre-employment checks: As part of our selection process, successful candidates may be required to consent to background checks relevant to the role, prior to receiving a job offer. These could include: work references, education and credential confirmation, employment verification, identity check, criminal offence and driver's license record.