Sydney Lawns and Gardens is looking for an experienced and reliable Team Leader to help run our garden maintenance crew.

We're after someone who's passionate about landscape gardening, and who's ready to step up into a leadership role — managing a team of 2–4 on-site, liaising directly with clients, coordinating the daily roster, and supporting the business owner across other parts of the day-to-day running of the business.

Our team and our work is based across the Eastern Suburbs, the city and the Lower North Shore of Sydney, so being local is a big advantage.

This is a hands‑on leadership role. You'll be out in the field with the crew, not just directing from a distance — quality garden maintenance and soft landscape work, plus the added responsibility of keeping the team, the schedule, and the clients running smoothly.

Team Leader – Garden Maintenance Key Responsibilities

Lead and supervise a team of 2–4 on garden maintenance and landscape maintenance jobs

Liaise with clients on‑site — understand their needs, answer questions, and represent the business professionally

Help roster and schedule jobs, coordinating the team's daily run

Use the provided phone and software package to schedule runs, communicate with clients, staff and business owners, and log on‑site times and materials used

Support the business owner with other aspects of the business and daily operations

Carry out hands‑on garden maintenance and soft landscape construction work





Help train, guide and mentor team members

Ensure OH&S; standards are followed on every job

Essential Criteria

Relevant horticultural qualification and experience

Proven experience leading or supervising a small team, ideally in garden maintenance and/or landscape construction

Passionate about gardening and landscaping

Solid horticultural and hands‑on trade skill

Excellent communication skills, with confidence liaising directly with clients

Strong organisational and business/admin skills — able to help manage quoting, scheduling and rostering

Solid understanding of OH&S;

Reliable, honest and hardworking

Shares our values of integrity, honesty and mutual respect

Motivated and able to work well leading a broad range of employees

Must be a non‑smoker/vaper

Desirable Criteria

Local to the Eastern Suburbs

GREAT gardening knowledge

Current manual driver's licence

Own ute or truck

This is a full‑time salaried position (plus superannuation), working closely with the business owner and the wider team.

Nick Perkin Director Sydney Lawns and Gardens

About us Sydney Lawns and Gardens is based across the Eastern Suburbs, the city and the Lower North Shore of Sydney. We have been in business for 25 years. We manage, maintain and lansdcape both private and strata gardens. Our clients see us as knowledgeable, reliable, honest and pro‑active.

📌 Garden maintenance team leader (Sydney)
🏢 Sydney Lawns and Gardens
📍 Sydney