Landscape Foreman, Leadhands & Labourers

Job description

Come work for the top landscape construction company in the Okanagan Valley! Empire Landscaping Ltd is a high quality landscape construction company operating in Kelowna and area since 2005 creating beautiful yards and outdoor living spaces. We are looking for full time passionate, motivated, trustworthy and committed individuals to join our team. We are looking to hire physically fit, hardworking leadhands and labourers, and an elite foreman to start for the 2024 Landscape season starting this February or early March, experience is recommended but not required for labourers.

*****Please note we do NOT do any yard or lawn maintenance, we are strictly a landscape construction company.*****

Position includes a minimum of 47.5 + hours a week. Empire offers the best wages in the province based on experience, which range for a foreman on average between $30-$40/hr plus overtime, a company truck and fuel/credit card, paid bonuses and incentives, includes at least 1.5+ hours of daily overtime. Wages can vary for labourers and leadhands depending on experience and work ethic from $18 - 32/hr plus daily overtime, paid bonuses and incentives, includes at least 1.5+ hours of daily overtime

A drivers license and vehicle is required. Duties may include installing some or all of the following: installing block retaining walls and raised garden beds, block stair cases, paver stone patios, pathways and driveways, irrigation systems, artificial turf, installing top soil and leveling out, installing turf, garden and shrub beds, water features, landscape lighting, excavating and grading of job sites, operating skid steers, mini excavators, compacters, jack hammers, turf cutters, planting trees and shrubs, landscape edging, cedar fencing, etc. Foreman will be required to understand all company and industry related safety procedures and regulations, read and interpret landscape and architectural drawings, manage a crew of 2-5 team members safely and efficiently, communicate with clients, project managers, operations manager and company president, ordering of materials and machinery, and completing landscape projects on time and on budget.

At Empire, we really have a unique and amazing group of people on our team who know how to work hard, have fun, and have a passion for everything we design and install. We are proud of the projects we create, and impressing our clients every day makes what we do very rewarding. We work on an assortment of projects from new residential construction, to ripping out existing homes landscaping and re doing them from scratch, or simply adding to and upgrading the existing landscaping or outdoor living spaces. We work on small, medium, and large size commercial projects, as well as many high end homes around the Okanagan, including lots of beautiful lakefront homes. We are looking for honest, reliable, team oriented, and hard working individuals to add to our team, if you are efficient, fun and positive, detail oriented, a quick learner and have what it takes, then attach your resume right here and we will give you an email or call back if we think you might fit in with the team.

Thank you

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $44,000.00-$89,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay
• Overtime pay
• Tips

Application question(s):

• Must already be authorized to work in Canada to be considered for this roll.

Experience:

• LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION ONLY: 1 year (preferred)

Language:

• English (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Class 5 Licence (required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Kelowna, BC: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 2024-02-15