Vacancies

If you are motivated, passionate about quality landscaping and would be interested in joining our national award-winning company we would love to hear from you.

GARDEN DESIGNER

Haywood Landscapes are looking for a garden designer on a full-time basis to join our national award-winning team.

We are based in East Kent and specialise in domestic garden design-and-build.


We Offer

A positive, supportive working environment within a friendly and cohesive team.

Scope for professional development into the widest delivery of this role with commensurate salary.

Potential for further progression within the company.

Starting salary circa £34,000, but negotiable according to experience.

Additional renumeration via our Company Bonus Scheme.


Core Duties

  • Undertake initial client consultations and garden surveys
  • Create garden designs working to clients’ brief and budgetary guide
  • Costing the design builds using ‘Liberate’ estimating software (with support as needed)
  • Client presentation of the design and quotation
  • Working mainly from our office near Canterbury but with the possibility of some home working

Other Duties (according to experience)

  • Project management - overseeing delivery of your designs
  • ‘Hands-on’ work eg. planting, pruning or other skilled tasks according to your skill set


Attributes we are looking for

  • The ability to create imaginative and deliverable designs in 2D and 3D using CAD design software. Vectorworks is preferred but not essential
  • A good plant knowledge to facilitate creation of appealing and site/client appropriate planting plans
  • A recognised garden design qualification
  • Professionalism and a good work ethic, allied with a personable manner
  • Experience of, or an appetite to develop in the role of estimating and project management
  • Some ‘hands-on’ landscaping or gardening experience is beneficial
  • A full driving licence and own reliable transport (car)


To apply, please email with your C.V. and a Dropbox link to your portfolio, f.a.o. Andy Wiggins, Managing Director at info@haywood-landscapes.co.uk

LANDSCAPE OPERATIVE

Haywood Landscapes are looking for a landscape operative to join our national award-winning team.

We are based in Canterbury and specialise in domestic garden design-and-build.


We Offer

A positive, supportive working environment within a friendly and cohesive team.

The role offers the satisfaction of involvement from start to finish in the process of building beautiful, high-quality gardens, working within both hard and soft landscaping disciplines.

Salary £458 to £500 per 40 hour week according to experience and skill set.

In addition to basic pay we provide:

  • Payment for travel time (between our yard and site) at 50% full pay rate
  • A performance related bonus scheme (commencing on satisfactory completion of 3-month trial period)


The successful applicant will have

  • A full driving licence and own transport (to get to our yard at Chartham Hatch near Canterbury)
  • Some experience of landscaping, gardening, ground-works or construction (in a commercial/professional working environment - not your own garden)
  • An aptitude for physical, sometimes strenuous work in the full range of weathers
  • A personable manner
  • A desire to work within a small friendly team creating high quality landscapes
  • Some driving of a 3.5 tonne vehicle may be involved subject to eligibility


To apply, please email with your C.V. to info@haywood-landscapes.co.uk

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