Horticulturist

Davies Stewart is seeking a skilled and dedicated Parks & Gardens Team Member to join a progressive organisation located in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide, focused on maintaining and enhancing the beauty of the council region.

This is a temporary employment opportunity with the opportunity for permanency for a hands-on professional to work within a small, multi-skilled team across parks, gardens, reserves, and streetscapes in Adelaide, South Australia. If you have a passion for horticulture, safety, and teamwork, this is your chance to make a tangible impact on your community.

This role requires a proactive candidate who is comfortable working with autonomy, operating a diverse range of plant and tools, and delivering high-quality maintenance across the City.

Key Responsibilities:

Working under the instruction of Works Coordinators, you will be responsible for a wide scope of proactive and reactive maintenance tasks, ensuring the city's green spaces are safe and beautiful. Your duties will include:

• Proactive Grounds Maintenance:
  Conducting essential horticultural tasks such as mowing, mulching, planting, watering, and intricate pruning of gardens and street trees.

• Infrastructure Maintenance:
  Installing and repairing irrigation systems, maintaining park furniture and BBQ's, and undertaking playground inspections.

• Reactive & Emergency Works:
  Responding to urgent needs like litter collection, removal of fallen trees/branches, clearing leaf debris, and collecting illegally-dumped waste.

• Plant Operation:
  Safely and efficiently operating a variety of equipment including ride-on mowers, chainsaws, brush cutters, elevated working platforms, and wood chippers.

• Safety & Compliance:
  Implementing appropriate traffic management measures at work sites and adhering strictly to Work Health & Safety principles.

• Teamwork:
  Working co-operatively within your assigned team and supporting the wider outdoor workforce, including the Arboriculture team, as required.

Skills, Experience & Licenses Required:

The ideal candidate will possess the following

• Licenses & Tickets (Essential):

• Current Motor Vehicle Driver's License.

• Class MR (Medium Rigid) or greater License is mandatory.
• Chainsaw Competency Ticket and Elevated Work Platform (EWP) Competency Ticket.

• Temporary Traffic Management Certificate.

• Horticultural Expertise:
  High level of knowledge and proven experience in horticultural best practice, including irrigation repairs, tree planting, and pruning.

• Machinery Experience:
  Broad experience in the safe and efficient operation of plant, machinery, and hand tools relevant to parks and gardens maintenance.
• Team & Safety Focus:
  Proven experience working effectively in a close team environment and a sound knowledge of WHS principles and work zone traffic management best practices.
• Clearances:
  The ability to obtain and maintain a National Criminal Record (Police) Clearance and a DHS Working With Children Clearance.

A Certificate in Horticulture or significant vocational experience is highly desirable.

Apply Now

To register your interest, please forward your current resume and cover letter via the application link.

Your confidential application will be acknowledged by email and shortlisted applicants will be contacted by phone from the Davies Stewart team.

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