Landscape Installation Foreman

JOB DESCRIPTION – LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION FOREMAN

Habitat Guild, Inc is a premium, full service landscape design, build, and care company specializing in the craft of landscape through an ecological lens. We offer expertise in native plants and habitat creation, regionally sourced materials, and organic maintenance practices. Our goal is to encourage a thriving local ecology by inspiring and empowering others to connect with and steward the natural world around them. We strive to create thriving regenerative landscapes through an unconventional approach to landscape.

We are looking for a skilled Landscape Installation Foreman to join our small team! Collaborating with the design team, this position will be instrumental in overseeing project build workflows, installing hardscape and softscape elements, from groundbreaking through tying up punch-list type loose ends. Collaborating with the project manager, the foreman will supervise and help guide the install crew in delivering high quality residential landscapes in Northern Colorado. This is a seasonal, hourly position; hours/work available is expected to be full time from April-November, and part time December-March.

Minimum skills/experience:

• (5) years of professional landscape installation experience.
• Driver’s License
• Reliable transportation (Based in Fort Collins, most of our work is in Northern Colorado, but we do have clients along the Front Range to Denver).
• Demonstrated experience managing and supervising a landscape crew.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage tasks.
• Hardscape installation; placing boulders, building paver patios, retaining walls, working with flagstone, amending soil, sod removal, etc.
• Working with heavy equipment (i.e. skid loaders, mini-loaders, etc.).
• Exceptional communication and organizational skills.
• Superior work ethic and dependability.
• Ability to work collaboratively on a team, as well as individually.

Preferred skills/experience:

• Demonstrated experience with trailering and hauling.
• Knowledge of Colorado plants and/or ecological gardening.
• Knowledge of landscape irrigation.
• Demonstrated passion for sustainability and the environment.

What we can offer:

• Starting pay of $29 - $36/hour (DOE)
• Mileage reimbursement
• Mobile phone stipend
• Bonuses contingent on a project to project basis
• A positive work environment committed to inclusivity, transparency, and collaboration.
• Opportunity to work and grow with a small but evolving company, with a mission to deliver high quality, ecological landscapes in Northern Colorado.

HOW TO APPLY:

• Email your resume to info@habitatguild.com.
• Please be sure to included with your resume, answers to the following short-answer questions:

1) Why is Habitat Guild, and this role, a good fit for you?

2) What is unique about your professional experience?

3) What does habitat mean to you?

If we would like to move forward with your application, someone from our team will be in touch with next steps.

Please reach out to info@habitatguild.com with any questions.

If you think you’d be a great fit for this role, we’d love to hear from you!

Habitat Guild is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We recognize that diverse teams make the strongest teams, and we encourage people from all backgrounds and identities to apply.

Job Types: Contract, Full-time

Pay: $29.00 - $36.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Referral program

Work Location: In person