Maintenance Manager - 37688
- Employer
- Fresh Horticultural Careers
- Location
- London (Greater)
- Salary
- £40,000 DOE
- Closing date
- 11 Aug 2018
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Gardening Jobs, Management Jobs
- Sector
- Landscaping
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Job Details
Our North London Client are seeking a Maintenance Manager to join their Team. You will be responsible for running the Maintenance Department and staff reporting to the Director.
Skills required:
- Excellent horticultural knowledge
- Ability to deal with clients professionally and diplomatically
- Ability to act pro-actively in ensuring all gardens stay well maintained
- Knowledge of irrigation systems and water features
- Confident driving skills, ideally with experience driving in London
- People management and programming of maintenance teams
Experience:
- Proven maintenance management record of high-quality gardens
- Track record of organising teams and liaising with clients and senior managers
- Proven excellent horticultural knowledge and experience in sourcing plants
Main duties:
- Overseeing the maintenance teams to carry out general garden maintenance, including mowing, pruning, mulching, tree and shrub planting and encouraging development of new plants as well as careful monitoring of watering and irrigation systems
- Liaising with clients/designers, dealing with all queries and snagging issues on maintenance sites
- Visiting each site regularly to ensure that all maintenance procedures are up to date and recorded
- Pro-active approach to deal with issues which arise on site, before the clients bring them to our attention
- Ability to up-sale maintenance through additional seasonal services
- Liaising with and updating the Director on all maintenance matters
- Keeping accurate records of daily works and corresponding costs, creating monthly invoices and issuing these to the clients by email and/or post
- Enforcing strict H&S procedures and training where required
- Organising and arranging seasonal programme of works for ground operatives
Company
We possess over 20 years recruitment experience and have specialised in the Gardening, Landscaping and Horticulture industries since 1999. Typically we have 150+ permanent vacancies covering all areas of the horticultural industry, from operatives to senior management.To apply for any of our vacancies please complete our simple online application form by visiting www.freshhortcareers.com.
Company info
- Website
- http://www.freshhortcareers.com/
- Telephone
- 020 7793 7825
- Location
-
London
SE11 4BA
United Kingdom
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