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Maintenance Gardener - 36379

Employer
Fresh Horticultural Careers
Location
Wallingford, Oxfordshire
Salary
£25,000 DOE
Closing date
14 Oct 2018

Job Details

Maintenance Gardener

Our Client is looking for a Maintenance Gardener to join the Team at their Estate based in Oxfordshire.

Responsibilities

  • Grass Cutting, using ride on tractors and mowers
  • Strimming
  • Weeding and hoeing of all flower beds, vegetable, and fruit cage areas
  • Hedge trimming
  • Planting
  • Cutting back, blowing and leaf clearing
  • Fencing work
  • Some DIY
  • The candidate must also be prepaid to work with animals mainly fowl
  • Candidates must be prepared to fit in with other duties such as being responsible for locking estate up at the end of the working day on a rota basis and be proactively security minded

Person Specification

  • Previous landscape maintenance experience is essential
  • Experience leading a team
  • Hort qualified desirable
  • Full clean driving licence
  • Team player
  • Good communication skills written and verbal
  • All candidates must be prepared to undergo a DBS check
  • All candidates must have their own means to travel to site
  • The candidates will be expected to conform to all H&S procedures on the Estate

Hours: 8-5pm Monday - Friday with some weekend work if required but would be on a rota basis

Holidays: 24 paid days per annum plus all bank holidays

Annual performance related bonus (paid at Christmas)

Training will also be provided.

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
Telephone
020 7793 7825
Location
London
SE11 4BA
United Kingdom

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