External Grounds Supervisor - 38825
- Employer
- Fresh Horticultural Careers
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Salary
- £19,890 DOE + Overtime
- Closing date
- 20 Jan 2019
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Gardening Jobs, Garden and Landscape Design Jobs, Grower Jobs
- Sector
- Groundskeeping & Maintenance, Growing, Landscaping
Job Details
Our Midlands based client are currently an external grounds supervisor to lead an expanding grounds teams within the Birminham area. Applicants must have a keen interest and passion for horticulture. This will be very much a “hands on” roll, with candidates expected to have qualifications such as Level 2 or 3 in horticulture and/or more practical based skills such as PA1 and PA6 or a trailer license
- To carry out grounds maintenance tasks to include mowing, strimming, pruning and weed killing
- To work on landscaping projects
- To complete maintenance dockets accurately and obtain customer signatures
- To complete time sheets and to ensure all paperwork is handed in promptly
- To ensure all maintenance is carried out on a regular basis
- To act at all times as a representative of the company, and to ensure that the customer is completely satisfied
- To inform the General Manager of anything that may be useful in securing sales, including any information of use in the securing of additional Maintenance Contracts
- To initiate suggestions and report customer comments for improvement to the company’s performance
- To obtain in the course of work, all relevant information on the activities of competitors
- To comply with all relevant Health and Safety Requirements
- To undertake any other duties required by Management within the job holder’s competence
Experience Required
Essential
- Experience of grounds maintenance machinery
- Horticultural qualifications
- Ability to communicate easily at all levels
- Full current driving licence
Working hours are as follows:
March-November - 45hrs/ week
December - February 35hr/ week (Mon-Thu)
Overtime is paid @ time and a half after 45hrs/week
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.
- Website
- http://www.freshhortcareers.com/
- Telephone
- 020 7793 7825
- Location
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London
SE11 4BA
United Kingdom
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