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Grounds Maintenance Team Leader

Employer
Horticruitment
Location
Berkshire
Salary
£25,000-£30,000 DOE + BONUS + VAN + OVERTIME
Closing date
9 Feb 2020

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Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Gardening Jobs
Sector
Landscaping

Job Details

Our client is an established landscape company based near Reading in Berkshire which provides a range of landscaping and grounds maintenance services to clients. Their customer base is spread over Berkshire and surrounding counties including Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire and includes both commercial companies and homeowners. They operate tight quality control procedures to ensure that they only provide the highest level of service and standards.

Job Description:

They currently seek an experienced Grounds Maintenance Team Leader to take day to day responsibility for supervising a dedicated maintenance team of 2, working for both commercial and domestic customers. This will involve managing standards, supervising work and providing on-site training. Other specific responsibilities will include:

  • Planning and organising work schedules and resources.
  • Ensuring work is completed safely, to the quality expected, and within agreed time frames.
  • Ensure all equipment and machinery is kept well maintained and in good working order.
  • Provide training to team members as and when required.
  • To establish and maintain good working relationships with customers

Key Skills:

This is a hands-on role and it is important therefore that candidates should have good technical and practical skills in grounds and garden maintenance including: mowing, strimming, hedge cutting, general garden clearance, pruning, planting, bed preparation etc.

We seek candidates who are hard-working and reliable, who have good leadership skills, can use their initiative to sort out problems, as well as strong communication skills and the ability to plan and organise work making the most effective use of resources. A full UK driving licence is essential, and a horticultural qualification Level 2 or above highly desirable.

Additional Information:

This is a full time, permanent PAYE position, with all associated benefits.

If this Grounds Maintenance Team Leader vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mark Bolam on 01233 732767 or markbolam@horticruitment.com.

Thank you for the interest you have shown in this Grounds Maintenance Team Leader vacancy.  Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications that we receive, it is not possible to respond to every one.  Therefore, unless you hear from us within the next 14 days, your application for this Grounds Maintenance Team Leader vacancy will have been unsuccessful.

Company

About Horticruitment
Horticruitment is widely regarded as one of the leading "people-based" recruitment agencies resourcing top quality permanent staff for jobs in

  • Garden Centres & Independent Retailers
  • Landscape, FM & Environmental Companies
  • Nurseries & Commercial Growers
  • Private Estates
  • Sales & Marketing Organisations

For over 20 years Horticruitment has been the preferred supplier for many major companies and hundreds of horticultural based SMEs throughout the UK and abroad. We never forget that, at it's core, recruitment is all about people and not just databases and faceless job boards.

We have successfully placed staff at all levels throughout the UK and our international placements grow year on year.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01233 732767
Location
High House Business Park
High House Lane
Kenardington
Ashford
Kent
TN26 2LF
GB

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