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Maintenance Manager - 44378

Employer
Fresh Horticultural Careers
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
£32.5K +doe
Closing date
20 Aug 2021

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Job Details

Our client is a rapidly growing Design and Maintenance company based in West London. To manage and inspire the horticultural maintenance teams to deliver the highest standards held by the company. Ensure that the maintenance company is continually growing, increasing profit margins, and upholding its reputation. Managing the operations so that the business operates efficiently and that systems are continually improving. Taking on all client facing roles, managing, maintaining and improving client relations. Having involvement in project work (soft landscaping) and developing new streams of revenue.

Responsibilities and Duties:

  • Scheduling :- Effective management of the garden maintenance schedules and two gardening teams, or more as required, ensuring the teams have the appropriate tools and materials for each job.
  • Client liaison – Visiting sites of new clients in order to quote and provide a proposed maintenance schedule, as well as keeping in regular contact with all existing clients and arranging monthly site visits to ensure high standards are being maintained.
  • Service Monitoring – Create and continually review maintenance schedules for each site. Ensure that work is carried out to a high standard and communicate with clients to see that they are satisfied with the service they are receiving. Where service levels are below acceptable standards, act immediately to remedy the situation before clients complain.
  • Service Quotations & Schedules – Deal with enquiries for new work, as they arise, without delay. Visit the site, meet with clients, where possible, and draw up quotations for the work as soon as you can, but at most within a week of visiting the site.
  • Implementing Extras – Note where there are opportunities for upselling, discuss with the client plans that they might have for the site and see if we can implement. Communication with clients to ascertain seasonal planting needs. Quoting for and implementing ‘extras’, jobs over and above the normal scheduled maintenance, i.e. new plants for a client, ensuring these are delivered and planted accordingly.
  • Project Work - Being involved with and coordinating the schedule with project work.
  • Timesheets – Weekly monitoring of employees / subcontractor’s timesheets to ensure they are completed accurately.
  • Invoicing – Ensuring you have correct information for client billing (e.g. recording of hours worked, materials and plants purchased and tools hired etc.) and that invoices are sent to clients weekly.
  • Good Awareness of Health & Safety (H&S) – Reporting and record keeping and ensuring H&S

compliance of the garden maintenance teams, ensuring policies are upheld and undertaking H&S training as required.

  • Recruitment - Responsible for recruiting new employees and managing existing employees’ human resources & queries. Ensuring that all new employees are properly inducted and trained to uphold the company’s standards and ethos, as set out in the company business plan. Carry out regular appraisals.
  • Managing Tools, Materials & Lockup – Make sure that staff have the tools and materials that they need to deliver the service efficiently and to a high standard. Ensuring the lock up, stocks of materials and waste is managed efficiently, managing tools and replenishing ‘perishable’ tools, maintaining power tools creating a schedule for servicing of equipment and PAT testing.
  • Supplier Relations - Maintain relationships with existing suppliers and develop / foster strong relationships with new suppliers, always looking for new products.
  • Van - Manage and care for company vans, servicing / MOT when required and keeping clean to uphold company image.
  • Social Media - Assisting with gathering content for social media platforms.
  • Marketing Materials / Uniform - Managing stocks and implementation of marketing materials and uniform (as set out in the uniform policy), such as t-shirts, business cards, caps, van signage etc.

Personal Management:

  • You are expected to arrive promptly for work.
  • Emails should be filed regularly and responded to in an efficient and professional manner.
  • We expect all staff to join in with company events and socials where possible to help build relationships with fellow team members and to build team morale.
  • All staff are expected to uphold the company values.

 

Day to day activities:

Split of workload will vary from week to week. Initially a typical week could involve the below and will gradually move to a more office-based role as the company grows:

  • 2 days working outside on maintenance jobs (primarily in West London)
  • 2 days working in the office (primarily working from home)
  • 1 day managing teams and jobs, client meetings, quoting, managing supplies waste and lockup etc.

Qualifications and Skills:

  • A recognised horticultural qualification and previous experience in horticultural and project management are essential.
  • Full and clean UK driving license.
  • Training and career development, within the role, is expected.
  • Great communicator who can effectively listen and can follow up to internal and external emails and queries.
  • Organised and proactive with good operational planning (strong project management skill set).
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, you will be liaising with clients and designers so this is a key skill.
  • Excellent organisational and influencing skills.
  • Be competent at administrative tasks and have advanced PC skills including Excel, Word (or Pages) & PowerPoint, invoicing, ordering, and scheduling.
  • First class customer service skills
  • Must be able to work on own initiative with a proactive and flexible attitude.
  • The ability to be flexible to meet the needs and demands of the role.
  • Excellent time management organisation and focus on ability to prioritise and multitask with clear ability to focus on detail.
  • Ability to work well within a team.
  • Ability to demonstrate a passion for the HH Garden Maintenance / Design brand.
  • Comprehensive plant knowledge.
  • Experience with power tools including pedestrian mowers, scarifiers, hedge trimers, power washers, strimmers, drills, wacker plates etc.
  • Experience with irrigation systems and water features.

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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