Soft Landscaper
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our multi award-winning client as a Soft Landscaper. This is an important role within the Construction division of our clients business, working with the soft landscaping team to bring design-led horticultural visions to life. The successful candidate will need to be dynamic, positive and highly motivated. They will also be a collaborative team worker, able to take direction, whilst ensuring the delivery of consistent quality work in line with project specifications and deadlines. The candidate will need to support the Soft Landscaping Foreman, as well as working cooperatively with hard landscaping colleagues, designers, sub-contractors and other stakeholders
Responsibilities include:
- Actioning site design plans to ensure the horticultural elements are delivered as prescribed
- Maintaining and managing all horticultural elements on site to ensure sustained good health
- Turfing and its maintenance
- Tree planting - working alongside specialists where required
Be responsible for stock control within your department including ordering, stocking up, receiving of products following the required procedure, quality control and clearance of slow-moving lines.
Ensure that product prices are in line with budgeted gross margin figures.
Essential requirements
- Recognised horticultural qualification with the ability to demonstrate good plant knowledge – this is a strong preference, but not essential if experience is proven
- Driving licence as sites may not be accessible via public transport
- CSCS card
- Competent in using the appropriate power tools where required
- Certificates in spraying (PA1 PA6)
- Good awareness of Health & Safety and implementing procedure
Qualities required of the ideal candidate:
- Ability to work positively in a team with a pro-active and can-do attitude
- Able to work independently and take ownership for delivering superb quality work every time
- High levels of energy, self-motivation and the ability to motivate others
- Strong attention to detail
- Good time-management
- Ability to work under pressure to meet project deadlines
- Strong work ethic
- Integrity and discretion
- A desire to develop personally, whilst also supporting the development of other team members
What you will receive for fulfilling this role:
- A competitive annual salary depending on experience
- An annual bonus based on the Company’s overall performance
- May have use of a Company van for business if project requires
- 28 days holiday inclusive of bank and public holidays
- Branded uniform
- PPE
- Training
- Company pension scheme
- Employee assistance programme backed by BUPA
- Company events
- Working for one of the UK’s leading award-winning landscaping companies
If this Soft Landscaper vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Jay Rimell on 01233 732767 or recruitment@horticruitment.com.
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Thank you for the interest you have shown in this Soft Landscaper 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 Soft Landscaper vacancy will have been unsuccessful.
Landscape Foreman
Landscape Foreman required
Job Ref J154
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our multi award-winning client as a Soft Landscape Foreman. This is a key role within the Construction division of the business, leading the soft landscaping / horticultural activities to bring design-led horticultural plans to life.
The successful candidate will need to be dynamic, organised and highly motivated, with a proven ability to use their own initiative in order to drive projects forward. They need to have a proven record of accomplishment in delivering high-end soft landscaping projects in line with exacting specification.
They will also need to be a collaborative team worker, able to lead a soft landscaping team, whilst liaising effectively with other stakeholders such as landscape architects, garden designers, hard landscaping foremen, subcontractors, and clients. The candidate will need to organise horticultural resources alongside the overall Site Foreman and the company’s Plant Procurement Specialist to deliver an effective and timely service. Ensuring superb quality in terms of plant / tree health whilst on site is key to realising the garden vision.
Responsibilities include:
- Reading and actioning site design plans to ensure the horticultural elements are delivered as prescribed
- Managing landscaping staff on site
- Reporting to the Contracts Manager and Contracts Director with proven ability to deliver on business objectives in a timely and cost-effective manner.
- Liaising and communicating with all external stakeholders whilst sensitively managing those relationships
- Maintaining and managing all horticultural elements on site to ensure sustained good health
- Turfing and its maintenance
- Tree planting - working alongside specialists where required
Requirements for the role include, but are not limited to:
- Recognised horticultural qualification – able to demonstrate excellent plant knowledge which will be tested on interview
- Full clean UK driving licence
- CSCS card
- Competent in using the appropriate power tools where required
- Certificates in spraying (PA1 PA6),and Ride-on Mowers would be an advantage but not essential
- Excellent awareness of Health & Safety and implementing procedures.
Qualities required of the ideal candidate:
- Ability to work positively in a team with a pro-active and can-do attitude
- Able to work independently and take ownership for delivering superb quality work every time
- High levels of energy, self-motivation and the ability to motivate others
- Strong attention to detail
- Good time-management
- Ability to work under pressure to meet project deadlines
- Strong work ethic
- Integrity and discretion
- A desire to develop personally, whilst also supporting the development of other team members
What you will receive for fulfilling this role:
- A competitive annual salary depending on experience
- An annual bonus based on the Company’s overall performance
- Use of a Company van for business
- 28 days holiday inclusive of bank and public holidays
- Branded uniform
- PPE
- Training
- Company pension scheme
- Employee assistance programme backed by BUPA
- Company events
- Working for one of the UK’s leading award-winning landscaping companies
If this Landscape Foreman vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Jay Rimell on 01233 732767 or recruitment@horticruitment.com.
To view more Landscape jobs, click Landscape.
To apply for a position with horticruitment you will need to complete a candidate registration form, please see Candidate Registration.
If you would like more information regarding horticultural qualifications and colleges, see our Career advice.
You will need to be registered with horticruitment to find out where and how your personal data is used whilst using our work finding services please view our privacy policy.
Thank you for the interest you have shown in this Landscape Foreman 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 Landscape Foreman vacancy will have been unsuccessful.
Maintenance Gardener
Maintenance Gardener required
Job Ref J133
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our award-winning client as a Maintenance Gardener for a prestigious portfolio of clients.
Our client designs, builds and maintains exceptional gardens and external spaces for high-end properties in West/North London, Surrey and the M4 corridor. Our client has an extensive and varied portfolio of beautiful gardens that needs an exceptional gardener who is committed to delivering a quality horticultural service to our clients.
Responsibilities include:
Day to day responsibilities include, but are not limited to;
Horticulture:
- All aspects of horticulture; specialised and more general
- All aspects of lawn care
- Chemical applications and record keeping (PA1 & PA6 preferable but not essential) – subject to training and supervision as required.
- Ground clearance and seasonal work
- Sweeping and maintenance of hard surfaces / furniture within the gardens
- Tending to beds, borders, and containers
- Specialised pruning and trimming
- Maintenance / cleaning of water features and day to day maintenance of irrigation systems
- Safe operation of machinery subject to training
As well as exceptional horticultural ability the candidate will be able to demonstrate the following skills / qualities:
- Cooperative and enthusiastic nature
- Ability to work positively in a team
- Willing to take direction and follow instruction as required
- Able to work independently and take ownership for work
- High levels of energy and self-motivation
- Strong attention to detail
- A pro-active and can-do attitude
- Good time-management
- Ability to work under pressure
- Strong work ethic
- Integrity and discretion
- A desire to develop personally and undertake training
Essential requirements
- A full clean driving licence required for candidates doing a mobile round.
- A company van is part of the package
Full-time position 28 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays. Uniform, PPE and relevant training will be provided.
If this Maintenance Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Jay Rimmel on 01233 732767 or recruitment@horticruitment.com
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To apply for a position with horticruitment you will need to complete a candidate registration form, please see Candidate Registration.
If you would like more information regarding horticultural qualifications and colleges, see our Career advice.
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Thank you for the interest you have shown in this Maintenance Gardener 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 Maintenance Gardener vacancy will have been unsuccessful.
Garden Services Team Leader - B821
Garden Services Team Leader Required
Our client has an established garden centre as well as offering a full garden service including garden and patio make-overs, regular and once-off maintenance and window box planting.
Job Description
- Leading and directing a team that provides regular and once-off garden maintenance services to clients of the Company.
- As a Team Leader you will represent the senior member of staff on the work site and the Company expects you to show commitment and respect of the company and to ensure that you abide by the Company’s rules, particularly with regard to Health & Safety.
- Regular maintenance includes all garden services required to maintain a garden throughout all four seasons in a year.
- Ability to implement Garden Maintenance Plans according to schedule, as designed by the Maintenance Manager, against which performance will be measured.
- To manage and implement once-off garden makeover jobs, ensuring the work is prioritised to be achieved during the time allocated.
- Ability to communicate with clients to understand their objectives and to find solutions. To promote the Company with clients in order to try and achieve further work projects with the client for the Company. To promote the garden centre with clients.
- As a Team Leader it is your responsibility to instruct anyone working with you what work must be achieved; to show them how to do the job if they do not have the appropriate experience or skill; to ensure your assistant(s) complete the work according to your and the Company’s standards and if not, to instruct them to redo the job until they have achieved the required standard.
- You should treat all staff working on your site in the same way that you wish to be treated, with the same respect as you receive from the Company. If any member of staff working on your site fails to co-operate with you, it is your duty to report them to your line manager.
- To occasionally work in the garden centre assisting clients with plants and garden centre products, general garden centre duties and deliveries.
- To provide assistance when requested as defined by the Maintenance Managers and/or Directors of the Company.
Must Haves
- Ability to lead, manage and motivate a team
- Good knowledge and ability to use garden tools
- Good plant and pruning knowledge
- Good garden maintenance knowledge
- An understanding of garden irrigation systems
- Good site management
- To provide advice, help and training to the Contract Maintenance Gardener
Essential Requirements
- A knowledge and passion for plants
- Genuinely hard-working!
- A positive, happy and flexible attitude
- Accept responsibility and the willingness to find solutions
- The ability to work and share in a team environment
- Desire to constantly learn more about your profession and to improve yourself
- Full clean driver’s licence valid in the UK
Hours of Duty: 5 days per week (which may include weekend work)
If this Garden Services Team Leader vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mark Bolam on 01233 732767 or markbolam@horticruitment.com.
To view more Landscape jobs, click Landscape.
To apply for a position with horticruitment you will need to complete a candidate registration form, please see Candidate Registration.
If you would like more information regarding horticultural qualifications and colleges, see our Career advice.
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Thank you for the interest you have shown in this Garden Services 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 Garden Services Team Leader vacancy will have been unsuccessful.
Maintenance Gardener - B815
Maintenance Gardener Required
Our client has an established garden centre as well as offering a full garden service including garden and patio make-overs, regular and once-off maintenance and window box planting.
Job Description
- To assist the Team Leader with:
- Regular/Contract garden maintenance services
- Once-off garden makeovers
- To provide assistance when requested as defined by your Line Managers.
- To work at the garden centre as required
Must haves
- Previous gardening experience
- Experience of using power garden tools such as lawn mower, strimmer, hedge-cutter, blower, drills
- Plant knowledge
- Pruning skills
- Full clean driver’s licence valid in the UK
- Genuinely hard-working!
- A positive, happy and flexible attitude
- The ability to work and share in a team environment
- Desire to constantly learn more about your profession and to improve yourself
- The ability to do physical hard work
Hours are full time 5 days a week (which may include weekend work), PAYE.
If this Maintenance Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mark Bolam on 01233 732767 or markbolam@horticruitment.com.
To view more Landscape jobs, click Landscape.
To apply for a position with horticruitment you will need to complete a candidate registration form, please see Candidate Registration.
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Thank you for the interest you have shown in this Maintenance 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 Maintenance Gardener vacancy will have been unsuccessful.
Head Gardener - EC5604 - This position has now been filled
Head Gardener required
A rare opportunity has arisen for an experienced hands-on gardens manager to take responsibility for two crematoriums and seven members of staff in the NW11 and N2 areas of London. This role would suit an experienced gardener with good horticultural knowledge, a diplomatic management style and an ability to provide excellent customer service.
The two sites, of 12 acres and 10 acres respectively, are located within approximately 2-miles of each other in north West London. The sites are managed by one team of 7 gardeners for whom the successful applicant will be responsible on a full-time permanent basis.
Applicants for this role should have good horticultural knowledge and extensive experience of managing teams of garden staff in a commercial or private setting. The ideal applicant will hold spray certificates as well as a recognised academic horticultural qualification and good physical fitness. Applicants should be able to demonstrate a history of budget management, staff management, a full UK driving licence, extensive experience with gardening equipment operation and maintenance, and an instinctive ability to work to excellent standards of health and safety at all times. An ability to be diplomatic and calculated is necessary when dealing with team members, members of the public, and other departments associated with the company. Applicants must have a keen desire to pass on their knowledge to the garden staff at every opportunity to ensure continued development, upskilling and efficiency of the team.
The Head Gardener will be responsible for the daily management of the gardens and public areas, including the car parks, and to delegate and take part in the daily duties as required. Consideration to seasonal garden management requirements must be given at all times, with initiative applied with respect to the development and enhancement of the grounds.
The successful applicant will ensure the most cost effective and best use/deployment of the gardening team and equipment across both sites. He/she must ensure full, daily and timely use of the BOS (Business Operating System) in relation to the department.
The Head Gardener will also be required to liaise with the advisor(s) with regards to garden memorials; their type, positioning, installation/planting and maintenance.
General and additional responsibilities of the successful applicant are as follows:
- To organise the purchasing of supplies and equipment and associated paperwork as required.
- To liaise with external contractors when relevant in relation to works being carried out at either site.
- To manage a gardens complaints system, liaising with clients and colleagues as necessary.
- To participate in the compilation, control and operation of an annual budget, including materials, equipment, training and overtime.
- To carry out investigations and aid in staff disciplinaries when required.
- To oversee and assist with the cleaning, maintenance and care of plants in a prominent building associated with the site.
- To oversee and assist with the training and development of the gardening team.
- To oversee and assist with the maintenance of gardening equipment and machinery; ensuring full safe working order and where possible, to carry out repairs in-house.
- To be fully conversant with the company’s Health & Safety policy, ensuring compliance at all times, personally and of the garden team, and to inform the London Area Manager of any Health & Safety concerns at all times.
- To be aware of and manage health and safety matters relating to the department, including the use of garden equipment and the storage and use of garden chemicals and fuels. In addition, advise on and implement where necessary legislation pertaining to health and safety, particularly hazardous substances (COSHH).
- To ensure that all equipment and premises relating to the department are secure at all times.
- To ensure that the departments staff welfare facilities are always kept clean and tidy to a set and agreed standard.
- To carry out any reasonable requests or instruction for the better fulfilment of duties, and at all times to behave and act in a manner befitting the position held and the nature of the company’s business activities.
Applicants for this position should have demonstrable experience in the above areas of work and a methodological approach, with excellent attention to detail. This is a rare opportunity for a talented commercial or private estate gardener to take on a hands-on management role with a generous salary offering on a permanent full-time basis.
SALARY: £35,000 - £40,000 DOE
LOCATION: North West London
JOB No: EC5604
If this Head Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mark Read on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk.
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Thank you for the interest you have shown in this Head Gardener 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 Head Gardener vacancy will have been unsuccessful.
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