Garden Centre Supervisor - C391
A unique opportunity to join one of the leading independent Garden Centres who are renowned for offering a stunning range of plants, garden sundries, gifts & homeware all at amazing value.
Are you looking for a fresh challenge in garden centre retailing?
Can you provide innovative displays with attention to detail?
Do you have a good working knowledge of garden sundries?
Are you dedicated to providing excellent customer sales & service?
Key points:
- To plan and manage the department delivering high standards of retailing
- Merchandising of stock and creating themed displays throughout the year
- Leading and supervising a team of up to 15 staff
- Maintaining accurate stocking levels
- Providing excellent customer sales & service
Must haves:
- A good working knowledge of garden centre retailing
- The ability to lead and inspire a team of staff
- Good attention to detail in all areas of the role
- The ability to deliver excellent customer sales & service
If this position is of interest please apply or contact Pauline Thomas on 01233 732767 or pauline@horticruitment.com
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Interior Maintenance Technician - I902
Are you an experienced Interior Landscape Technician?
Are you based in north-east London or Essex?
Would you like to work for an established company with decades of experience who specialise in the design, construction and maintenance of interior plant displays?
Would you enjoy working in high-end and luxury premises where meticulous standards are required?
Key points
The person appointed will be responsible for visiting multiple clients each day checking the installation of existing plant displays, as well as installing new displays. The displays are varied in both size and content and include some fantastic looking schemes for many luxury clients, including blue-chip companies and household names.
Must haves:
- Full UK driving licence
- Minimum of 2 years horticultural experience
- Excellent customer service skills
- A horticultural qualification is highly desirable
- A smart appearance is essential
If this Interior Maintenance Technician vacancy is of interest please apply or contact Mark Bolam on 01233 732767 or markbolam@horticruitment.com
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Garden Maintenance Assistant - West London - L353
This is an exciting hands on role where you will work closely with your GM Foreman within a team of two. This role offers the opportunity to work on some top end gardens. You will need a love of and enthusiasm for plants and gardens. A good basic knowledge of horticulture and experience within the industry is required; a desire to learn and develop is vital. You will need to be good at communicating and enjoy being part of a close-knit team, whilst being able to show initiative.
Key duties:
- Weeding and seasonal pruning and planting
- Hedge cutting
- Lawn mowing and border edging
- Watering
- Irrigation installation and repair
- Planting of annuals and bulbs
- Support the GM foreman to ensure that your gardens reach their full potential
- Ensure all tools, materials and plants are taken to site when required
- Assist in day-today maintenance of yard
- Ensure that the van is kept clean and tidy with a full set of tools. Reporting any problems immediately
- Ensure all health and safety procedures are followed
- Attend staff meetings
- Be punctual
- Look tidy
- Wear the correct clothing
Must haves:
- Good basic horticultural knowledge
- To be highly organised and efficient time management
- A desire to develop and learn
- A clean driving licence is highly desirable
Hours of work: 0800 - 1630 with 1/2 hour unpaid lunch break.
Holiday: 20 days paid holiday per annum plus bank holidays.
If this position is of interest please apply or contact Mark Bolam on 01233732767 or markbolam@horticruitment.com
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Ground / Garden Maintenance Team Assistant - A523
Are you an experienced Garden Maintenance Operative?
Are you based in Hertfordshire?
Would you like to work for an established company who specialise in providing grounds maintenance and gardening services to both high-end commercial and residential clients?
Key points
The person appointed will be responsible for a variety of grounds and garden maintenance tasks where a high standard is essential. You will be working within a team servicing long established commercial and residential clients throughout Hertfordshire. This position offers a range of benefits, as well as training, development and career progression opportunities.
Must haves:
- Full UK driving licence
- Good plant knowledge
- Experience in using a broad range of horticultural machinery and equipment
- Practical experience of garden and grounds maintenance
If you are interested in the Ground / Garden Maintenance Team Assistant vacancy please apply or contact Mark Bolam on 01233732767 or markbolam@horticruitment.com
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Ground / Garden Maintenance Team Leader - A522
Our client has a successful business providing a comprehensive range of grounds maintenance and gardening services to both high end commercial and residential clients. Due to continued expansion, they are recruiting for a Grounds / Garden Maintenance Team Leader to work with their grounds maintenance teams servicing long established commercial and residential clients across the Home Counties.
Key points:
The ideal candidate will already hold a similar supervisory position or be able to demonstrate a readiness and aptitude to move into a supervisory role and be comfortable driving company vehicles.
The successful applicant will be knowledgeable, experienced in horticulture, proactive, customer-focused, reliable and committed to ensuring their team continues to deliver the high standards their clients expect. Our client is looking for a Team Leader who can run long term grounds maintenance contracts across a number of sites and who have all or some of the following:
- Practical experience of all aspects of horticulture and high end prestigious grounds maintenance
- Proficiency in a broad range of horticultural disciplines
Key Skills:
- Have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Be able to work as part of a team or independently
- Be able to manage and motivate a team and work under pressure
- Be able to develop team members, identifying and harnessing potential
- Be able to manage your own and your team’s workload and work to deadlines
- Experience of taking ownership of a site and planning and prioritising site work plans
- Good timekeeping and personal presentation skills
- Ability to problem solve, take charge of a situation and successfully deal with the unexpected
- Working at height and correct use of ladders
- Experience of completing and working to risk assessments
- Understanding of health and safety legislation relevant to the horticultural industry
- Ability to implement health and safety requirements to ensure safe working practices
Other Requirements:
- Full clean UK driving licence (essential)
- Good solid plant knowledge (essential)
- A formal horticultural qualification to minimum of Level 3 Certificate/Diploma (essential)
- 5-10 years’ experience in Horticulture (essential)
- Hold a PA1 & PA6 licence (desirable)
- Trailer licence (desirable)
- First Aid at Work certificate (desirable)
- Experience of conducting appraisals (desirable)
Due to the location of the yard, all applicants must hold a full driving licence and be able to drive to the yard each day.
If this Ground / Garden Maintenance Team Leader vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mark Bolam on 01233 732767 or markbolam@horticruitment.com
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Sole Gardener - Live Out - EC4492
A permanent full-time gardener is required to maintain this mature 4 acre garden and grounds situated in a rural location about 10 miles from Winchester. The garden consists of borders, vegetable garden, lawns, mature shrubs, a wooded area as well as a river running through the grounds. In addition to maintaining the garden to a high standard there are a number of areas which the owners would like to develop further. Applicants should have proven craft gardening skills backed up by previous experience within a large private garden or estate. You should be familiar with the safe use and general maintenance of garden equipment including ride on mowers. You should also be willing to be involved in general handyman duties.
If this Sole Gardener vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mike Fuller on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk
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Triple Gang Lawn Mower Operator - A957
Are you experienced in operating Triple Gang Lawn Mowers?
Are you based in North Yorkshire?
Would you like to work for an established facilities management company who are experiencing growth and have a dynamic team working environment?
Key points
Applicants must be competent with familiarity of Ransome triple mowers or equivalent and capable of working in teams of 3-6. The successful candidate will have previous work experience that includes;
- Turf culture
- Greenkeeping and or municipal parks
Must haves
- Full UK driving licence
- Minimum of 1 years’ experience on large triple mowers
- Excellent customer service skills
- A horticultural qualification is highly desirable
If this position is of interest please apply or contact Ruth Bolam on 01233 732767 or ruth@horticruitment.com
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Gardener/Labourer - Live out - North London - EC4469
An enthusiastic person is required to join a team of gardeners managing a prestigious 5 acres of garden in central London that is currently undergoing a complete restoration and transformation. The work will be varied as there is a mix of formal gardens, kitchen gardens, greenhouses and fruit production including espalier fruit trees, woodland garden and complex water features. There will also be a requirement to clean and maintain a large array of stone features.
You need to be somebody who is happy to work outdoors all year round in a garden where flexibility and a common-sense approach to work are required. Applicants should enjoy working in a team, be hardworking and reliable and comfortable operating garden machinery, (certificates an advantage). Experience of working in an Estate environment type setting would also be useful.
The gardening team will need to be able to interact with other team members, VIPs and owners alike.
All successful candidates would be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement and be subject to a DBS (CRB) check.
Benefits
20 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Pension contribution (the company will comply with statutory obligations for pensions)
Cooked lunchtime meals provided with full canteen facility
Full uniform and PPE requirements supplied
ACCOMMODATION: Live out position
SALARY: £24,000
LOCATION: North London
JOB No: EC4469
If this position is of interest please apply or contact Ruth Bolam on 01233 733510 or info@englishcountrygardeners.co.uk
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Sole Maintenance Gardener - Live Out - E017
An attractive opportunity has arisen for an experienced and qualified Sole Gardener in Hertfordshire. The successful family-run garden centre and nursery has been trading for over 60 years and has an excellent reputation within the industry. Due to the upcoming departure of the current gardener, who is leaving to join the garden design sector, an opening has arisen for a competent and experienced person to manage the gardens and surrounding grounds.
The main one-acre garden will be the focus of the horticultural aspect of the position, with maintenance of the grounds within the 10 acre property being equally important in terms of overall presentation. Due to the nature of the business, the standard to which the site must be maintained is of the upmost importance and as such, you must have exceptional attention to detail and an efficient working manner.
You will be working predominantly as a Sole Maintenance Gardener, with some assistance provided on a seasonal basis and during busy periods if required.
Applicants will ideally hold a recognised academic horticultural qualification, have excellent plant knowledge, practical horticultural skills and experience of operating a range of garden machinery. Typical daily duties will include mowing and strimming, shrub pruning and labelling, management of small trees and herbaceous borders, planting, rotavating, weed control and hedge-cutting. You will also be responsible for sowing and maintaining a wild flower area as well as planting and managing bedding plant displays. Applicants with experience of and a love for Dahlias in particular, are encouraged to apply. Spray tickets (PA1/PA6) are required.
Applicants must have a positive and enthusiastic personality, be genuinely able to work on your own initiative and have excellent attention to detail whilst working in a busy and often challenging environment. A relatively flexible 40 hour week as well as a generous salary offering for the right candidate.
If this position is of interest please apply or contact Ruth Bolam on 01233 732767
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Gardener (Temp) - S420
Our client seeks a gardener to work within the grounds team on this impressive corporate site carrying out general gardening duties including soft landscaping, planting etc. as well as more general grounds maintenance. The site has many outstanding features and is maintained to a high standard. The appointment is initially until September 2018 but may be extended. We seek candidates who have good gardening skills combined with good plant knowledge, who can produce work to a high standard with minimum supervision. The hours are 07-00hrs – 15.30hrs Mon to Fri with 2x 30mins breaks.
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Thank you for the interest you have shown in this 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 the Gardener vacancy will have been unsuccessful.