Landscape Foreman - R021
Our Client has been established for over 20 years and have been involved in commercial soft landscaping right across the South East, spanning as far north as Peterborough and as far west as Bristol. They have completed landscape schemes for a wide variety of clients, including company headquarters, new schools and academies, business and retail parks, superstores and industrial estates, as well as involvement in ecologically sensitive areas. The business has had a change of ownership in the last two years and a new CEO recently. They are currently looking for a motivated and skilled Landscape Foreman for a variety of soft landscape construction projects.
Job Description:
| Team supervision | Ensure team are on site on time, breaks are monitored, uniform and PPE are worn correctly and site is left in a good state each day in a safe and secure location. |
| Reporting absence | To lead on compliance with absence reporting procedure, ensuring team communicate and absence is recorded correctly. |
| Health and Safety | Ensure all Health and Safety criteria onsite is met. Report any issues to the Contracts manager and ensure reporting mechanisms are used. |
| Supervision of deliveries | Oversee onsite deliveries. Ensure any issues are communicated ahead of time. To oversee safe delivery and off load of all deliveries. All materials are to be checked upon delivery. No operatives or foreman are to enter the delivery vehicle. Check the quality of stock, any defective/damaged stock i.e. twisted/broken trees are to be rejected. Inform your contracts manager immediately before delivery leaves. |
| Site issues/queries | Ensure all issues/queries are reported to your Contracts Manager and the office immediately so they can be dealt with, with quality management in mind. |
| Care of company property | Ensure all company property is looked after. Carry out daily pre-start checks to each tool that has an engine. Ensure that ALL tools and equipment are cleaned twice per month thoroughly and after each use. Vehicles are to be left clean inside at all times and washed weekly. If medical kit is used, inform the office once supplies are running low. Ensure there is always enough eye wash for two people for both eyes at all times. All tools and equipment to be stored safely and returned to the van each day. Any maintenance required should be carried out as required. |
| Daily updates | Keep lines of communication open with your Supervisor and Manager. Ensure reporting and emails are checked/completed daily. |
| Works evidence | Before and after images are to be taken each day of the works carried out by yourself and your operatives (no exceptions). To be sent to your office Contracts Administrator (email and contact number will be provided) |
| Training | It will be your responsibility to ensure that you and your team are working to the required standard. These standards and training methods will be monitored by your Contracts Manager and senior management and will form part of your PDR review. |
| Site responsibilities | You will be responsible for direct conversations with the site manager. Each morning you need to carry out a ten-minute daily risk assessment. Ensure all paperwork is logged/retained correctly. |
| Near miss & Accident reports | You will be responsible for informing your Supervisor/Manager and the office if you or anyone within your team encounter a near miss.
Near miss/accident reports are to be completed in full and submitted to the office for record and to allow the safety manager to advise of any control measures required.
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| RAMS & Toolbox Talk signatures | At the start of each job you will be required to carry out a toolbox talk (TBT) for each task on site you are likely to carry out (provided inside the RAMS folder) These are to be read to your operatives and signed by each member. Any new operative on site MUST carry out a TBT.
You will be required to ensure your operatives read, understand then sign the risk assessment and method statement pack given to you on the first day of a new site. |
| Quality Management | Assist your contracts manager to monitor and record quality control measures during project completion from start to finish. Ensure you keep good communication with your manager. Issue resolution and improvements to be communicated and recorded. |
Key Skills:
- Previous experience as a Foreman or Team Leader within the landscape construction industry.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to plan and execute work efficiently.
- Good leadership skills are also important as are good organisational skills and an eye for detail.
- Good horticultural and plant knowledge.
- Good practical and machinery skills
Driving licence and CSCS card are essential requirements.
If this Landscape Foreman vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mark Bolam on 01233 732767 or markbolam@horticruitment.com.
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Nursery Grower/Propagator - J372 - Middlesex
Nursery Grower/Propagator required
Our client is a family owned business backed by an experienced team providing high quality Aquatic Plants and exceptional service since 1965. Their Customers are Garden Centres, Landscapers, Designers, Environment Agencies and Internet companies who use their extensive range of container grown aquatics from plugs to 30 litre mature plants. They are currently seeking an enthusiastic skilled Grower to ensure top quality plants are produced on time in the volumes required.
Do you have experience in commercial ornamental horticulture?
Do you have technical knowledge of growing principles?
Do you have experience of leading a team?
Key points
- Propagation by seed, cuttings and division
- Planning and stock evaluation for coming season
- Checking and maintaining the water system
- Weed and pest control in cropping and non-cropped areas
- Maintaining Glasshouse environments
Must haves
- Previous experience in nursery production
- Be self-motivated with good organisational skills
- Understand the importance of high-quality plants
- Keen to take on a good level of responsibility
If this Nursery Grower/Propagator vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Pauline Thomas on 01233 732767 or pauline@horticruitment.com.
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Soft Landscape Construction Operative - L836
Our Client has been established for over 20 years and have been involved in commercial soft landscaping right across the South East, spanning as far north as Peterborough and as far west as Bristol. They have completed landscape schemes for a wide variety of clients, including company headquarters, new schools and academies, business and retail parks, superstores and industrial estates, as well as involvement in ecologically sensitive areas. The business has had a change of ownership in the last two years and a new CEO recently. They are currently looking for an enthusiastic Landscape Operative for a variety of soft landscape construction projects.
Rationale:
To ensure landscaping projects are installed to a high standard, meeting project deadlines.
Job Description:
- Wear correct PPE
- Implement safe offload of deliveries
- Make Foreman aware of any damaged stock/trees/plants
- Carry out landscaping works to a satisfactory standard
- Take proper care of company property, tools, vehicles and equipment
- Report any site issues or queries to your Foreman
Key Skills:
- Previous experience within the landscape construction industry.
- CSCS card
- Full UK driving licence
If this Soft Landscape Construction Operative vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mark Bolam on 01233 732767 or markbolam@horticruitment.com.
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Interior Plant Technician - T668 - This position has now been filled
Our client has an established interior landscape business carrying out the design, installation, and maintenance of interior plant displays to customers which include: - offices, restaurants, hotels, blue chip businesses etc.
Due to continued expansion, they currently have a vacancy for an Interior Maintenance Technician, ideally living in commutable distance of London. Your principle responsibility will be to visit multiple clients each day checking the installation of existing plant displays, as well as installing new displays. Duties will include –
- Watering
- Dusting
- Cleaning
- Pest control
- Trimming
- Tidying/replacing surface dressing as required
You will also be expected to ensure that clients are happy with the service provided, and deal with any ad hoc requests.
Our client is looking for keen and enthusiastic candidates who have a passion for plants and good horticultural knowledge. It is essential that he/she has excellent customer service/field service skills combined with good communication skills and a willingness to be flexible regarding duties.
You will generally be working on your own and it is important that you are highly self-motivated with the ability to work with minimum supervision. A van will be provided together with appropriate clothing and a full range of equipment. Candidates should hold a full driving licence and be confident about driving in and around London. A minimum of 1 years horticultural experience is essential, preferably within interior landscaping. A horticultural qualification is highly desirable.
If this Interior Plant Technician vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mark Bolam on 01233 732767 or markbolam@horticruitment.com.
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Exterior Plant Maintenance Technician - D215 - This position has now been filled
Our client has an established landscape maintenance business carrying out the design, installation, and maintenance of interior and exterior plant displays to customers which include: - offices, restaurants, hotels, blue chip businesses etc.
Due to continued expansion, they currently have a vacancy for an Exterior Maintenance Technician, ideally living in commutable distance of London. Your principle responsibility will be to visit multiple clients each day checking the installation of existing plant displays, as well as installing new displays.
Duties will include –
- Watering
- Dusting
- Cleaning
- Pest control
- Trimming
- Tidying/replacing surface dressing as required
You will also be expected to ensure that clients are happy with the service provided, and deal with any ad hoc requests.
Our client is looking for keen and enthusiastic candidates who have a passion for plants and good horticultural knowledge. It is essential that he/she has excellent customer service/field service skills combined with good communication skills and a willingness to be flexible regarding duties.
You will generally be working on your own and it is important that you are highly self-motivated with the ability to work with minimum supervision. A van will be provided together with appropriate clothing and a full range of equipment. Candidates should hold a full driving licence and be confident about driving in and around London. A minimum of 1 year’s horticultural experience is desirable, preferably within high-end exterior landscaping.
If this Exterior Plant Maintenance Technician 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 - EC7821
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and knowledgeable gardener to develop and maintain two beautiful gardens. The company is looking for a Sole Gardener to take ownership and to continue the maintenance of a striking and very prominent riverside garden in central London and also of an extensive and well-established garden in Dulwich.
The riverside garden is formerly laid out and will require seasonal bedding designs to be produced and executed twice a year. The successful applicant will need good experience in planting schemes.
There will also be the opportunity to work alongside the estates management team to develop other areas onsite to complement the building and riverside garden so an ability to produce further landscaping sketches, develop and manage timetables will also be necessary. The ability to be flexible, collaborative and embrace new ideas is also essential.
The Dulwich garden has been designed by an award-winning landscape gardener in an English country style with a modern twist and includes a formal lawn, large herbaceous borders, a kitchen garden with several raised beds, ornamental pond, an orchard, a small wild woodland, hedges and topiary. Good experience of maintaining these areas will be essential. Liaising with the landlord/household in respect of seasonal produce is also a requirement for this role.
Health and Safety awareness, spray certificates (PA1/6) and an ability to keep accurate records are expected. Horticultural qualifications are preferred however those with the ability to produce a solid body of evidence in the form of a visual portfolio will be considered. A full driving licence is required for this role.
SALARY: £27,500 DOE
LOCATION: Central London
JOB No: EC7821
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Nursery Manager - ADV271 - Please respond direct to the advertiser
Manager required for busy wholesale/retail nursery in East Yorkshire. The nursery was established on this site since 1944 and has approximately 6 Ha (15 acres) producing open ground trees and approximately 2 acres of standing ground for containers. We have approximately 1200 m² of polytunnels for retail sales and growing.
Manager's duties:
- Organising and supervising existing 5 staff
- Dealing with retail and wholesale customers
- Ordering stock for growing on and resale
- Planning production
Good plant knowledge is essential, as is knowledge and experience of production techniques.
Ability to direct, organise, motivate and engage with existing staff.
Confidence to interact with wholesale and retail customers.
Numerate and literate to a good standard.
Fork-lift truck experience/qualification an advantage.
Skilled Gardener - Live Out - EC7802 - This position has now been filled
Skilled Gardener Required
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified and experienced gardener to join a small team on a beautiful private estate near Alresford, Hampshire. The welcoming family currently employ a talented Head Gardener, under whom the successful applicant will work and are now looking to expand the team to a total of four full-time employees.
Built in the late 1700’s, the Grade II listed house is situated within 45-acres of parkland with formal gardens of approximately 13-acres, originally laid out by Richard Woods; a contemporary of Capability Brown. The grounds have been painstakingly restored to the original plans in several phases over the years, most recently since 2004 by the current owner, with more sensitive restoration planned. The property owners are passionate about the gardens, such that only tree, shrub and flower species available in the mid-1700’s, have been used in the restoration.
The formal aspect of the garden includes expansive lawns, hedges, a pool, herbaceous borders, a large kitchen garden, mixed beds/borders, ornamental shrubberies, young and mature/ancient specimen trees with woodland walks, topiary, a considerable Ha-ha and much more, all with impressive vistas across the estate and surrounding South Downs.
Applicants for this position will ideally be academically qualified to Level 2 or above and are confident in their plant knowledge, with excellent attention to detail and are self-motivated and driven to join a committed team of gardeners. Spray certificates (PA1/PA6) and chainsaw competence certification are desirable and a full clean driving licence, good physical fitness and experience with a wide range of garden machinery are required for the role.
This is a genuinely rare and exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced gardener to join a historically significant estate and gardener, under a knowledgeable Head Gardener, and for friendly and interested employers.
SALARY: Up to £26,000 DOE
LOCATION: Winchester, Hampshire
JOB No: EC7802
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Interior Plant Maintenance Technician - K044 - This position has now been filled
Interior Plant Maintenance Technician required
Our client is a well-established company that supplies and maintains corporate interior/exterior planting schemes for prestigious companies based in London and the Home Counties.
They believe in creating welcoming and relaxing atmospheres in the workplace so that we all enjoy our time at work.
They achieve this through the skilful application of live planting in the workplace centred round design trends and staff wellbeing and enhancing the visual appearance of spaces.
Job Description
Within this role you will be required to visit the offices of their clients, within London and the Home Counties, to maintain and install living plants. This includes
- Ensuring that displays are maintained as required; watering, trimming, and cleaning,
- Installation of new plant arrangements and displays as required
You will always be required to be of good presence; working discretely to minimise disruption and maintaining excellent customer relations with the clients.
This position presents an excellent opportunity to work with interior planting and design in the workplace whilst delivering great customer satisfaction.
Key Requirements
- Prior experience in planting or horticulture is preferred but not essential as we will provide training, but a passion for plants is definitely necessary.
- Full UK driving licence.
Rewards
- A great salary package
- Pension scheme
- Ongoing training and development
- Company van
- Uniform
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you in advance for your application and advise that only candidates that meet the position requirements and have the right to work in the United Kingdom will be contacted.
If this Interior Plant Maintenance Technician vacancy is of interest, please apply or contact Mark Bolam on 01233 732767 or markbolam@horticruitment.com.
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Skilled Gardener - Live In - EC7731
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced skilled gardener to manage a beautiful private garden in Hampstead, Greater London. The diverse 1-acre garden consists of a rose garden and climbing roses, wisteria, yew hedges, mixed beds, herbaceous borders and shrubs, mature trees, a kitchen garden with raised beds and a greenhouse, lawn, tennis courts, pond with a water feature and a pergola / trellis walkway.
The skilled gardener will have a true passion for plants and gardening, a positive ‘can-do’ attitude and have the determination and drive to work autonomously. He / She will have a vision for maintaining and enhancing the garden as required and is someone who takes pride in their work.
The successful candidate will ideally hold a minimum level 2 horticultural qualification combined with excellent plant knowledge, excellent technical skills and a minimum of 5 years previous experience working on private estates. PA1/PA6 spray certificates would be an advantage as well as the ability to operate and maintain a range of garden machinery. He/ She will have a full driving licence and would happy to occasionally assist with handyman duties.
A one-bedroom accommodation, offsite but next to the property, is provided for the successful candidate. The accommodation is suitable for single occupancy and council tax and bills will be covered by the owners.
SALARY: Up to £25,000 depending on experience
LOCATION: Hampstead, London
JOB No: EC7731
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