Gardening Team Leader

We are currently hiring for a Team Leader who has experience within gardening to assist us mainly with general gardening/ Maintenance contracts but also hard & soft landscaping may be required on an adhoc basis and you will be required to carry out the following tasks below to a high standard and efficiently (if you are not used to manual hard labour you need not apply it is a physical job, similarly if you cant get out of bed in a morning and make it in on time don't waste my time!!)

Various horticultural duties will be undertaken, in summer all aspects of landscape gardening, general gardening, and general maintenance. In winter, gritting, snow clearing, general handy work and maintenance of machinery, you will be working both in the private and public sector.

You will be responsible for making sure various front of house tasks are performed (daily working schedule) tasks are carried out as part of your duties for example: -

• The daily checks of any vehicle or equipment to be used and that any breakages are reported to Management and digitally recorded for repairs to be made


• Opening up in a morning and locking up (making sure that all is left safe, all doors locked, and alarms set)


• General day to day running of jobs as per information supplied by Management via the service app or emailed, or hand-written instructions


• You will also be expected to be able to work by yourself if needed uninstructed using your own initiative to complete tasks to the same standard as we would expect


Listed below are some of the tasks that will be expected to be undertaken by all staff (just because its a team leader role you wont be sat in the van coordinating you will be expected to muck in as well as overlook the job your on

Summer (Most frequent)

• Grass cutting


• Hedge cutting


• Strimming


• General tiding of gardens cutting back including litter picking (Grabber provided)


• General laboring (hoeing & Turning borders, planting plants/shrubs/trees etc)


Winter

• In winter we offer snow ploughing / gritting service you might be called upon if a snow/frost is called within a reasonable time frame, and provided if you can commute safely


• We offer handyman services to certain jobs such as painting, or smalll repairs


• Also, in winter we do machine/vehicle/our stores maintenance


• General labouring


You will also be required to wash machinery, tools & vehicles as and when required to keep serviceable

Did we mention that you will have to make your own way to BD13 3NW DAILY

You will also be expected to be proficient in

• Mixing Concrete / Mortar


• Handing materials to other members of staff (Barrowing, lifting etc)


• Laying flags both on a dry screed bed, spot bed and a full mortar bed


• Digging Holes, Installing posts in preparation for fencing.


There may be other duties to be carried out in the running of the business on an adhoc basis not entirely gardening as we sometimes do handy man repairs etc so must be willing to undertake these too

For the right candidate this would be a full time position with the scope to advance even further in the business with a salary to reflect

MUST BE RELIABLE/GOOD TIME KEEPER

MUST HAVE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN GARDENING

MUST HAVE ATTENTION TO DETAIL

MUST BE ABLE TO USE OWN INITIATIVE

DRIVING LICENSE ESSENTIAL

HOURLY RATE £11.50-£15.00 (higher end depends on experience and performance)