Job Details
Gardening Supervisor
Permanent
Newmarket
£32,000 - £34,000
This role requires flexibility during our busy season is key with regards to hours and days worked.
Dedicated to providing a 6-star quality private concierge service to our exclusive clients. UKME ensures that the properties, we maintain are presented to the highest standard possible.
This is an exciting role for a talented individual who is looking for a new challenge, wants to join a fast paced and high performing team renowned for their approach and delivery of unparalleled service.
We are looking for a Gardening Supervisor to undertake the following duties on a day-to-day basis:
Key Responsibilities
- Supervisory - Map and plan annual bed arrangements and order provisions, work planning, including preparation of staff rotas, delegating tasks, Vehicle Sheets and payroll administration
- Turf Maintenance - Applications oh herbicide and fungicide and top dressing of turf.
- Seasonal Bedding - Coordinate the design, research, ordering and setting out / planting of all bedding
- Maintenance of all types of Paths - Maintenance of the paths, including leveling/raking and repairing any damage. making sure weed and moss free and non-slippery. Snow clearance and salting during winter months.
- Maintaining the tennis court / hard surface, setting out various sports courts.
- Fruit/Tree/Wall/Vine - Application of insecticides and fungicide application and the pruning of fruit in the winter and summer seasons
- Water Courses/Ponds/Waterfalls - Ensure filters are checked and cleaned and a high level of care is taken in the maintenance of ponds, including fish feeding and looking after the aquatic plants
- Hedge cutting - Maintenance of hedge cutting including pleaching, ornamental shrubbery and yew topiary
- Woodlands - Maintenance of woodland areas, including damage from high winds and wildlife
- Other - Oversee hard landscaping works and planning,
- Oversee mechanical maintenance of vans, tractors and other garden machinery.
- Monitoring contractors works.
- Vegetable garden and greenhouse, care and maintenance
Knowledge/Experience/Skills/Abilities
- Extensive experience of gardening in a private estate environment
- Experience working in a 24/7 environment
- Proven people management and organizational skills
- Specialist hands on gardening experience
- Spraying course PA1 Foundation and PA6 Handheld sprayer
- Course in chainsaw maintenance / crosscutting
- City & Guilds NVQ in amenity horticulture or equivalent qualification
- Extensive plant knowledge
- Health and Safety knowledge preferably gained through a recognised course
- Highly computer literate in Microsoft Office
- Valid UK Driver's License
Personal Attributes
- A focused approach
- Friendly and approachable
- Patient and discreet
- A respectful and understanding approach - so that Client's sensitive and personal matters can be dealt with appropriately
- Can take responsibility for own and other actions and justify these actions within their remit
- Professionalism - to attain and maintain the necessary professional standards/qualifications
- Customer Service - Continuously exceeds customer expectations through innovation.
- Respect - Promote UKME values to team and lead by example
- Loyalty - Always at the forefront of exceeding standards of work whilst establishing these standards amongst the team
- Pride - To continuously seek to maintain and improve the standard of work
- Commitment - Ensure that UKME culture and goals are communicated to all team members
- Flexibility - Promote and manage change to meet customer needs in a proactive and positive way
- Confidentiality - Demonstrate confidentiality when processing sensitive company information
- Communication Skills - Effective and confident presenter and robust in presenting arguments. Can convey and condense management information. Run difficult meetings with clear objectives and reaches an effective outcome
- Teamwork - Ensures the team understands how the role relates to the business. Ensure team ownership of goals. Identifies the causes of conflict between individual and groups. Treats others fairly and consistently.
- Drive and Innovation - Problem solves and assists others in problem solving within tight timescales. Co-ordinates team innovation and design whilst driving the outcome.
- Personal Development - Facilitates individual team learning. Empowers others within their area of responsibility.
Benefits:
- Private healthcare
- Company pension scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Perks at work
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