Grounds Maintenance Supervisor

7 months ago


Exeter, United Kingdom Nurture Landscapes Group Full time

Due to expediential growth in our business, we have an exciting opportunity and are recruiting for a new **Ground Maintenance Supervisor**, must have a can-do attitude and who will join an existing team working on a number of different contracts in and around the **Exeter **area**.**

**Job Purpose**

As an **Ground Maintenance Supervisor**, you will be working ‘hands-on’ with a small team of gardeners to provide a **top-class horticultural environment** for our clients. Your role will be to supervise your team on a daily basis, ensuring that the requirements of the client and the specification are fully met for the enjoyment, recreation and safety of the site, employees and visitors.

**Responsibilities**:

- To be conversant with the needs of the client’s contractual terms and to attend site meetings etc in the absence of the contract manager.
- To effectively supervise your team to ensure that activities and tasks are undertaken to the highest possible safety standards and in accordance with the contract terms and KPI’s.
- To supervise, motivate and work as part of a team with the aim of ensuring productive working relationships within the team, with other employees, managers, clients, the public and end users.
- To be practically conversant with the use, general cleaning and basic maintenance of the locally used equipment.
- Ensure hand/power tools and grounds maintenance equipment, machinery and vehicles for your team are in good working order and secure, that routine maintenance is carried out and refer major mechanical problems to your contract manager or the workshop.
- To liaise with the client in a professional manner handling issues and requests efficiently and in accordance with Nurture Landscapes procedures.
- Proactively report incidents, suggestions, or concerns regarding the site/s, clients or team to your line manager.

**Skills and experiences**:

- Passionate about the **environment** with a keen eye for detail.
- Self-motivated with the ability to confidently work independently
- Spraying Certificates - **NPTC PA1 & PA6 **preferable, but not essential
- Experience in Corporate and/or Local Authority Grounds Maintenance preferred, but not essential
- Experience with using petrol two-stroke grass/hedge cutting equipment is preferable, but not essential
- Experience with **ride on** grass-cutting equipment and **tractor **driving is preferable but not essential
- Flexible in approach to work and willing to work outside in all weathers
- A full, clean UK driving licence

**In return we offer**:

- **£14.00 an hour, ** with annual reviews
- 28 days holiday (inc. Bank Holidays)
- Employee contribution pension scheme
- A friendly customer focused team atmosphere
- Training and Development with exciting opportunities to further your career
- Uniform/ PPE provided
- Refer a friend scheme, £200 per person from Day 1
- Cycle to work scheme, and access to our Bravo benefits hub
- Nurture Group is a proud partner of the **Living Wage Foundation**.

**The Company**:
The Nurture Group, is an award winning national service provider consisting of three leading brands**:Nurture Landscapes**, **Gavin Jones** and **Rokill Pest Control Services**.

**Nurture Landscapes** specialises in grounds maintenance, winter gritting and interior and exterior plant display services, mainly to the corporate sector.

**Gavin Jones** provide landscape construction services to a wide variety of clients across the UK, working alongside landscape architects, designers and main contractors. They also provide grounds maintenance services to military sites and public open spaces and are proud holders of the Royal Warrant.

**Rokill** provide pest control services to both commercial and domestic customers as well as the public sector. They hold the Royal Warrant and are of the UK’s leading pest control companies.

Our clients span across a diverse and broad range of disciplines, from corporate headquarters, science parks, shopping centres, business and industrial parks, to leisure facilities, schools, sporting venues, hotels, universities, public open spaces and the public sector.

**Nurture is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £14.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime

Application question(s):

- Do you have experience with using petrol two stroke grass/hedge cutting equipment?

**Experience**:

- Grounds Maintenance: 3 years (preferred)
- Supervising: 1 year (preferred)

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