Gardener - Garden Park

6 months ago


Newton Abbot, United Kingdom Trago Mills Full time

**Trago Mills (Newton Abbot) - **Garden Park - Gardener

Conveniently located just off the A38 between Plymouth and Exeter, our Newton Abbot store consists of over 18,500 square meters filled with over 180,000 home and leisure products.

Garden Park - Gardener

**Job Type**

Full Time - 35 hours per week working 5 days from 7

**Salary**

£11.44 per hour plus generous staff discount

**Responsible to**

Garden Park Manager

**Role Summary**
- To work flexibly, to ensure the upkeep and maintenance of the iconic Garden Park Show Gardens, undertaking such other activities to maximise sales, business efficiency and customer satisfaction.

**Key Relationships**
- Garden Park manager, site manager and colleagues

**Key Responsibilities, Tasks and Activities**
- Maintain the cleanliness and upkeep of the Garden Park Show Gardens and its surroundings
- Ensuring defects are corrected in an efficient manner
- Taking instruction from site and store management in relation to priority of works and improvements
- Dealing with any maintenance related paperwork and record keeping
- Ensuring all work is completed effectively and in a timely manner
- Multi skilled in performance of duties
- Assisting the company and colleagues by carrying out such duties away from usual areas of work as may reasonably be required

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**

**Experience**
- Previous gardening experience required. Good knowledge of plants, plant care and maintenance, ensuring that the plants and surroundings are always kept in the best condition

**Skills & Qualifications**
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent tradesman and problem solving skills
- Familiarity with and competence in relation to common tools and equipment

**Key Behaviours**
- Work well with others demonstrating enthusiasm and helpfulness
- Should take pride in working with a high degree of accuracy at all times
- Takes ownership for work, accepts direction and works efficiently to meet deadlines
- Develops job knowledge and skills through personal development
- Looks after own health and fitness
- Is honest, courteous and trustworthy in relation to the company, colleagues and customers
- Sets a good example to colleagues in terms of appearance and conduct

**Other**
- An understanding of individual responsibility and the company’s obligations in complying with the Health & Safety policies and arrangements
- An understanding and commitment to fairness, diversity and dignity in the workplace

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

Pay: £11.44 per hour

Expected hours: 35 per week

**Benefits**:

- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Holidays
- Weekends only

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Newton Abbot, TQ12 6JD: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person


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