Gardening Supervisor

4 months ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom JDS Gardening Full time

**JDS Gardening - Supervisor**

**Overview**:

- We are a successful and expanding full-services gardening company based in Edinburgh looking to recruit an experienced and knowledgeable team supervisor.
- We provide residential and commercial gardening, planting and tree services across the Edinburgh area and are committed to eco and sustainable operational methods.
- **At JDS we ensure that at the heart of our successful business is an unrivalled team spirit. We reward the hard work with good salary and benefits and career progression.**:

- **We always ensure we invest in training for our employees ensuring a high-quality service to our clients.**:

- **We have a client centric approach to our business and proven experience in building and retaining client relationships is required.**:

- The applicant must be able to demonstrate a proven track record of maintaining a mixture of domestic and commercial gardens/grounds to a very high standard along with landscaping and gardening projects.
- Many of our clients require expert advice on planting and garden maintenance schedules therefore you must be proficient in plants, shrubs and lawn assessments and recommendations.
- You must have experience of weekly job planning/scheduling systems and have managed small teams on site at both residential and commercial client sites.
- You will be working directly for the Operations Director and be fully responsible for the specified job, team, health & safety and all aspects of quality assurance and client / customer service.
- You must have a clean and valid driving license alongside the relevant industry standard “tickets”.
- Experience of landscaping would be advantageous along with a robust knowledge of plants.
- You will be required to travel daily to EH16 4UZ as a starting/finishing point.
- Must be flexible to meet client demands over very busy seasonal period.

**Roles and Responsibilities**:

- To liaise with the Operations director in regard to the weekly and daily job schedules, to prepare the appropriate machinery and to then conduct pre-job briefings with the client and the onsite team.
- To undertake and manage all works to a high standard; liaise with clients; take and present instructions and have a “can do” attitude.
- Operate all garden machinery and tools in a safe and competent manor and strim to a high standard. To direct and ensure the same levels of quality and safety from the job-teams that are onsite under your supervision.
- Keep an up-to-date and accurate log of daily operations.
- Be able to advise clients on potential improvements from a horticultural perspective**.**:

- To ensure job completion and feedback information is logged appropriately
- Key garden maintenance tasks for our clients include:

- Strimming
- Shrub Pruning
- Hedge Trimming
- Lawn Mowing
- Flower bed maintenance and establishing new landscaped areas with plants, trees, shrubs
- Weeding

**Benefits of working with us**:

- An excellent wage
- up to £31,000
- 28 days holiday (inc. Bank Holidays)
- A company pension (£1,000 per year contributed by us)
- A great tight knit team
- Training and Development with exciting opportunities to further your career
- Uniform & PPE provided
- Cycle to work scheme available
- Various company events throughout the year, all paid for by the company (go karting, clay pigeon shooting, bowling is some examples)
- The best Christmas party in Edinburgh
- A free team breakfast every week
- Weekly team meetings to discuss the week ahead
- A company vansupplied by us
- Your wages are covered by us in the event of you breaking bone and being unable to work for up to 12 weeks*
- Working in a team that has a good laugh and works hard to get the jobs done to a high standard
- Opportunity to access medical insurance

**Job Type**:Permanent, Full time

**Gardening & Supervision**:

- Supervisor: 2 years (Required & with references)

**Qualifications/Education (equivalents)**:

- A strong knowledge of plants and grounds maintenance practices

**Mandatory Licences (to be produced at interview)**:

- Clean and full Driving License
- PA1 & PA6 (preferred)

**What we want you to have**
- Strong horticultural knowledge
- Experience in all set up and use of all gardening and horticultural equipment.
- Enhanced communication and organisational skills.
- Planning & Management experience of various job sets and teams
- A willingness and adapt to and learn new skills.
- Time management and planning.
- A positive attitude to execute, deliver and succeed in all aspects of life.
- To listen carefully and liaise with clients.

**What we want to see**
- Take ownership and be accountable for their own work
- Someone who loves dealing with people and solving their problems
- Must be action orientated, self-motived and can solve problems
- Ability to adapt to change and learn quickly
- Bring passion and own ideas into the business
- which can help shape the business

**Wage**: £12.00- £13.86 per hour (an aver


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