Assistant Contracts Manager

2 months ago


UK, UK, United Kingdom Landscape Services Full time

Brand: Landscape Services

Role: Assistant Contracts Manager

Location: East Kent, covering; Thanet, Canterbury, Folkestone, Maidstone, Ashford

Salary - £30,000 (45 hours per week)


Work van included in package.


Landscape Services, part of the Commercial Services Group, is a specialist provider of outdoor maintenance and management services, particularly around grounds maintenance, arboriculture, horticulture and landscaping projects. They use their 80+ years of public and private sector expertise to deliver valuable, safe and assured results for our customers, developing adaptable solutions in line with our core values, and theirs, whilst simultaneously helping to sustain our natural environment.


The Role

Commercial Services Group is seeking an Assistant Grounds Maintenance Contracts Manager to join our Landscape Services brand to cover East Kent. The Assistant Contracts Manager is a key part of the management structure here at Landscape Services, responsible for supporting with both the services we deliver for our customers, and the wellbeing and requirements of our staff. As our ‘second in command’, you will be expected to assist in organising and overseeing the scheduled maintenance of contracts within your geographical area, for customers which including schools, parishes, roundabouts, waste sites and ad-hoc works - all to contractual specification

To be successful within this role you will benefit from knowledge of grounds maintenance and landscaping operations, as well as your local area. The ideal candidate will be organised and resourceful and have prior low-level management or team leader experience. This role will see you at times instructing and organising staff through proactive planning of routes and rounds, whilst ensuring resource, material and contract requirements are met.

This role requires a full clean drivers license and an Enhanced DBS Check (carried out by us) , please consider this prior to making your application.


In return we will offer you:

  • 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
  • Never work a birthday again You receive an extra day off for it to enjoy however you wish
  • Company Vehicle
  • Life assurance cover
  • A culture of progression and development
  • Plus many more perks


Key Duties:

  • Ownership of key administrative responsibilities within the areas they co-manage. This will include; depot inspections, site inspections, sourcing and ordering of goods, reporting on incidents.
  • Assisting in the daily and weekly scheduling and management of the operational teams’ workload, ensuring specific routes and rounds are followed, and recommending alternative solutions with consideration to geography, customer type and equipment required.
  • Attending customer and site meetings alongside the Regional Contracts Manager. Developing an understanding of – and assisting with – the pricing and supply of quotations for ad-hoc works.
  • Undertaking various safety inspections for the purpose of better protecting our staff, customers and the public. This may include site safety inspections, vehicle inspections and equipment checks.
  • Planning, organising and supervising all equipment, staff and materials to avoid wastage and ensure compliance with required standards. Ensuring chemical usage complies with current legislation.
  • Acting as support and deputy for the Regional Contracts Manager as required. Stepping into operational duties during periods of high staff sickness, leave or busier seasons.


What we need from you:

  • Minimum 3 years experience industry experience preferably in grounds maintenance.
  • Proficient understanding of contract agreements, and risk management.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise with senior managers and stakeholders.
  • Full clean driving license
  • IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent
  • PA1A, PA6A is desirable


About Commercial Services Group

Commercial Services Group (CSG) is the largest, local authority-owned trading company (LATCO) in the UK, wholly owned by Kent County Council. CSG generates over £800m in revenue per annum and provides services to over 16,000 education and public sector customers globally.

CSG is striving to be recognised as the global leader in Education and Public Sector services, currently operating in 86 countries, with 1,800 staff across 28 trading brands, providing expertise ranging from: HR Services, IT Services, Energy, Education Resources, Procurement and many more.


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