Job Title: Landscape Gardener/Trainee Team Leader

Pay grade: £26,000/30,000 + bonuses + overtime

 

Reporting Relationships: Reporting to Director

Starting Date To Be Agreed

Interview Date To Be Agreed. Interview can be online. A trial will be agreed.

Career

This post is subject to a 3-month probation period. Salary 26/30,000£ plus bonuses and perks depending on the experience. The position starts as landscape gardener working under supervision being paid the minimum of the full proposed wage without bonuses/perks including goes home van. Then it will evolve in a team leader position, the pay increased will be discussed and all the bonuses and perks will be added. The passage to full pay will happen depending on the skills and capability of the candidate to fit in the company’s system and being able to work without supervision.

This post is perfect for a maintenance gardener who would like to change their career to landscape gardener or for a horticulturist/soft-landscaper with some maintenance experience and has the long-term potential of a management position. Any additional training required to enable this role to be performed will be provided at the company’s expense.

Company Mission Statement:

Designing and landscaping a garden is always about creating an environment which its users can enjoy. For this reason, we always strive to create outdoor spaces which are unique, bespoke on the client’s needs, and matching their expectations. We have developed and keep growing a loyal clients base through effective sources and word of mouth, strong of the highest quality service. We aim to increase revenue and profit margins without sacrifice quality nor recurring to non-environmentally friendly methods.

Working with us

The company is specialising in soft-landscaping and wildlife friendly gardens in particular, but we perform some hard-landscaping as well as part of our projects. We refrain from doing small hard-landscaping jobs which have no soft landscaping as part of the project. For this reason, we are looking for someone who is happy to complete some hard landscaping and ad hoc duties as required. But the main tasks will be soft landscaping and maintenance, mostly of gardens we built.

Maintenance work is done for the garden we build and selected gardens with interesting features. We limit the use of power tools. We don’t need a “master of the hedge trimmer” but a fastidious gardener with a good plant knowledge who knows as to use the secateurs. In the typical maintenance day, we visit 2 or 3 gardens and since we don’t work on hourly basis there is no rush to move from a garden to the next. At present, maintenance takes up circa 30% of the working week but it may increase in the future.

Previous experience in maintenance and/or soft-landscaping in another European country is highly desirable, but most of all we need the necessary mind flexibility to follow our procedures.

We have a holistic approach to landscaping and are involved in all aspects of landscaping which allows us to create outstanding gardens on budget. Thus a “can do” attitude and desire to learn new skills are a must.

Due to the nature of the job the candidate must be physically fit and able to work in all weather conditions.

The right candidate will have the motivation to get stuck into the business and grow with it and will be properly recognised and rewarded for their valuable contribution. The candidate will work in a team most days, but there may be occasions when they will work by themselves.

The Candidate

Ideally the candidate will have the following skill set:

Horticultural/maintenance and/or soft landscaping experience (mandatory)

Good dexterity

Take pride in their own work

Neat, tidy, and presentable always

Good command of spoken and written English

A full, clean UK driving license (mandatory)

A passion for gardening, nature, the environment

Right to live and work in the UK

Punctuality and house-keeping (mandatory)

Experience/having any of the following would be great, but not mandatory: Ability to read architect plans and be able to set out projects in line with the drawings. CSCS card. Certified use of Excavators & Dumpers.

Discretion and professionalism with clients are always required.

References will be required.



 

Holiday: 30 days holiday (includes Bank Holidays)

Uniform and PPE will be provided.

 

Benefits:

- Bonus scheme

- Use of a company’s van after probation period

- Ongoing training and development

- Being a small company, we can offer flexibility and growth

- If you are stuck in London, or in another uncomfortable place, and would like to relocate to a more friendly environment (with or without family) we will be happy to help with the relocation costs and organisation.