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Trainee Landscape Team Leader

Rentokil Initial plc

Hounslow

On-site

GBP 28,000

Full time

11 days ago

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An established industry player in the landscaping sector is seeking a Trainee Landscape Team Leader to join their dynamic team. In this role, you'll lead a small team to deliver high-quality landscaping projects while ensuring customer satisfaction and compliance with health and safety standards. This position offers a competitive salary, job stability, and opportunities for progression within a supportive environment. Join a company that values quality, safety, and sustainability, and be a part of a team that brings life to homes and workplaces through innovative planting solutions. If you're ready to take the next step in your career, this is the opportunity for you.

Job stability & security

Progression opportunities

Employee assistance program

Refer a friend bonus scheme

Company events

Experience in landscaping or horticulture preferred.
Strong communication and leadership skills are essential.

Lead a team to complete landscaping projects to high standards.
Ensure customer satisfaction and compliance with safety requirements.
Manage paperwork and communication with admin teams.

Good communication skills

Team leadership

Time management

Horticultural qualifications

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Position: Trainee Landscape Team Leader

Location: Based out of Alfreton Branch.

Contract: Full Time 42.5 hours per week, Permanent.

Salary: Basic salary from £28,000 per annum

Reporting To: Team Leader

Urban Planters has been bringing homes and workplaces to life with plants since 1965. We deliver our products and services using our national network of branches, spanning the length and breadth of the UK. This means we can offer the personalised service of a local business but with the standards and resources of a national organisation.

Quality, safety, sustainability and professionalism underpin all that we do. To this end, we are ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certified. We now have a carbon negative business whose teams install planting in, on and around the buildings of the companies we partner with. We are happiest while we are landscaping, installing indoor planting schemes or maintaining the plants or grounds of our clients.

The Role

To lead a small landscaping team assisting with projects requiring both soft and hard landscaping.

Your main duties will include:

Lead a team of up to 3 to complete small to medium sized landscaping projects. All work to be completed to a high standard and within the time constraints of the project.
Assist with the completion of landscaping dockets.
Complete timesheets and ensure all paperwork is handed in promptly.
Act at all times as a representative of the company and ensure that the customer is completely satisfied.
Initiate suggestions and report customer comments for improvement to the company’s performance.
Use Microsoft Teams to communicate with the admin team to organise materials efficiently.
Comply with all relevant Health & Safety requirements.
Undertake other duties as required by management.
A large amount of travel is involved within this role.

Requirements:

Qualifications & Experience:

Horticultural qualifications preferred but not essential.
Good communication skills.
Full UK driver's licence.

Benefits:

This opportunity is for someone looking to join a busy, fast-paced business where you will be working with a friendly and welcoming team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading company in the Interior and Exterior planting sector where progression and development are encouraged.

What we offer in return: