Landscape & Maintenance Manager - 36275

Location : Oxfordshire
Salary : 40K DOE
Vacancy type : Permanent
Vacancy ID : 36275

Landscape and Grounds Maintenance Manager

 The role of Grounds Development Manager is crucial in ensuring the department achieves exceptional standards.

 Job Specification

 Development of the grounds and landscaping side of the business.

• Management of the provision of a defined range of grounds services.
• Management and supervision of grounds team including the Grounds Contract Manager.
• Compliance with company health & safety, environmental and quality procedures and current legislation.
• Compliance with all existing systems, procedures and work practices.

 Responsibilities

 ·               Management and leadership of the grounds team including overseeing the allocation of work, attendance and performance management, coaching and motivation and the provision of advice and support to the team as required.

·               Responsibility for customer liaison, including Client meetings.

·               Client enquiries are promptly processed and responded to, keeping clients informed of any delays or difficulties encountered.

·               Planning the grounds maintenance programme a year in advance so that the schedule for the following year is always complete by November the previous year.

·               Management of ad-hoc work requests, ensuring targets are achieved and deadlines are met.

·               Carrying out site visits in response to client enquiries or orders, specifying what work is required.  This will include assessing any risks and obtaining sufficient information to ensure that quotations can be raised and work can be carried out.

·               Competitive and successful completion of tender process for existing and potential new clients, ensuring that deadlines are met and new works are secured.

·               Liaison with other departments, as required, to request further site visits as necessary.

·               Responsibility for ensuring the department is accurate in pricing jobs including obtaining costs for all materials, plant hire and labour and the preparation and submission of quotations.

·               Ensuring all jobs are passed to the Support Services Administrator and logged on the Clik computerised maintenance management system, including ordering raw materials, plant and equipment hire and allocating jobs to staff.

·               Responsibility for ensuring clients are kept up to date regarding the status of work already requested and confirmation of anticipated completion dates. 

Duties will include

 ·               Responsibility for ensuring health & safety and environmental procedures are followed and updated in accordance with any new legislation. 

·               Management of the issue of risk assessments and method statements for all jobs and the obtaining of work permits where required before any work can commence.

·               Management of the maintenance of all grounds equipment, collating all information on an asset register and logging all service and repair dates.  Ensuring all equipment is well maintained, fit for purpose and safe to use.

·               Focal contact point for grounds queries for all staff.

·               Training and induction of new staff including Identification of staff training needs within the grounds team.

·               Responsibility for ensuring correct IT procedures are followed at all times

·               Keeping the department work area clean, tidy and well organised.

·               Occasional tasks at the discretion of the management and any additional ad-hoc duties as required.

·               Understanding and implementing Clients organisation, services, standard procedures and policies.

·               Taking part in training and meetings as required and reporting to the Joint Managing Directors, keeping them informed of all developments.

·               Attendance at monthly Risk Management Team meetings.

·               Informing the HR Manager of any personal or health issues regarding the team that are causing concern and any change of personal information such as home address, telephone number etc.

 

• To follow and ensure staff follow standard operating procedures in compliance with BS EN ISO 9001: 2008, OHSAS 18001: 2007 and ISO 14001: 2015.

   Please note that a Disclosure & Baring Service check will be carried out for this position

Please quote 36275 when speaking with one of our consultants.