Grounds Maintenance Supervisor - Camden Town, United Kingdom - Pin Point Recruitment

Description

• Lead the front-line process for maintaining designated parks, green spaces, housing estates and horticultural features.
• Supervise teams of grounds maintenance operatives / gardeners, park keepers, playpark inspectors and horticulturists.
• Manage local contract performance relating to grounds maintenance operations.
• Plan organise and design bedding and other planting schemes relating to grounds maintenance within designated sites.
• Undertake staff training, safety briefings, safety tours and inspections.
• Ensure successful application of safety procedures including risk assessments, method statements, COSHH and vehicles.
• To deal with client enquiries and complaints, attending meetings when necessary.
• Monitor and engage grounds maintenance operatives / gardeners to ensure work schedule are delivered in a timely manner and safety standards are adhered to at all times.
• Provide a front-line presence and good company image to park users, open spaces and housing estates whilst on duty.
• Deputise for line manager as required during periods of absence.
• On-call commitment relating to entire contract and staff engaged on out-of-hours and weekend work.
• Operate and maintain plant and machinery.
• Ensure all paperwork relevant to the role is fully completed and submitted.
• Co-ordinate client rectifications, defaults and improvement notices to ensure a timely response for remedial action.
• Undertake multiple site inspections and gather written, statistical, photographic and other data necessary to ascertain contract performance.
• Provide leadership and guidance to staff in a range of horticultural tasks and activities.
• Coordinate the receipt of deliveries and the movement of materials plant and equipment to site.
• Organise seasonal work plans and rotas to reflect service requirements.
• Procure and ensure appropriate training in the operation of all machinery plant and other equipment.
• To plan and deliver routine and specialised horticultural maintenance in accordance with good practice.