Landscape Foreman - St. Leonards-on-Sea, United Kingdom - ASL Recruitment Ltd

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Our client who has been established for over 7 years are a local landscaping company who create soulful gardens inspired by nature.

They are currently looking for a
Landscape Foreman to join their hardworking dedicated team in St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex.


As a
Landscape Foreman you will provide a high standard of work and leadership through all phases of the garden construction, act as a point of contact on site for clients and designers and record and detail daily work progress using the company'soperation management tools.

You will also jointly oversee the development of one apprentice.


This role does require a full clean driving licence.

  • Demonstrable experience within a similar position
  • Ability to work in a highly professional environment, producing highend finish work across a full range of landscaping tasks
  • Experience of operating machinery, executing groundworks phases of projects including ground clearance, reading for plans, setting out, working to levels by cutting, filling and grading, excavations for and installation of foundations
  • Possess highend finishing experience covering paving/surfacing and fencing
  • Ability to manage workflow on site, planning tasks around variables such as weather
  • Have strong communication skills both internally with colleagues and externally with clients and designers
  • Desire to learn and fill gaps in skills and knowledge
  • Ability to embrace innovation by improving and adapting to new processes and methods both on and off site
  • Hold a full clean driving license

Desirable:


  • Proven track record of additional high end finishing skills covering carpentry, walling and/or rendering
  • Knowledge and understanding of irrigation and water feature installations
  • Proven ability to lead a team and develop colleagues at a more junior level
  • Traditional skills such as drystone walling
  • Chainsaw and spraying certificates

Your duties as a Landscape Foreman would be:

  • Providing a high standard of work and leadership through all phases of the garden construction
  • Jointly oversee the development of one apprentice
  • Acting as a point of contract on site for clients and designers, communicating matters clearly to the company director
  • Recording and detailing daily work progress using the company's operation management tools
  • Using your experience to work closely with the director both on and off site to help inform decision making around design, estimating and delivery
  • Using downtime to provide administrative support, including estimating, design, operations management and development of the company's method statement resources

Salary:

Up to £40,000 per annum


Hours:

Monday - Friday, 7.30am - 4pm

Full Time, Permanent


Location:

St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex


Start Date:


ASAP

Key Words:


  • Landscape Foreman, Landscaping, Landscape Supervisor, Team Leader, Landscaper, Driving Licence, Full Time, Permanent, St Leonards on Sea, Bexhill, Hastings, Battle, East Sussex _

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