Assistant Contracts Manager

TN United Kingdom; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Assistant Contracts Manager, where you'll play a vital role in overseeing grounds maintenance across East Kent. This exciting position involves managing contracts, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and supporting a dedicated team. With a culture of progression and development, you'll have the opportunity to enhance your skills while enjoying unique perks like an extra day off on your birthday. If you're organized, resourceful, and passionate about outdoor management, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Extra day off on birthday

Company Vehicle

Life assurance cover

Culture of progression and development

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in grounds maintenance.
• Proficient understanding of contract agreements and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Assist in organizing and overseeing scheduled maintenance contracts.
• Conduct safety inspections to protect staff and public.

Skills

Grounds Maintenance

Landscaping Operations

Team Leadership

Communication Skills

Risk Management

Education

IOSH Managing Safely

PA1A Certification

PA6A Certification

Job description

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Brand: Landscape Services
Role: Assistant Contracts Manager
Location: East Kent, covering; Thanet, Canterbury, Folkestone, Maidstone, Ashford
Salary: £30,000 (45 hours per week)

Work van included in package.

Landscape Services, part of the Commercial Services Group, is a specialist provider of outdoor maintenance and management services, particularly around grounds maintenance, arboriculture, horticulture and landscaping projects. They use their 80+ years of public and private sector expertise to deliver valuable, safe and assured results for our customers, developing adaptable solutions in line with our core values, and theirs, whilst simultaneously helping to sustain our natural environment.

The Role

Commercial Services Group is seeking an Assistant Grounds Maintenance Contracts Manager to join our Landscape Services brand to cover East Kent. The Assistant Contracts Manager is a key part of the management structure here at Landscape Services, responsible for supporting both the services we deliver for our customers and the wellbeing and requirements of our staff. As our ‘second in command’, you will assist in organising and overseeing the scheduled maintenance of contracts within your geographical area, for customers including schools, parishes, roundabouts, waste sites, and ad-hoc works — all to contractual specifications.

To be successful in this role, you should have knowledge of grounds maintenance and landscaping operations, as well as familiarity with your local area. The ideal candidate will be organized, resourceful, and have prior low-level management or team leader experience. This role involves instructing and organizing staff through proactive planning of routes and rounds, ensuring resource, material, and contract requirements are met.

This position requires a full clean drivers license and an Enhanced DBS Check (to be carried out by us). Please consider this prior to applying.

In return, we offer:

• Never work a birthday again! You receive an extra day off to enjoy as you wish.
• Company Vehicle
• Life assurance cover
• A culture of progression and development
• Plus many more perks

Key Duties:

• Ownership of key administrative responsibilities within your co-managed areas, including depot inspections, site inspections, sourcing and ordering of goods, and incident reporting.
• Assisting in the daily and weekly scheduling and management of the operational teams’ workload, ensuring routes and rounds are followed, and suggesting alternatives considering geography, customer type, and equipment.
• Attending customer and site meetings alongside the Regional Contracts Manager. Assisting with pricing and supply of quotations for ad-hoc works.
• Conducting safety inspections to protect staff, customers, and the public, including site safety, vehicle, and equipment checks.
• Planning, organizing, and supervising all equipment, staff, and materials to prevent wastage and ensure compliance with standards. Ensuring chemical usage complies with legislation.
• Supporting and deputizing for the Regional Contracts Manager as needed, especially during high staff sickness, leave, or busy seasons.

What we need from you:

• Minimum 3 years of industry experience, preferably in grounds maintenance.
• Proficient understanding of contract agreements and risk management.
• Excellent communication skills for liaising with senior managers and stakeholders.
• Full clean driving license.
• IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent qualification.
• PA1A, PA6A certifications are desirable.

About Commercial Services Group

Commercial Services Group (CSG) is the largest, local authority-owned trading company (LATCO) in the UK, wholly owned by Kent County Council. CSG generates over £800m in revenue annually and serves over 16,000 education and public sector customers worldwide.

CSG aims to be recognized as the global leader in Education and Public Sector services, operating in 86 countries with 1,800 staff across 28 trading brands, offering expertise in HR, IT, Energy, Education Resources, Procurement, and more.