Exterior Maintenance Technician

TN United Kingdom; Selby; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a vibrant and fast-paced team as an Exterior Maintenance Technician, where you'll play a key role in enhancing outdoor spaces. This position offers the chance to work with a friendly crew, ensuring customer satisfaction through quality service. With a focus on growth and development, you'll engage in various horticultural tasks, from grass cutting to plant care, all while representing a leading company in the planting sector. If you have a passion for the outdoors and a commitment to excellence, this is the perfect opportunity to thrive in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Full UK drivers licence is required.
• Garden maintenance experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform grass cutting, shrub pruning, and weed maintenance.
• Liaise with customers and maintain digital records.

Skills

Garden maintenance experience

Excellent verbal communication

Teamwork

Plant knowledge

Education

Qualification in Horticulture

Tools

Powered horticulture equipment

Non-powered horticulture equipment

Job description

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Position: Exterior Maintenance Technician

Location: Selby

Contract: Full Time 42.5 hours per week, Permanent

Salary: Basic salary £27,340k per annum (40hr Week)

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 who’s 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

Working as a Exterior Maintenance Technician, you will work on site ensuring the best possible service is provided to our ever growing exterior customer base.

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.

Your main duties will include:

• Grass cutting and strimming
• Shrub pruning, plant care and hedge cutting
• Weed maintenance
• Using a range of powered and non-powered horticulture equipment
• Complete all digital records required through smart phone application
• Liaising with customers
• Autumn clearing
• Spring preparation
• Mowing
• Heavy lifting will be required

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience:

• Full UK drivers licence
• Garden maintenance experience is essential
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work as part of a team
• Plant knowledge would be advantageous
• Qualification in Horticulture is desirable but is not essential

As part of your role, you will be required to;

• Always act in a professional manner as a representative of the organisation.
• Comply with all relevant health and safety requirements
• Ensure that the clients are always completely satisfied
• Initiate suggestions to improve the organisations performance
• Complete timesheets and other paperwork and ensure all is handed in promptly

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.