Garden Maintenance Foreperson

Fresh Horticultural Careers; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading landscape maintenance provider in London is seeking a Maintenance Foreperson to supervise a mobile gardening team. Applicants must have horticultural experience and a full clean UK driving license. The role involves various garden maintenance tasks, including mowing and planting, and would suit someone already in a Team Leader position or ready to step up.

Qualifications

• Full clean UK driving licence is essential.
• PA1 & PA6 certifications are desirable.
• Vast experience using garden machinery, ideally including Ride-ons.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a small team of mobile gardeners.
• Manage all aspects of garden maintenance including mowing, strimming, and weeding.
• Ensure effective planting, pruning, and watering.

Skills

Organised

Excellent communication skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Experience using garden machinery

Education

Horticultural qualification

Tools

Garden machinery

Job description

Overview

Maintenance Foreperson FHC4

London and Within M25

Our Client provides landscape maintenance teams at some of the UKs most prestigious domestic and commercial sites as well as some of the most iconic public spaces. They strive to maintain landscapes to complement both their environment and the character of each venue.

They are seeking a Maintenance Foreperson to join their team servicing London and within the M25 circuit. You will need a full driving license and horticultural experience to be considered, this would suit somebody already in a Team Leader position or somebody who is ready to step up.

Responsibilities

• Supervising a small team of mobile gardeners
• All aspects of garden maintenance including: mowing
• Strimming
• Weeding
• Planting
• Pruning
• Watering
• Seeding
• Hedge cutting
• Leaf blowing
• Spraying

Person Specification

• Organised
• Excellent communication skills
• Full clean UK driving licence is essential
• Hort qualification desirable
• PA1 & PA6 desirable
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• vast experience using garden machinery ideally including Ride-ons

In addition to this role we have plenty of other full and part time roles across the Horticultural sector, please visit our website for more information