Grounds Maintenance Supervisor

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Trafford; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension

Healthcare cash plan

23 days + 3 discretionary days

Volunteering day

Discount scheme

Gym discounts

Job summary

Your Housing Group in Manchester is seeking a Grounds Maintenance Supervisor to lead a small team across northwest sites. You will manage duties, ensure safety and quality, and plan tasks to meet service standards. A valid UK driving licence and DBS are relevant, with a comprehensive benefits package included.

The role offers a 40-hour week, permanent contract, and competitive salary within the stated range, plus pension, healthcare, and holidays. Training and development are encouraged.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising a maintenance or grounds team.
• Good knowledge of grounds maintenance practices and safety.
• Full UK driving licence required; DBS check may be required.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Ground Maintenance and Environmental Services Operatives to ensure safe duty execution.
• Plan and organise team tasks to meet SLAs and high standards.
• Carry out site inspections using iAuditor and resolve customer inquiries.
• Perform grounds tasks such as grass cutting, pruning, and herbicide use.
• Maintain strong customer service and contribute to continuous improvement.

Skills

Team supervision

Health & safety

Communication

Customer service

Driving

Tools

iAuditor

Job description

£31,263 to £33,566 per year, Competitive

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

14/10/2026

About this job

Job Title: Grounds Maintenance Supervisor Salary: £31,263 - £33,566 per annum (depending on experience) Contract: Permanent Location: Gilmour House 95 Wood Ln, Partington, Manchester M31 4LW Weekly Hours: 40 hrs So…. What is this role exactly?

This is an exciting opportunity for a Grounds Maintenance Supervisor based in Manchester to work on various Your Housing Group sites across the northwest.

As a working Grounds Maintenance Supervisor, you will be part of a small and supportive team and will use your previous experience to deliver grounds maintenance, landscaping and environmental services to Your Housing Group’s customers, ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety and customer care at all times.

The role includes a small rota of sites that you will maintain yourself or with another member of the team.

What will my working week look like?

Monday to Friday 8am to
4.30pm.

Starting and finishing work at Gilmour House.

What will I be responsible for doing?

First and foremost, you will be able to: Supervising a team of Ground Maintenance and Environmental Services Operatives and making sure their carry out their duties in a safe manner.

Organising and planning team task and duties ensuring YHG meet their Service Level Agreements and at a high standard.

Carrying out site inspections using iAuditor.

Resolving any enquiries or complaints made by YHG customers or stakeholders.

Ensuring high levels of customer service.

Carrying out duties such as grass cutting, pruning, herbicide applications or ad hoc works.

Good knowledge of grounds maintenance and general health & safety.

Be a strong team player with solid communication skills.

Be trained and competent to use and maintaina range of associated powered landscaping tool and equipment.

Hold a full valid UK driving licence.

Carrying out any other duties in line with the role.

In addition to the above you will embrace the culture of continuous improvement to support Value for Money throughout the organisation and have a passion for doing things right first time.

That all sounds great, what’s in it for me?

In return we offer between £31,263 - £33,566 per annum for a 40-hour week, and 23 days annual leave (holidays continue to increase with time served) plus 3 discretionary days between Christmas & New Year, plus Bank Holidays, but our employee offering provides much more than just a competitive salary and holiday allowance.

On top of this, we’ll provide you with a great benefits package, including a contributory pension where we match whatever you choose to contribute (up to 8%), an advanced level Healthcare cash plan through Medicash, that doesn’t just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access, money back from prescriptions and alternative therapy treatments), an option to buy up to one weeks further holiday, an annual volunteering day, and an amazing discount scheme that gives you access to half price cinema tickets, subsidised gym memberships and a huge range of discounts with some of the biggest high street and online names.

For more of our great benefits, please review the benefits information sheet available by visiting the vacancy on our website

• www.yourhousinggroup.co.uk/careers.

And who are Your Housing Group?

Your Housing Group is a registered social landlord helping people at every stage of life to live in quality homes they can afford.

As one of the North’s sector-leading landlords, we are proud to play our role in tackling the UK's housing crisis by building over 100 new homes a year and continually reinvesting in our 29,000 properties, tailoring our services to meet the diverse needs of our customers.

Our Repairs and Maintenance teams play a huge part in delivering these services to our customers.

We’re an employer of choice, over 88% of colleagues here recommend us as a 'great place to work'. Additions As part of our pre-employment checks, this role requires the successful applicant to complete a satisfactory Basic DBS check.

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities.

Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability, if these applicants meet the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview.

Your Housing Group welcomes applications from our customers, however, access to confidential information and probity will be explored to determine whether there is a potential conflict of interest or security issue present which may prevent the Group from being able to proceed with the application.

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