Grounds Maintenance Supervisor

Grounds Care Group; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van and fuel card

Potential Overtime

28 days' holiday, inclusive of bankH

Your Birthday off

Company pension

Employee support scheme

Funded tickets and training

Job summary

Grounds Care Group is seeking a Midlands-based Grounds Maintenance Supervisor to oversee crews, ensure quality and safety, and manage daily on-site tasks across a patch. You will be hands-on part of the week, with protected time for briefing and problem solving.

You will lead Team Leaders and operatives, perform RAMS and safety checks, and drive continuous improvement on site while reporting to the Regional Manager. A UK driving licence is required, PA1/PA6 funding is available.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising or leading grounds maintenance, landscaping or similar crews.
• Ability to uphold standards and manage people on site.
• PA1/PA6 training provided or willingness to obtain it.

Responsibilities

• Perform morning crew checks on your patch every day.
• Conduct site quality checks and record scores weekly.
• Log conversations when issues arise and escalate on the same day.
• Decide daily tasking and on-site methods within RAMS; stop work if needed.
• Ensure visits occur in the scheduled window with timely job times.
• Champion safety with RAMS, daily van/HAVS checks, PPE and weekly briefings.

Skills

Crew supervision

Leadership

Driving licence

Job description

Grounds Maintenance Supervisor - Midlands

Region: Midlands

Reports to: Regional Manager

Supervises: Team Leaders and operatives on the crews of one patch

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary: £32,000 - £35.000

Purpose of the role. Make sure every crew on your patch starts the day right, does the work to standard and finishes safely — and that the record proves it. You are on the tools for part of the week; the rest is protected time for checking, briefing and sorting problems.

What You Are Accountable For.

• The morning crew check — every crew, every day.
• Site quality checks to the agreed number every week, with scores.
• The conversation when something goes wrong, logged: who, about what, on what date.
• Escalating the same day what you cannot fix on site.
• Visits delivered in window and job times in on time.
• Safety: RAMS before start, daily van and HAVS checks, PPE, and a safety briefing every week.

What you are not accountable for. The round plan, pricing and quotes, complaints after the day on site. Each has a named owner. If a client asks for more, you pass it on the same day.

Decision rights.

You decide the day's tasking, the on-site method within the RAMS, and stopping work or taking a vehicle or machine out of use. You recommend round changes, equipment and training. You escape injuries, near misses, damage, a site that differs from the RAMS, and anything that puts a visit at risk.

How you are measured.

A weekly scorecard of nine measures: morning check; quality checks; quality score; conversations logged; same-day escalations; visits in window; job times by cut-off; daily vehicle checks; weekly safety briefing.

Requirements

What you need.

• Experience supervising or leading grounds maintenance, landscaping or similar crews
• Can hold a standard with people you work alongside
• Practical — you can still do the work and show someone how
• Full UK driving licence
• PA1 and PA6, or willing to obtain (we fund)

Helpful, Not Essential.

• Chainsaw (CS30/31), plant or First Aid at Work
• Occupied estates, schools or hospital sites
• Phone-based job systems

Benefits

• Company van and fuel card
• Potential Overtime
• 28 days' holiday, inclusive of bank holidays
• Your Birthday off
• Company pension
• Employee support scheme
• Funded tickets and training