Horticultural Technician

Planteria Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading interior landscaping specialist is looking for a passionate Horticultural Technician to join their team in the North of England, focusing on plant maintenance and client satisfaction. This field-based role involves maintaining plant displays across various sites, ensuring operational standards, and providing exceptional customer service. Ideal candidates will have a strong interest in horticulture, excellent interpersonal skills, and a full UK driving license. Benefits include bonuses, cash plan, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Quarterly company bonus

BUPA Cash plan

Learning and Development

Lunch

25 days holiday

Qualifications

• Experience in horticulture installations and maintenance.
• Passion for plants with a desire to build a career.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain internal and external plant displays at client sites.
• Complete site reporting ensuring data integrity.
• Act as the primary point of contact for clients.

Skills

Customer service

Horticulture knowledge

Attention to detail

Tools

Company van

Job description

At Planteria Group, we help organisations reimagine their workplaces, making them more productive, healthy, and sustainable. From creating warm, welcoming reception areas to designing large-scale living architecture, we turn ordinary spaces into vibrant places where people genuinely love to be.

We’ve grown from a small family business into the UK’s leading interior landscaping specialist, transforming workplaces and commercial environments with the power of nature, to international expansion with operations in the US. Along the way, we’ve partnered with some of the UK’s, and now US’s most recognisable brands to bring biophilic design to life, from lush office greenery and elegant corporate floristry to spectacular roof gardens and living walls.

Our success is driven by a fantastic team of 170+ employees internationally, and we’re continuing to expand. We’re now looking for passionate individuals to join us on this journey and help us shape the future of sustainable, inspiring workplace design.

Requirements

Your Impact

We are looking to bring onboard Horticultural Technicians to join our expanding team in the North of England (specifically, we are looking for people based in or around Leeds and Manchester) who have a passion for plants, excellent customer service and being hands‑on in their role.

This is a field‑based, independent role where you’ll spend time on our client sites, carrying out plant maintenance, sharing your knowledge when it comes to caring for their variety of plants and ensuring our clients’ displays always look their best.

Your role will encompass a huge amount of ownership as you be covering four pillars to ensure success: Plant maintenance, customer management, operational integrity and reporting. Some additional aspects of your role will include:

• Maintaining internal and external plant displays to a high standard at a variety of client sites
• Completing site reporting and ensuring data integrity is maintained
• Collaborating with your line manager on new ideas, feedback, challenges and the mapping of visits to ensure smooth operations and delivery of customer satisfaction
• Follow all safety protocols and procedures
• Providing the highest level of customer success. As the primary point of contact of clients, you will be their on‑site point of contact, engaging, answering questions and ensuring satisfaction with their installation and the service

You will be a great fit if you have :

• Experience and / or knowledge of interior and / or exterior horticulture installations and maintenance
• A passion for plants and a desire to forge a career in this space
• Fantastic customer service skills. You enjoy connecting with people and ensuring that they are experiencing success and satisfaction
• Ambition and you want to join a company that actively promotes career development and job progression
• The capability to navigate multiple sites in your designated region via a company van
• A sharp eye for detail and embody ownership in what you do
• Flexibility and the willingness to work varying hours, with early starts

Must haves :

• A full UK driving licence, and you are happy to utilise a company van
• You must be based in or in close proximity to Leeds and Manchester. We are open to areas such as; Doncaster, Barnsley, Sheffield etc.

At Planteria Group, our culture is guided by our core values: Humble & Confident, Positive & Energetic, One TEAM, Relentless to Improve, and Create Wow!

If you want to be part of a flourishing, fast‑growing business that values agility, collaboration, and creativity, we’d love to hear from you. If you feel that you don’t quite hit the experience we’re after, please do apply anyway as we’re always looking for people who are looking to grow and develop us!

Planteria Group is proud to promote equality of opportunity and an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.

All employees must follow the organisation’s Health & Safety policies, take care of their own safety and that of others, use equipment and PPE correctly, report hazards or incidents, participate in training, and cooperate with emergency procedures, risk assessments, and investigations to maintain a safe, tidy, and compliant workplace.

Benefits

Way of working : These is a field‑based role, at our client sites, in your region.

• Quarterly company bonus and annual performance related bonus
• BUPA Cash plan
• Learning and Development
• Lunch
• 25 days holiday