Lead Grounds & Arboriculture Supervisor

Incommunities; Saltaire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work vehicle provided

Social Housing Pension Scheme - up to

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Training and development opportunities

Employee wellbeing discounts

Job summary

Incommunities in Bradford is seeking an experienced Grounds Maintenance Team Leader on a permanent basis. The role oversees hands-on supervision of grounds maintenance and arboriculture, ensuring high-quality service and training for staff to support excellent customer outcomes.

You will lead teams, plan resources, monitor safety and performance, and drive continuous improvement across environmental works while maintaining records and liaising with customers daily.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in horticultural, arboriculture, work programming, inspection and monitoring.
• Practical experience supervising teams of operatives and contractors.
• Experience delivering training programmes and toolbox talks.
• Good knowledge of Health & Safety at work regulations: inc safe site working practices and the use of machinery and tools.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effective to help resolve grounds maintenance issues.
• General knowledge of COSHH, PWUER, LOLER, Slips & Trip hazards.
• Experience dealing with members of the public including face to face, on the telephone.
• Ability to use and calibrate pesticide spraying equipment e.g. handheld knapsack sprayers, CDA systems, including power operated lance sprayers.
• Valid manual UK driving license with the capability to drive various vehicles, including wagons, transits, vans, ride-on mowers, and trailers.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective and efficient hands-on operational supervision of the ground’s maintenance and arboriculture service.
• Work with customers to help resolve work related complaints and maintenance issues.
• Organise and supervise the works of grounds maintenance and environmental services teams on a daily basis. To keep, maintain necessary paperwork and update records of work in progress and completed, including use of digital platforms.
• Pre-plan resources against scheduled work in liaison with grounds maintenance manager against scheduled work programmes.
• Carry out the full range of environmental works including soft and hard landscaping.
• Maintain standards by checking work in progress and when completed and manage any instances of poor productivity and poor quality in line with the appropriate procedures and policy.
• Use a variety of grounds maintenance and arboriculture machinery, equipment and hand tools.
• Ensure all vehicles and machinery are checked for defects by drivers at the beginning and end of each working day, and that defects are recorded and addressed accordingly.
• Manage a large team of grounds maintenance and arboricultural colleagues including full timers, agency workers and trainees and develop good working relationship with colleagues, positively encouraging, supporting and assisting new starters and customers.
• Deal with and resolve day to day team issues and concerns, including colleague performance reviews, one to ones and any disciplinary concerns in line with appropriate HR policies and procedures referring only more complex issues to your line manager.
• Required to drive a range of distances on a daily basis including hitch, unhitch trailers.
• Deliver Health & Safety training and toolbox talks covering a wide remit of grounds maintenance and land-based activities and monitor HAVs, Noise and Dermatitis related issues identifying any training needs as they arise.

Skills

Horticultural experience

Arboriculture supervision

Training delivery

Health & Safety knowledge

Clear communication

Public interaction

Pesticide spraying equipment use

UK driving licence

Job description

Incommunities in Bradford is seeking an experienced Grounds Maintenance Team Leader on a permanent basis. The role oversees hands-on supervision of grounds maintenance and arboriculture, ensuring high-quality service and training for staff to support excellent customer outcomes.

You will lead teams, plan resources, monitor safety and performance, and drive continuous improvement across environmental works while maintaining records and liaising with customers daily.