Trainee Landscape Team Leader

TN United Kingdom; Derby; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to enhancing homes and workplaces with beautiful plants. This role involves leading a small landscaping team, ensuring projects are completed to high standards while fostering customer satisfaction. With a focus on quality, safety, and sustainability, you'll be part of a vibrant team that values progression and development. If you have a passion for horticulture and enjoy a fast-paced environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you to thrive and grow in your career.

Qualifications

• Experience in landscaping projects with a focus on quality and customer satisfaction.
• Ability to lead a small team and manage project paperwork efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to complete landscaping projects within time constraints.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.

Skills

Landscaping

Team Leadership

Customer Service

Health & Safety Compliance

Communication

Education

Horticultural Qualifications

Tools

Microsoft Teams

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Contract Details

Full Time: 42.5 hours per week, Permanent.

Salary: Basic salary from £28,000 per annum

About Urban Planters

Urban Planters has been bringing homes and workplaces to life with plants since 1965.

We deliver our products and services using our national network of branches, spanning the length and breadth of the UK. This means we can offer the personalised service of a local business but with the standards and resources of a national organisation.

Quality, safety, sustainability, and professionalism underpin all that we do. To this end, we are ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001 certified.

We now have a carbon-negative business whose teams install planting in, on, and around the buildings of the companies we partner with. We are happiest while landscaping, installing indoor planting schemes, or maintaining the plants or grounds of our clients.

The Role

To lead a small landscaping team assisting with projects requiring both soft and hard landscaping.

Your main duties will include:

• Lead a team of up to 3 to complete small to medium-sized landscaping projects. All work to be completed to a high standard and within the time constraints of the project.
• Assist with the completion of landscaping dockets.
• Complete timesheets and ensure all paperwork is handed in promptly.
• Act at all times as a representative of the company and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Initiate suggestions and report customer comments for improvement to the company’s performance.
• Use Microsoft Teams to communicate with the admin team to organise materials efficiently.
• Comply with all relevant Health & Safety requirements.
• Undertake other duties as required by management.
• A large amount of travel is involved within this role.

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience:

• Horticultural qualifications are preferred but not essential.
• Full UK drivers license.

This opportunity is for someone looking to join a busy, fast-paced business where you will be working with a friendly and welcoming team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading company in the interior and exterior planting sector where progression and development are encouraged.