Senior Gardener
Permanent
Newmarket
£28,000 - £29,000
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This role requires flexibility during our busy season is key with regards to hours and days worked.
Dedicated to providing a 6-star quality private concierge service to our exclusive clients. UKME ensures that the properties, we maintain are presented to the highest standard possible.
This is an exciting role for a talented individual who is looking for a new challenge, wants to join a fast paced and high performing team renowned for their approach and delivery of unparalleled service.
We are looking for a Senior G ardenerto undertake the following duties on a day-to-day basis:
Key Responsibilities
- Lawn Care - Ensure lawns are mowed and maintained to standards required for all the properties including Returfing and fertilizer application.
- Shrub and Herbaceous Border Maintenance - Ensure shrubs and borders are maintained to the standards required for all the properties
- Seasonal Bedding - Prepare beds for each season, pot plants and ensure weeding is up to date and maintained. Responsible for the erection of fencing (rabbit guards)
- Maintenance of all types of Paths - Maintenance of the gravel paths, including leveling/raking and repairing any damage making sure weed and moss free and non slippery. Snow clearance and salting during winter months.
- Frost Protection - Wrapping of plants when frost forecasted and exercising knowledge of weather conditions and plant protection in determining is the appropriate time to unwrap plants
- Strimming - Strimming where required.
- Fruit/Tree/Wall/Vine- Ensure frost protection, netting of fruits and feeding of soil
- Hedge Cutting - Maintain all hedging.
- Vegetable garden and greenhouse, care and maintenance.
Knowledge/Experience/Skills/Abilities
- Previous garden maintenance experience
- Garden maintenance work including operation of garden machinery
- Spraying course PA1 Foundation and PA6 Hand Held sprayer
- Course in chainsaw maintenance / crosscutting
- City & Guilds NVQ in amenity horticulture or equivalent qualification
- Extensive plant knowledge
- Valid UK Driver's License
Personal Attributes
- Must have an interest in gardening and plants
- Team player - must have experience in working within a team and must have a preference for working in a team environment where information sharing, good communication and mutual support are all pre-requisites
- Conducts themselves in a professional and efficient manner and is flexible to handle variety of tasks and change
- Displays personality traits of enthusiasm, honesty, discretion, initiative and flexibility
- Ability to work in all weather conditions
- Professionalism - to attain and maintain the necessary professional standards/qualifications
- Customer Service - Proactively establishes customer needs/Keeps Team Leaders informed on progress of activity within team
- Respect - To our clients and fellow employees at all times
- Loyalty - To put the Client at the forefront of service requirements
- Pride - To continuously seek to maintain and improve the standard of work
- Commitment - Knowledge of UKME culture and goals
- Flexibility - Ability to work additional hours as required during busy periods.
- Confidentiality - Demonstrate confidentiality inside and outside of the working environment
- Communication Skills - Seeks and offers fair and constructive feedback. Presents ideas and plans enthusiastically and persuasively
- Teamwork - Engaging and fair when dealing with people
- Drive and Innovation - Remains open to feedback and acts positively on it. Inspires others with positive approach to work
- Personal Development - Seeks opportunities to make UKME a better place to work. Inspires others with positive and enthusiastic approach to work. Focuses on what can be done as opposed to what can not. Looks for opportunities to grow and develop at UKME. Enthusiastic about making a personal difference at UKME. Challenge diplomatically closed or negative thinking
Benefits:
- Private healthcare
- Company pension scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Perks at work
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