Grounds Maintenance Team Member Weymouth

Job description



Team Leader - Weymouth

As a senior Team leader you will report into the Contract Supervisor. The senior team leader will have the organisation skills required to manage the day-to-day operation of the contract, working with the Contract Supervisor to ensure the delivery of the contract.

Key responsibilities of the role are to:

• Liaise with your line manager to ensure the teams have the resources required to fulfil their tasks.
  
• Liaise with the line manager on staffing requirements by producing and using reports and plans.
  
• Be involved with the interviewing and recruitment of new employees, following the company's recruitment and onboarding procedure, ensuring the compliance of the contract within the company.
  
• Monitor and approve operative holidays.
  
• Produce scheduled and ad hoc work programmes, and assist with service delivery to ensure work programme tick sheets are administratively maintained.
  
• Prioritise the workload of the team.
  
• Monitor the efficiency and organise the maintenance of vehicles and machinery.
  
• Issue rectification and improvement notices to the appropriate teams, ensuring they are fully conversant with the conditions of the notice.
  

Other responsibilities:

• Communicate with customers and with your line manager on work related issues.
  
• Communicate with your line manager on employee absences.
  
• Communicate with suppliers on a regular basis.
  
• Monitor work in line with inspection programmes and the quality assurance method statement.
  
• Make recommendations on improvements to services.
  
• Ensure the completion of workforce timesheets.
  
• Provide quotations for services.
  
• Support the maintenance of Environmental Standards and compliance with the BS EN ISO 14001:1996 standard at the contract.
  
• Undertake any duties as may reasonably be required.
  

Health and Safety

• To act in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Glendale Health and Safety Policy at all times
  
• To carry out instructions from your Line Manager in accordance with Glendale's Health and Safety Policy, Glendale's Codes of Practice, Glendale's Quality Management Systems and the Employee Handbook.
  
• To be knowledgeable of Health and safety regulations within your workplace and the activities that you are carrying out.
  
• Ensure you have completed the necessary induction and health and safety modules prior to commencement of any works.
  
• You must be responsible for the health and safety of yourself and that of others, in your working environment,
  
• To promote safe working practices at all times and to ensure that all equipment is safe to use.
  

• To ensure that you are knowledgeable of the suitability of all machinery/equipment used in accordance with the task you are doing and it is safe to use.
  
• To ensure the correct use of all machinery/equipment in accordance with its handbook.
  
• To ensure that any machinery/equipment that does not operate correctly is reported immediately to your Line Manager and a defect tag is filled out and attached.
  
• To ensure that any check/maintenance sheets are completed and passed to your Line Manager.
  
• To ensure that all machinery/equipment is secured at all times (when not in use).
  

Qualifications

It is desirable to hold the following qualifications:

• a horticultural qualification and or demonstrable experience of a horticultural or grounds maintenance environment
  
• a recognised practical qualifications such as in chainsaw/ pesticide
  
• a CSCS card.
  

Personal Characteristics

• A high level of initiative and self motivation.
  
• Strong relationship building skills coupled with excellent communication skills.
  
• A self motivated individual.
  
• Flexible approach to duties.
  
• Customer/client care focus.
  
• Leadership and communication skills
  

Benefits offered by Glendale:

• Employee health cash plan
  
• Employee discount portal - discounts on travel booking, high street vouchers, gift cards, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending
  
• Company sick pay
  
• Career progression
  
• Training and development