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Job Title: Grounds Maintenance Contract Manager
Location: South East
Salary: circa £45k + company vehicle
Job Type: Full-time, Employed, Permanent
Requirements: Experience of contract management within grounds maintenance.
About Merste Consulting Limited
Specialist landscape, grounds maintenance and arborist recruiters, we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Grounds Maintenance Contract Manager to join our well established and growing client! They are a successful and expanding grounds maintenance, arboriculture and landscaping company. Keen to get the right people on board and committed to training, investing and supporting their staff with their growth and success.
Benefits of Grounds Maintenance Contract Manager
- Competitive salary + company vehicle.
- Managing a portfolio of approx. £1.5-£2m of grounds maintenance contracts across the South East.
- Busy and dynamic role with great scope for career development.
Requirements of our Grounds Maintenance Contract Manager
- Experience managing a team of Supervisors, Operatives and fleet.
- Experience of managing a portfolio of commercial grounds maintenance contracts.
- Must be confident using IT, programmes and apps.
Desirable but not essential
- Royal Horticultural Society qualifications
Responsibilities of our Grounds Maintenance Contract Manager
- Reporting to the Head of Operations you will be responsible for a team of site managers and operatives.
- You will manage a large portfolio of commercial works including Housing Associations, Schools and Business Parks within London and the South East.
- You will take full ownership of your region and be client facing, ensure contractual compliance, budgets, recruitment, health and safety, reporting and the full spectrum of Contract Manager responsibilities.
- You will ensure your team are motivated to deliver high quality grounds maintenance services in line with client’s expectations.
