Lawn Operative

Lawn Operative

Doncaster and surrounding areas - driving licence required

Salary: £23,900 - £24,500 per year (DOE) + Benefits

Permanent, Full time

Hours of work: 8am – 4pm Monday to Friday 37.5-hour week (with overtime opportunities)

Our client, Europe's largest lawn care company, are looking for a Lawn Operative to join their small and friendly team.  This role is a site-based role however you will be required to visit the Office, at least once a week. Applicants located near to Doncaster or surrounding areas will be ideal.

About the role

As a Lawn Operative you will be responsible for treating customers’ lawns and providing expert advice to help them achieve the best lawn they can. Customer service is a key part of the role so you will be comfortable talking to customers and understand the importance of good communication. You need to be presentable, courteous, have excellent communication skills and present a flexible approach to changing demands of the business.

This role would suit someone who enjoys working outdoors in all weathers and is comfortable working on their own for most of the time.

The role is permanent and full time. There is occasional weekend work and overtime depending upon the needs of the business which can sometimes be affected by the weather.

About you:

Do you:

· Have excellent communication and customer-facing skills?

· Have a passion for lawn care?

· Want a job where you can work independently, outdoors and keep active?

Responsibilities:

· Deliver lawn treatments to customer’s lawns

· Operate machinery

· Analyse lawn conditions, disorders, and diseases and recommend appropriate additional treatments

The ideal candidate will:

· Have full, UK driving licence for manual vehicles

· Have confidence in chatting to customers

· Be able to deliver top quality customer service

· Have excellent organisation and timekeeping skills

· Have good local geographical knowledge

· Be comfortable working outside across all seasons

· Have the right to work in the UK

Skills & Experience:

· Great communication and customer care skills are essential as you will meet and speak with customers throughout the day

· You will often work on your own, so you will be self-reliant, use your initiative and never be afraid to call a colleague if you don’t know something

· This is a physically demanding, outdoors job, which involves pushing and carrying equipment and walking around 5 miles a day. You will love being active and outdoors in all weathers.

· Confident in the use of technology

· Previous experience in lawn care and a PA1/PA6 licence would be an advantage but is not essential as full training will be given.

· Lawn or turf experience: 1 year (Preferred)

Benefits:

· Company van and mobile phone

· Uniform

· Paid training and qualification in the application of pesticides and chemicals

· Ongoing training and development

· Pension