Landscape Team Leaders and operatives .Soft landscaping or Fencing

This is a great opportunity to join a positive expanding company,operating from Reading area covering the South and M25 area ,You must be able to lead a small team offering quality soft landscape and maintenance plus some hard landscaping, experience in fencing instillation would be an advantage
Job Description

Job title: Landscape Team Leaders, soft landscaping AND Fencing Team leaders required

Permanent/Full-time

Reports to: Operations Manager

Location: Various sites and contracts throughout the region, company office, yard and other business locations.

Primary Purpose of the role

Lead landscaping and or fencing tasks , contracts on various sites, managing a team of operatives to complete a range horticultural work.
Work with Operations Manager to deliver a high quality horticultural service.
Align with Operations Manager to plan and maintain landscape clients' sites.

Key
Responsibilities

Lead landscaping projects including:

Landscape maintenance - lawn care, hedge care, plant care, pruning, tree care
Ecology and wildlife projects
Preparing ground and sowing seed
Preparing ground and laying turf
Shrub planting
Tree and hedge planting
Simple hard landscaping projects
Fencing all types

Lead, supervise and instruct a team

Ensures safety of team at all times
Instruct, motivate and guide the team
Provide support, reassurance and encouragement
Ensure appropriate PPE is used
Promote a work environment that instils the company ethos

Health & Safety

Complies with own and company's legal responsibilities for H&S
Understands the importance of risk assessment; completes paperwork
Ensures team compliance with measures to reduce risk and limit hazards
Uses all appropriate PPE
Ensure safe working practice and use of PPE within the team
Aware of requirements of the company's H&S policy

Person Specification

Qualifications, skills and experience

Essential

Full, clean drivers licence
Excellent communication skills
Ability to work alone or as part of a team
Motivated, organised and efficient
Willing to learn
Prepared to work Bank Holidays and Weekends as required

Preferred

Horticultural/soft landscaping experience and knowledge of leading contracts
Experience of using hand and power tools, equipment and machinery
Care and maintenance of power tools, equipment and machinery
Experience of driving minibuses
Experience of towing trailers
Experience in managing and motivating small teams
First aid qualification or willingness to undertake training

Key
Competencies

Leadership, supervision and direction of others

Briefs and informs team members to ensure clear understanding of requirements
Supervises and monitors the work of all team members
Delegates tasks effectively and appropriately to team members
Ensure a good work ethic within the team
Sets a good example to team members
Always leads team to produce high standard and quality of work
Always leads team in making effective use of time
Values the contribution of team members by showing appreciation, support and loyalty
Ensures safe working practice within the team

Planning and preparation

Ensures a thorough understanding of tasks before commencement
Plans ahead and ensures correct tools, equipment and machinery is available
Foresees problems and hold-ups, suggests action(s) to resolve issues

Customer
Care

Establishes a rapport with all customers, landscape and service users
Keeps customers informed of activities, risks, associated issues and timescales
Considers and interprets customers' requests and requirements
Makes efforts to promote new and repeat work with existing/potential customers

Organisation and initiative

Makes practical workable suggestions for improvements
Sees when something needs to be done and takes action
Is able to work to deadlines
Recognises deficiencies and seeks help when appropriate
Handles multiple activities simultaneously
Adapts plans when events change
Communicates effectively with line manager

Team working and co--???operation

Maintains a positive relationship with team workers and managers
Is a team player and always participates to accomplish a task
Builds long-term relationships of trust with all internal and external contacts

Coaching and Training

Takes active steps to train, coach and develop the skills of the team members
Promotes learning and good practice in team members
Will not tolerate poor standards of quality

Communication and passage of information

Produces accurate and concise written information and reports
Keeps manager fully informed
Briefs team members clearly on work requirements or tasks
Listens actively and effectively

Contract/quality management

Consistently produces high quality outcomes within agreed time scales
Promotes and encourages high quality standards with the team
Understand the financial and customer implications of poor service delivery and ineffective use of resources
Consistently plans work to make best use of the team and resources
Minimises waste of materials, time and effort

Reliability and Dependability

Takes responsibility to see the job through as directed
Can be counted on to assist in solving problems
Produces consistent performance
Is accountable for own actions
Adaptable when things need to be changed
Takes responsibility for care of company tools, equipment, machinery and vehicles

Attitudes and behaviour

A caring and compassionate disposition
Offers assistance willingly
Makes a positive contribution to morale
Shows sensitivity and consideration to others
Accepts constructive criticism
Takes pride in work
Is consistent in terms of behaviour
Is a self-starter
Is committed to self-improvement and willing to learn

Punctuality and timekeeping

Prompt at the start of the day
Makes effective use of available time
Sets a good example to others