At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage landscaping contracts, teams, and client relationships across Hampshire.
- Company: Established facilities and grounds maintenance business with growth opportunities.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, company car, wellness days, and career development.
- Other info: Field-based role with varied responsibilities and travel between sites.
- Why this job: Join a growing team and make a real impact in landscaping operations.
- Qualifications: Experience in landscaping management and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 45000 £ per year.
We are recruiting for an experienced Landscaping Operations Manager to join a well-established and growing facilities and grounds maintenance business. This is a field-based permanent position, managing a portfolio of landscaping and grounds maintenance contracts across Hampshire and the surrounding areas, with sites extending from Southampton towards Reading. The role has been created following continued company growth and a restructure within the department, making this an excellent opportunity to join the business at an exciting stage of its development.
Reporting to the Head of Landscaping, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day operational and commercial performance of your contracts, managing landscaping teams, subcontractors, client relationships, budgets and service delivery. This isn't a heavily sales-focused position. However, you will be commercially aware and comfortable identifying additional works and opportunities within existing client relationships. Previous landscaping or grounds maintenance industry experience is essential, along with experience managing teams and working to operational and financial targets.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of landscaping and grounds maintenance contracts across Hampshire and surrounding areas
- Oversee both static sites and mobile landscaping teams
- Manage daily schedules, operatives, subcontractors and resources
- Ensure contracts are delivered to agreed standards, timescales and budgets
- Monitor team performance and address performance or disciplinary matters when required
- Maintain strong, professional relationships with clients
- Attend regular client and site meetings
- Identify and price additional works within existing contracts
- Prepare quotations for additional landscaping works
- Support the Head of Landscaping with bids, tenders and contract reviews
- Monitor contract expenditure, budgets and profitability
- Assist with forecasting and monthly financial reporting
- Work to agreed operational and financial targets
- Liaise with foremen, ground staff, subcontractors and the service desk
- Monitor training requirements and help develop the horticultural knowledge of landscaping teams
- Ensure depots and yards are organised and compliant
- Ensure Health & Safety and Environmental standards are maintained across all contracts
- Support the introduction of service improvements and new ways of working
Requirements
- Previous landscaping or grounds maintenance industry experience essential
- Minimum 2 years' operational management experience
- Experience managing landscaping or grounds maintenance teams
- Experience managing both static sites and mobile teams advantageous
- Proven ability to work to operational and financial targets
- Good commercial awareness with experience managing budgets and costs
- Comfortable pricing and quoting additional works
- Strong client relationship management skills
- Good horticultural and grounds maintenance knowledge
- Confident managing staff, subcontractors and suppliers
- Competent using Microsoft Word and Excel
- Strong organisational and administrative skills
- Able to manage multiple sites and changing priorities
- Full clean UK driving licence essential
Skills & Qualities
- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Commercially aware
- Excellent communication skills
- Professional and client focused
- Organised with excellent time management
- Confident decision maker
- Proactive and solutions focused
- Able to work independently
- Comfortable working to targets
- Able to work effectively under pressure
- Strong attention to detail
Working Location
This is an on-the-road role managing a portfolio of sites across Hampshire and surrounding areas, broadly covering Southampton through towards Reading. Regular travel between client sites will form an important part of the position.
What's On Offer
- £40,000 to £45,000 per annum
- Full-time permanent position
- Company car and fuel card
- Bonus scheme following successful completion of probation
- 23 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
- 4 additional wellness days per year following probation
- Group Life Assurance Benefit Scheme
- Auto-enrolment pension
- Field-based position with varied sites and responsibilities
- Opportunity to join a growing and developing landscaping operation
- Long-term career opportunity within an established business
How to Apply
This role is being recruited by Halmer Group on behalf of our client. If you have operational management experience within the landscaping or grounds maintenance industry and are looking for your next opportunity within a growing business, we'd love to hear from you. Please submit your CV outlining your relevant experience and suitability for the position. All applications will be treated in strict confidence. Due to the volume of applications we receive, if you have not heard from us within 14 days of submitting your application, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
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