Project Manager - soft Landscaping

# Project Manager - soft Landscaping* Reference Number: 451554* Published Date: 13/11/2026* Job Type: Permanent* Salary: £40000 - £60000 Per annum* Industry:* Hours: Full Time**Job Title:** Project Manager - Soft Landscaping **Location:** Polegate, East Sussex **Recruiter:** Manpower (Recruiting on behalf of a valued client) **Contract Type:** Permanent, Full-Time **Salary:** £40,000 - £60,000 per annum (dependent on experience) **Working Hours:** Monday to Friday, 07:30 - 17:00 (47.5 hours per week) **About the Role** Manpower is proud to be recruiting on behalf of a well-established client based in **Polegate** for an experienced **Project Manager - Soft Landscaping**. In this permanent, full-time position, you will take full operational responsibility for the safe, efficient, and commercially sound delivery of soft landscaping projects across the region. Leading an established field workforce-including non-working supervisors, team leaders, and operatives-you will act as the vital link between site operations, client expectations, and commercial performance. **Key Responsibilities*** **Scoping, RAMS & Site Control:** Review project scopes, drawings, and specifications ahead of commencement. Author, review, and enforce site-specific Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS), ensuring strict compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations.* **Operational Resources & Mobilisation:** Plan and coordinate plant, machinery, materials, and labour to ensure smooth site mobilisation. Forecast resource requirements across active projects to keep programmes on track.* **Assurance Audits & Site Performance:** Conduct regular site inspections and quality assurance audits. Monitor operational KPIs, productivity, and horticultural standards to ensure right-first-time delivery.* **People Management & Administration:** Line-manage non-working supervisors, team leaders, and operatives. Oversee daily attendance, timesheets, holiday approvals, performance reviews, training requirements, and HR/disciplinary matters.* **Stores, PPE & Resource Standards:** Enforce high standards across company stores, vehicles, tools, and machinery. Ensure all field staff are issued with and consistently wear the correct Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).* **Completion, Defects & Rework:** Oversee project handovers, sign-offs, and practical completion certificates. Manage, track, and resolve any snagging, defects, or rework promptly to maintain client satisfaction and protect margins.* **Change Control & Commercial Evidence:** Identify contract variations early. Capture accurate contemporaneous records, site instructions, and commercial evidence to support variation claims.* **Incident Escalation & Operational Evidence:** Act as the primary point of escalation for site incidents, near misses, and operational blockers, ensuring thorough investigation and reporting in line with company procedures.* **Customer, Public & Stakeholder Conduct:** Represent the business professionally at all times. Maintain strong working relationships with clients, principal contractors, local authorities, and members of the public, ensuring teams uphold exemplary site conduct.**What You Will Need*** **Proven Soft Landscaping Experience:** A strong, demonstrable background managing soft landscaping projects (e.g., planting schemes, turfing, seeding, topsoil management, ecological planting, and aftercare).* **Leadership Experience:** Proven track record managing multi-tiered operational teams, including supervisors, team leaders, and ground operatives.* **Health & Safety Knowledge:** Solid understanding of UK health and safety legislation (CDM Regulations) and writing/implementing RAMS. Qualifications such as **SMSTS**, **SSSTS**, or **IOSH Managing Safely** are highly advantageous.* **Commercial Acumen:** Experience managing budgets, variations, change control, and capturing commercial site evidence.* **Licences & Cards:** Full UK Driving Licence (essential) and a valid CSCS Card (Supervisory or Management level preferred).**What's on Offer*** Competitive permanent salary of **£40,000 - £60,000** per annum, based on experience.* Consistent Monday to Friday working hours (07:30 - 17:00) with occasional weekends.* Opportunity to lead and shape an experienced operational team for a reputable employer in East Sussex.* Workplace pension, annual leave entitlement, and ongoing career development.**How to Apply** If you have proven soft landscaping management experience and are looking for your next permanent leadership opportunity in the Polegate area, **apply today with your up-to-date CV**. A dedicated consultant from **Manpower** will be in touch to discuss the role in further detail. *Manpower is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this permanent vacancy.*