Grounds Maintenance Supervisor in Loughton

Grounds Maintenance Supervisor – Preferred Title

Step into a fantastic opportunity as a Grounds Maintenance Supervisor, where you’ll play a key role in ensuring high-quality, customer-focused ground services across Loughton and Epping. This is a brilliant chance to lead a team, shape service delivery, and contribute to landscape improvements within the community.

Salary and Benefits

Salary range: £37,000 to £41,000.

• Performance‑related cash bonus of up to 15%
• Pension contributions at 7%
• Life insurance at 4 annual salary
• Private healthcare
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Responsibilities

• Leading, motivating and supporting the team to deliver outstanding customer‑focused services, including recruitment, training and performance management.
• Monitoring individual and team performance to ensure targets are consistently achieved.
• Overseeing all work undertaken by the Grounds Maintenance Services Team across the district, ensuring full compliance with contractual obligations.
• Collaborating with staff to continuously improve service quality, ensuring adherence to health and safety standards.
• Ensuring operational ICT systems are updated accurately and promptly, with all works recorded, completed, and costed correctly.
• Assisting with broader operational matters, including contract management and renewal of horticultural equipment and machinery.
• Ensuring client KPIs are met, with all tasks delivered on time, within budget, and to the required standard.
• Supporting the Operations Manager in developing innovative, forward‑thinking approaches across the service, including the implementation of digital processes.

Qualifications

• Relevant professional qualification or equivalent work experience.
• Full, clean driving licence (vehicle provided).
• Relevant horticultural and management training.
• Strong understanding of Health & Safety legislation, including COSHH and Risk Assessments.
• Satisfactory DBS check.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Proven experience in operational/contract management within grounds maintenance.
• Experience managing the health, safety, and welfare of staff and subcontractors.
• Experience planning, commissioning, delivering, and monitoring grounds maintenance services.
• Experience preparing specifications, managing contractors, and controlling costs.
• Experience operating relevant plant, vehicles, and machinery.

Application Instructions

To apply for this role as Grounds Maintenance Supervisor, please click “apply online” and upload an updated copy of your CV.