The Company
Oxford Garden Design is a garden Design, Landscaping and Maintenance company working throughout Oxfordshire and surrounding counties. We have an excellent reputation for providing reliable service to our clients and for being a friendly and a family orientated company to work for.
_ This is an exciting opportunity to join a capable team and to further develop and grow within a well established Garden Design and Landscaping company. We have a number of vacancies to fill. _
The Role
We are recruiting for a Project Leader / Site Foreman within our Landscaping project delivery team who specialises predominantly in hard landscaping projects, with some soft landscaping experience. The majority of our projects are for transformational domestic garden designs from small to very large projects. Our office is based in West Oxfordshire and we primarily work across Oxfordshire and the bordering counties, with a reputation for a quality and excellent customer service.
Due to new business gains and a growing team we are looking to expand our Landscaping Team by recruiting an energetic, enthusiastic and experienced Project Leader / Site Foreman. To be considered for this role it is essential that you are able to positively lead an operational team of at least two people and be able to communicate with our clients on a regular basis.
Responsibilities and Duties
Oversee the successful implementation and completion of landscaping projects so will need a proven track record of delivering to both time and to budget as well as having a high level of site experience delivering projects to a consistently high standard.
Have experience of planning your teams work load to ensure maximum output and efficiency, be responsible for ensuring you have the correct materials, tools and plant equipment for each job, setting and meeting targets and deadlines, ensuring the efficient use of all resources as well as the ability to plan for the unknown (ground conditions, weather) and still keeping the project on target.
Be an excellent communicator, promoting a positive front end to clients, colleagues and contractors while acting as the role model for your team to ensure excellent attitude and behaviour as well as mentoring to ensure that you have a highly skilled team of landscapers working for and alongside you.
Ensuring that all work is completed to a high standard, in accordance with all instructions and job specifications, ensuring that the quality of work exceeds expectations by being able to provide solutions to both design and site challenges within budget and ensuring the long term success of installed landscapes.
Be ultimately responsible for the daily health and safety of your team, ensuring compliance with the health and safety policy, risk assessments and method statements. Also ensuring the daily maintenance of vehicles, plant and tools is carried out and ensuring team members adhere to site rules as well as the expected appearance of the team and vehicles.
Qualifications and Skills
You will need to have a Full Driving Licence, experience of leading a team and both hard and soft landscaping skills.
Benefits
Competitive Salary.
Company pension.
28 days holiday (including bank holidays) increasing by half a day for each year of service.
Company Van
Career development and training opportunities.
Pension.
PPE and Uniform Provided.
Annual Salary Reviews.
Work remotely
No
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: From £35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Company pension
Experience:
Landscaping: 3 years (preferred)
Project / Team Leading: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
Full Driving Licence for over 12 months (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: SPL/PL 022023
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