We a looking for an Assistant Project Manager to join a leading landscaping company base in South West London. The Company takes pride in delivering exceptional garden design, construction, and maintenance services to their clients. With their expertise and attention to detail, they have earned a reputation as one of London's premier landscape garden companies.

Responsibilities:

As an Assistant Project Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the successful execution of landscape gardening projects.

• Assisting in the coordination and management of project timelines
• Assisting in the procurement and management of necessary resources
• Collaborating with clients, garden designers, and contractors to ensure project success
• Monitoring project progress and providing regular updates to the Project Manager
• Overseeing quality control and ensuring adherence to project specifications
• Helping with quoting, ordering, and scheduling jobs
• Writing up risk assessments and method statements
• Updating social media pages and websites
• Additional responsibilities as needed

Requirements:

• Previous experience in project management, preferably in the landscaping or construction industry
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• A passion for landscaping and a keen eye for detail

Qualified Gardener

Devon E15

c£30-35k p/a depending on experience and tickets

NVQ or RHS Level 2 [minimum] in Horticulture.

A growing landscaping company is looking for a dedicated and experienced gardener/horticulturist.

Minimum 5 years experience of High-end Gardening • Garden Design • Standard Arb • Soft Landscaping • Trailer • PA1 PA6 • Ride-ons • Plant iD • Shrubs & Tree care • Irrigation • Full Driving License • Client facing • Good communication skills • Drawings/Plans • Local to Devon

7.30 to 5pm (9hrs a day) 5 days a week

30 days holiday

SSP

Pension

c£30-35k p/a depending on experience and tickets

Job: Renderer for Landscaping / Garden projects

Location: West London and surrounding area [High end domestics]

Salary – Dependent on experience circa £40-50k

PAYE • Full Time position

A West London Landscaping company need an experienced Renderer to work on high end landscape garden projects, completing high standard rendering and pointing to all manner of brickwork including garden walls, arches, follies, lime walls and bbqs etc and occasional works in listed buildings.

Working to a high standard with a good level of experience and expertise in rendering & pointing is required, with a good eye for detail and a meticulous, clean finish to all works. The company will also consider hiring a promising newcomer to come in as an understudy, if they can prove they are suitably skilled and are quick learners.

If an initial interview goes well then there will be the requirement to make a follow up site visit and run through some practical assessments.

This role will involve working alongside a team of hard/soft landscapers, horticulturists and garden designers and there will also be an aspect of client communication, so good levels of English and a polite, positive outlook are a must.

Driving licence would be ideal but not 100% necessary.

Previous experience working within the landscaping and garden redevelopment sectors would be a real bonus.

 Apply now and we’ll be in touch, with thanks.

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Senior Quantity Surveyor

Central London

c£50,000 - £70,000 a year – Dependent on Experience [Negotiable]

A cutting-edge Landscape construction company is expanding and is looking for an experienced Quantity Surveyor with excellent working knowledge of construction and planning in and around London.

This senior role will be focusing on the contractual, commercial, and legal management of projects.

Roles & Responsibilities

Contract and project safe-guarding – understanding and implementing all legal checks and managing JCTs

Overseeing plans, managing budgets, bills of Quantities and other documentation

Measuring and estimating for full take-offs

Overseeing valuations for interim application for payment including variation

Overseeing final accounts

Overseeing client cost valuations

Providing advice, forecasts and updates about costs

Pre-contract commercial activities

Preparing contract claims information

Check-in with live sites

Document control

H&S checks

Overseeing Costs and Pricing

Attending on-site meetings

Application for payment

Contractual claims

Awareness of Standard Methods of Measurement

Analysing outcomes and writing detailed progress reports

Knowledge/ Experience:

· A minimum of 10 Years experience as a Quantity Surveyor

· Degree in Quantity Surveying

· Excellent understanding of project costs, as well as labour and material costs

· Knowledge of JCT & NEC forms of contract

· Knowledge of Standard Methods of Measurement

Essential Skills

· IT literacy and Microsoft Office Skills

· Proficient with Construction software

· Highly motivated, high attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and the ability to prioritise effectively and be reliable

· Team worker

Experience:

• Surveying: 10 years (required)
• Quantity Surveying Occupations: 10 years (required)
• Contract and legality understanding
• Driving Licence (preferred)

Grounds Maintenance Director of Operations

Package £50,000 to £60,000 + Car

Berkshire

Full time / Permanent role

Ground Maintenance and Arboricultural Director of Operations to take the helm whilst the company continues to grow and evolve, with higher profile, higher margin contracts and new diverse and innovative projects.

Working on predominantly Commercial contracts – GM, Landscaping and Arboricultural – partnered with many large businesses, parish councils, schools, sports and event venues and heritage sites.

The successful candidate will have the experience, confidence, and nuance to continue the growth whilst bringing stability and staff development at a manageable pace. They will manage the day-to-day operations and will assist in bids and tenders, with a keen eye for risks, bonus caveats and forecasts.

The company is growing from an SME to a larger entity, and the Director will be the lead and will be charged with keeping the new contracts lean, lucrative and manageable.

The Job:

Reporting directly to the company owners, the Director will oversee the Contract Managers and Departmental Heads, who are responsible for approx. sixty operations staff. They will provide leadership to all teams and be involved in their recruitment interviews, hiring, appraisals and management including KPIs, setting targets and establishing budgets and be responsible for the management of an already high performing and management team.

Working alongside other key managers they will help create the company’s operations budget, ensuring that it is met and that all contracts and projects are completed safely, profitably and on time. The director will oversee the acquisition of new plant and equipment, whilst maintaining and development relationships with key suppliers. They will be closely involved in scheduling seasonal workloads and work closely with the estimating team to win new, profitable business. They will be a senior point of contact for clients and suppliers and be expected to actively promote the acquisition of new business. They will be responsible to prepare and submit all Health and Safety accreditations and our updating our Internal Management system and overseeing the annual audit.

The Person:

In order to be credible in this role the successful candidate will have a good horticultural knowledge and experience of grounds maintenance and landscaping, including maintaining contract profitability and scheduling works. They will currently be working in a senior operational role in a landscaping or grounds maintenance company and have both client and supplier facing experience. They will have previous experience of demonstrating a good knowledge of Health and Safety

The director must be self-motivated and have the ability to be a credible representative of the company with excellent influencing, negotiation and communication skills. They must be professional, proactive and assertive in their approach and can build effective relationships with both colleagues and our clients. They are to be commercially astute and able to accurately and profitably price works and maintain the profitability of ongoing contracts. They must be able to evaluate a project to understand the practical, technical, financial and qualitative requirements. It is essential that they are proficient in the use of MS Office and have a full UK driving licence.

Benefits:

• Company car
• Company pension
• Health care (after 2 years service)

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Landscape tender appraisal & pricing, business development: 1 year (preferred)
• Scheduling Landscaping works and balancing resources.: 1 year (preferred)
• Managing Landscaping Projects, GM Contracts and Arb Teams: 5 years (required)
• Managing multiple Landscaping Operations Teams: 5 years (preferred)
• Financial reporting, creating and managing budgets: 3 years (required)

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