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🧾 Job Specification: External Contracts Manager (Landscaping & Technical)
Role Summary
We are seeking a proactive and disciplined External Contracts Manager to lead the landscaping and winter services across the Toyota Motor Manufacturing site in Burnaston, Derby. This role involves managing a small internal team and coordinating external contractors for technical services. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering a high-quality, well-planned service that meets site standards and supports production readiness year-round.
Key Responsibilities
Landscaping Management
1. Lead a team of 3 landscapers to deliver scheduled maintenance across meadows, grassed areas, and site perimeter zones.
2. Ensure weed control, seasonal planting, and general grounds upkeep are completed to specification.
3. Maintain and improve service quality through structured planning and performance tracking.
4. Support Toyota's environmental goals by managing green spaces that encourage biodiversity, including wildflower planting and habitat creation.
Winter Services
5. Oversee gritting and snow clearance operations to ensure the site is safe and ready for production start.
6. Coordinate salt bin maintenance and pre-season readiness checks.
7. Be available for early morning starts (between 12am and 4am) during winter months to supervise snow clearance and confirm gritting effectiveness.
Contractor Oversight
8. Manage external contractors for: Street lighting repairs and upgrades Pop hole and surface damage remediation Drainage system maintenance
9. Ensure contractor activities are compliant, documented, and aligned with site safety protocols.
Planning & Execution
10. Develop and maintain a robust operational plan for landscaping and contractor tasks.
11. Ensure consistent execution and address historical challenges around sticking to the plan.
Performance & Reporting
12. Monitor KPIs and contribute to monthly service reports.
13. Provide updates to stakeholders and support continuous improvement initiatives.
Health & Safety
14. Lead and manage Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS) across all landscaping and contractor activities.
15. Demonstrate strong health and safety experience, ensuring all operatives are trained and risks are effectively mitigated.
Working Hours & Flexibility
16. This role requires flexible working across 5 days out of 7, especially during spring and summer months.
17. During winter, the role includes early morning starts (12am–4am) to ensure the site is safe and operational before production begins.
Skills & Experience
18. Experience in landscaping and contractor management within industrial or large-scale environments.
19. Strong planning and organisational skills.
20. Robust health and safety experience, including the ability to lead and manage Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS).
21. Proven ability to lead small teams and coordinate with multiple stakeholders.
22. Comfortable with flexible working hours and seasonal demands.
23. Awareness of environmental sustainability and biodiversity principles, with a commitment to enhancing green infrastructure.
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Sophie Willson at .