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Brand: Landscape Services
Role: Assistant Contracts Manager
Location: East Kent, covering; Thanet, Canterbury, Folkestone, Maidstone, Ashford
Salary: - £30,000 (45 hours per week)
Work van included in package.
Landscape Services, part of the Commercial Services Group, is a specialist provider of outdoor maintenance and management services, particularly around grounds maintenance, arboriculture, horticulture, and landscaping projects. They use their 80+ years of public and private sector expertise to deliver valuable, safe, and assured results for our customers, developing adaptable solutions in line with their core values, whilst helping to sustain our natural environment.
The Role
Commercial Services Group is seeking an Assistant Grounds Maintenance Contracts Manager to join our Landscape Services brand to cover East Kent. The Assistant Contracts Manager is a key part of the management structure here at Landscape Services, responsible for supporting both the services we deliver for our customers and the wellbeing and requirements of our staff. As our ‘second in command’, you will assist in organizing and overseeing the scheduled maintenance of contracts within your geographical area, for customers including schools, parishes, roundabouts, waste sites, and ad-hoc works—all to contractual specifications.
To be successful in this role, you should have knowledge of grounds maintenance and landscaping operations, as well as familiarity with your local area. The ideal candidate will be organized, resourceful, and have prior low-level management or team leader experience. The role involves instructing and organizing staff through proactive planning of routes and rounds, ensuring resource, material, and contract requirements are met.
This role requires a full clean driver’s license and an Enhanced DBS Check (carried out by us). Please consider this prior to applying.
In return, we offer:
* Never work a birthday again! You receive an extra day off to enjoy however you wish.
* Company Vehicle
* Life assurance cover
* A culture of progression and development
* Plus many more perks
Key Duties:
* Ownership of key administrative responsibilities within your co-managed areas, including depot inspections, site inspections, sourcing and ordering goods, and incident reporting.
* Assisting in daily and weekly scheduling and management of the operational teams’ workload, ensuring routes and rounds are followed, and suggesting alternatives considering geography, customer type, and equipment.
* Attending customer and site meetings alongside the Regional Contracts Manager. Developing an understanding of, and assisting with, the pricing and supply of quotations for ad-hoc works.
* Undertaking safety inspections to protect staff, customers, and the public, including site safety, vehicle, and equipment checks.
* Planning, organizing, and supervising equipment, staff, and materials to avoid wastage and ensure compliance with standards, including chemical usage legislation.
* Supporting and deputizing for the Regional Contracts Manager as needed, especially during high staff sickness, leave, or busy seasons.
Additional Requirements
* Minimum 3 years of industry experience, preferably in grounds maintenance.
* Understanding of contract agreements and risk management.
* Excellent communication skills to liaise with senior managers and stakeholders.
* Full clean driving license.
* IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent qualification.
* PA1A, PA6A qualifications are desirable.
About Commercial Services Group
Commercial Services Group (CSG) is the largest, local authority-owned trading company (LATCO) in the UK, wholly owned by Kent County Council. CSG generates over £800m annually and serves over 16,000 education and public sector customers worldwide.
CSG aims to be recognized as a global leader in education and public sector services, operating in 86 countries with 1,800 staff across 28 trading brands, offering expertise in HR, IT, energy, education resources, procurement, and more.
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