Job Description
Job description
Team Leader - Weymouth
As a senior Team leader you will report into the Contract Supervisor. The senior team leader will have the organisation skills required to manage the day-to-day operation of the contract, working with the Contract Supervisor to ensure the delivery of the contract.
Key responsibilities of the role are to:
* Liaise with your line manager to ensure the teams have the resources required to fulfil their tasks.
* Liaise with the line manager on staffing requirements by producing and using reports and plans.
* Be involved with the interviewing and recruitment of new employees, following the company's recruitment and onboarding procedure, ensuring the compliance of the contract within the company.
* Monitor and approve operative holidays.
* Produce scheduled and ad hoc work programmes, and assist with service delivery to ensure work programme tick sheets are administratively maintained.
* Prioritise the workload of the team.
* Monitor the efficiency and organise the maintenance of vehicles and machinery.
* Issue rectification and improvement notices to the appropriate teams, ensuring they are fully conversant with the conditions of the notice.
Other responsibilities:
* Communicate with customers and with your line manager on work related issues.
* Communicate with your line manager on employee absences.
* Communicate with suppliers on a regular basis.
* Monitor work in line with inspection programmes and the quality assurance method statement.
* Make recommendations on improvements to services.
* Ensure the completion of workforce timesheets.
* Provide quotations for services.
* Support the maintenance of Environmental Standards and compliance with the BS EN ISO 14001:1996 standard at the contract.
* Undertake any duties as may reasonably be required.
Health and Safety
* To act in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Glendale Health and Safety Policy at all times
* To carry out instructions from your Line Manager in accordance with Glendale’s Health and Safety Policy, Glendale’s Codes of Practice, Glendale’s Quality Management Systems and the Employee Handbook.
* To be knowledgeable of Health and safety regulations within your workplace and the activities that you are carrying out.
* Ensure you have completed the necessary induction and health and safety modules prior to commencement of any works.
* You must be responsible for the health and safety of yourself and that of others, in your working environment,
* To promote safe working practices at all times and to ensure that all equipment is safe to use.
* To ensure that you are knowledgeable of the suitability of all machinery/equipment used in accordance with the task you are doing and it is safe to use.
* To ensure the correct use of all machinery/equipment in accordance with its handbook.
* To ensure that any machinery/equipment that does not operate correctly is reported immediately to your Line Manager and a defect tag is filled out and attached.
* To ensure that any check/maintenance sheets are completed and passed to your Line Manager.
* To ensure that all machinery/equipment is secured at all times (when not in use).
Qualifications
It is desirable to hold the following qualifications:
* a horticultural qualification and or demonstrable experience of a horticultural or grounds maintenance environment
* a recognised practical qualifications such as in chainsaw/ pesticide
* a CSCS card.
Personal Characteristics
* A high level of initiative and self motivation.
* Strong relationship building skills coupled with excellent communication skills.
* A self motivated individual.
* Flexible approach to duties.
* Customer/client care focus.
* Leadership and communication skills
Benefits offered by Glendale:
* Employee health cash plan
* Employee discount portal - discounts on travel booking, high street vouchers, gift cards, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending
* Company sick pay
* Career progression
* Training and development