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Birmingham - Full Time
We are seeking a proactive and disciplined Landscapes Contracts Manager to lead the landscaping and winter services across Birmingham. This role involves working with an internal landscaping team and be responsible for delivering a high-quality, well-planned service that meets site standards and supports production readiness year-round.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead a team of Grounds Maintenance and Landscapes professionals to deliver scheduled maintenance across meadows, grassed areas, and site perimeter zones.
* Ensure weed control, seasonal planting, and general grounds upkeep are completed to specification.
* Maintain and improve service quality through structured planning and performance tracking.
* Support Mitie's environmental goals by managing green spaces that encourage biodiversity, including wildflower planting and habitat creation.
Winter Services
* Oversee gritting and snow clearance operations to ensure the site is safe and ready for production start.
* Coordinate salt bin maintenance and pre-season readiness checks.
* Be available flexible during winter months to supervise snow clearance and confirm gritting effectiveness.
* Ensure contractor activities are compliant, documented, and aligned with site safety protocols.
Planning & Execution
* Develop and maintain a robust operational plan for landscaping and contractor tasks.
* Ensure consistent execution and address historical challenges around sticking to the plan.
Skills & Experience
* Experience in landscaping and contractor management
* Strong planning and organisational skills.
* Robust health and safety experience, including the ability to lead and manage Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS).
* Proven ability to lead small teams and coordinate with multiple stakeholders.
* Comfortable with flexible working hours and seasonal demands.
* Awareness of environmental sustainability and biodiversity principles, with a commitment to enhancing green infrastructure.
* Hold a Full UK Driving License
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 can be a chance to win a top prize of £10,000!
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 Chloe Smailes at chloe.smailes@mitie.com.
Since 1987, Mitie’s 76,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
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Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Management and Manufacturing
* Facilities Services
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