Skilled Gardener
Hourly Rate: 13 - 14 per hour, depending on experience
Contract type: Permanent
Working hours: Monday - Thursday 07:30-16:30, Friday 07:30-12:30, 39HPW
Location: Kendal, LA9 5RR & surrounding areas
Manpower are looking for a Skilled Gardener to work for our client based out of Kendal. As a Skilled Gardener, you will have a unique opportunity to maintain iconic greenspaces throughout the Lake District National Park, shaping & maintaining grounds from Lake Windemere and Bowness Promenade to Barrow-in-Furness and Kendal. You will contribute your skills and experience to a range of activities from hedge pruning, shrubbery and grass cutting to flower bed maintenance, tree planting and more! This is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your current career, be trained to a high standard and challenge yourself in an encouraging and friendly environment!
To succeed, you will need:
* To be physically fit and able to work outdoors in all weather conditions.
* Hold a full valid UK Driving License
* A good working knowledge of horticulture and grounds maintenance.
* A strong health and safety mindset and adept at problem solving.
* NVQ Horticulture Qualification OR have at least 3 years of commercial grounds maintenance experience.
* PA1 & PA6 certificates desirable
About our client:
You will work for a company that genuinely cares and has a strong Sustainability Strategy with a focus on responsibility at the heart of their three pillars of People, Planet and Performance. Our client is Europe's leading provider of soft landscaping services and landscape creation projects. As the top soft landscaping provider in the UK, they offer a comprehensive range of services, including professional open space management, soft landscaping design and build, tree surgery, civil engineering, outdoor facilities management, biodiversity management, and waterways management.
You can look forward to the following benefits:
* 28 days paid holiday (Pro Rata)
* Access to Manpower Rewards (Discounts on adventure days)
* Access to the MyPath upskilling programme
* Possible permanent opportunities for the right candidate
* Weekly pay
Apply now and a member of our Team will be in contact!
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