Graduate Horticultural Technician Role: You will start as an Interior Maintenance Technician, with your initial 6-12 months dedicated to covering a specific geographical area. You'll provide invaluable support to customers by maintaining their live and artificial plant displays while receiving comprehensive externally accredited training. Key responsibilities include:
1. Watering, feeding and pest control of live plant displays
2. Replacing dead, dying or overgrown plant displays
3. Maintain artificial plant displays
4. Assist with plant display installations
5. Assist with seasonal installations
6. Comply with all relevant health and safety procedures
7. Providing exceptional customer service and upholding a professional image at all times
8. Offering valuable advice to customers on the upkeep of plant displays
We are happiest while we are landscaping, installing indoor planting schemes, or maintaining the plants or grounds of our clients. Rentokil Initial are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a diverse working environment. To find out how we process your data view our careers privacy policy.
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Launch your Horticulture career! Graduate Technician Role with Urban Planters
Join Our Team and Make a Difference! Do you enjoy problem solving and helping customers? Do you have a passion for horticulture? Become a Graduate Technician with Urban Planters in Derby. Full training provided, no experience necessary. Apply now!
We are currently seeking a Graduate Horticulture Technician to join our dedicated team at the Hounslow branch, covering the Derby area. Successful individuals in this role will include graduates with a science-based, horticultural or agricultural degree. If you're looking for a company that prioritises colleague development, this could be the job for you!
Why Join Urban Planters?
* A minimum 2.2 degree in a BSc subject - Science, horticultural or agricultural
* A full UK driving licence
* A desire to work hard and have fun while meeting and interacting with customers daily
* Flexibility with working patterns to support business needs
* You may be required to pass a DBS check depending on the role you have applied for
* Ability to work using own initiative
* Plant knowledge and a passion for horticulture would be advantageous
A Company Putting "People First"
Rentokil Initial (FTSE100) is one of the largest business services companies in the world, operating in over 90 countries and providing services that protect people and enhance lives. We focus on the Right People, doing the Right Things, and in the Right Way. We invest heavily in training and developing our colleagues to be the best they can be, and we are always looking for talented and driven people to join our Rentokil Initial Family.
Urban Planters has been bringing homes and workplaces to life with plants since 1965. We deliver our products and services using our national network of branches, spanning the UK. This allows us to offer personalized local service with the standards and resources of a national organization. We now have a carbon negative business whose teams install planting in, on, and around various environments.
Compensation and Benefits
* Competitive Salary Package: Start with a basic salary of £25,732 per annum, with bonus and commission schemes available
* Benefits: Company vehicle, fuel card, mobile phone, uniform, and RI Rewards
* Work-Life Balance: Full-time, permanent role, Monday to Friday (40 hr week)
* Externally Accredited Training: Receive top-notch training to support our customers and your development
* Career Progression: Opportunities to advance to Sales Consultants, Service Supervisor, National Account Manager
* Additional Benefits: Company vehicle and fuel card, salary grading system, discounts and cashback offers, overtime opportunities, uncapped leads commission, Employee Assistance Programme, Refer a Friend scheme
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