Job Title: Garden Maintenance Estimator
Location: Southampton, Hampshire
Salary: £22000 – £25000 per annum
Job type: Full time, Permanent (40 hours a week, Monday – Friday)
Do you enjoy getting your hands dirty? Have a passion for Garden Maintenance and a thirst for expanding your Horticultural knowledge? If so, you might be interested in their ethos of being known for producing and maintaining innovative gardens. As I’m sure you’ll agree any well landscaped garden needs to be maintained to keep it looking good.
They currently have a vacancy for a Garden Maintenance Estimator to join their team. You will be tasked with visiting new & existing clients across Southern Hampshire and discussing their Garden Maintenance needs. Your aim is to convert their enquiries into live projects by providing them with a range of professional aftercare services for their gardens.
You would then be in charge of organising your team, providing them with clear instructions to undertake the maintenance work and then oversee their workmanship.
With nearly 50 years of experience and thousands of delighted customers, the company is highly regarded for its professional garden design, construction and maintenance. They want to remain as the Southern Hampshire premier Garden Landscaping Company.
The Candidate:
Essential
- Estimating and quoting work
- A positive ‘Can Do’ attitude
- Experience working with domestic/commercial clients
- Good Interpersonal and communication skills
- Computer literate (Word/Excel)
- Plant knowledge & identification including pest and disease
- Soft landscape & machinery experience
- Risk assessments and onsite health & safety
- Driving licence
Desirable:
- Horticultural qualification
- PA1/PA6 spraying certificates
- NPTC chainsaw certificate of equivalent
- Garden design experience
Benefits:
- 52 weeks work a year
- 20 Days holiday a year plus 8 Bank holidays
- Most Tools & Machinery provided
- Personal development plan
- Training & development opportunities
Please click on the APPLY button to submit your CV and Cover Letter.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Garden Maintenance, Ground Maintenance Operative, Gardener, Experienced Gardener, Grounds Maintenance, Garden Designer, Landscape Gardener, Grounds, Gardener, Garden Maintenance, Grounds Maintenance, Landscaper, Estimator, Project Administrator, Project Estimator, Project Planning, Costs Estimator, Technical Estimator may also be considered for this role.
