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Brand: Landscape Services
Role: Assistant Contracts Manager
Location: East Kent, covering; Thanet, Canterbury, Folkestone, Maidstone, Ashford
Salary: - £30,000 (45 hours per week)
Work van included in package.
Landscape Services, part of the Commercial Services Group, is a specialist provider of outdoor maintenance and management services, particularly around grounds maintenance, arboriculture, horticulture, and landscaping projects. With over 80 years of experience, they deliver valuable, safe, and assured results for their customers, developing adaptable solutions aligned with their core values and sustainability goals.
The Role
Commercial Services Group is seeking an Assistant Grounds Maintenance Contracts Manager to join our Landscape Services brand to cover East Kent. The Assistant Contracts Manager is a key part of the management structure here at Landscape Services, responsible for supporting the delivery of services and staff wellbeing. As our ‘second in command’, you will assist in organizing and overseeing scheduled maintenance of contracts within your area, serving clients including schools, parishes, roundabouts, waste sites, and ad-hoc works, all to contractual specifications.
To succeed, you should have knowledge of grounds maintenance and landscaping operations, as well as familiarity with your local area. The ideal candidate will be organized, resourceful, and have prior low-level management or team leader experience. The role involves instructing and organizing staff through proactive planning of routes and rounds, ensuring resource, material, and contract requirements are met.
This role requires a full clean driver’s license and an Enhanced DBS Check (carried out by us). Please consider this before applying.
In return we will offer you:
* Never work a birthday again! You receive an extra day off to enjoy as you wish!
* Company Vehicle
* Life assurance cover
* A culture of progression and development
* Plus many more perks
Key Duties:
* Ownership of key administrative responsibilities, including depot and site inspections, sourcing and ordering goods, and incident reporting.
* Assisting in scheduling and managing operational teams’ workloads, ensuring routes and rounds are followed, and proposing solutions considering geography, customer type, and equipment.
* Attending customer and site meetings with the Regional Contracts Manager. Assisting with pricing and quotations for ad-hoc works.
* Conducting safety inspections to protect staff, customers, and the public, including site, vehicle, and equipment checks.
* Planning, organizing, and supervising equipment, staff, and materials to prevent wastage and ensure compliance, including chemical usage legislation.
* Supporting and deputizing for the Regional Contracts Manager as needed, especially during high staff sickness, leave, or busy seasons.
What we need from you:
* Minimum 3 years of industry experience, preferably in grounds maintenance.
* Understanding of contract agreements and risk management.
* Excellent communication skills for liaising with senior managers and stakeholders.
* Full clean driving license.
* IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent qualification.
* PA1A, PA6A certifications are desirable.
About Commercial Services Group
CSG is the largest local authority-owned trading company in the UK, wholly owned by Kent County Council. It generates over £800m annually and serves over 16,000 education and public sector customers globally, with operations in 86 countries and 1,800 staff across 28 brands, providing diverse services including HR, IT, energy, education resources, and procurement.
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