Landscaping jobs in Strathaven

Are you a confident driver with a passion for plants and delivering excellent customer service?

We are looking for an enthusiastic, hard working interior landscape technician to join our Lanark team. A driving licence is essential for this role, which entails travelling between customer sites in the Central Belt to maintain interior landscape displays.

A strong team player, you will have fantastic communication skills, passionate about plants and driven to go that extra mile for our customers.

In return you can expect 28 days holiday, opportunities for overtime, commission and to benefit from our discretionary profit based bonus scheme.

We provide full uniform, company van and PPE.

Additional benefits include Employee Assistance Programme, discounted shopping from high street stores and company events.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Hours 40 Days Mon-Fri

Department Interior Location Lanark

Reporting to Interior Operations Manager

Experience/Qualifications

Driving licence essential

Confident driving to, and parking in, city centre locations, Glasgow, Edinburgh and beyond.

Previous experience of maintaining interior plants preferred.

Ability to work at heights (ladder work required)

As an Interior Landscape Technician at GP Plantscape you will travel to our customers sites maintaining all types of interior and exterior plant displays including: interior plant displays, fixtures, indoor trees, window boxes, exterior tubs, indoor and outdoor green walls and more.

Main duties and responsibilities

Interior and exterior plant display maintenance

Ensure interior plant maintenance service is carried out to the specification provided to the customer and meets the high GP standards by undertaking duties of interior maintenance, which include:

• Watering (window boxes require significant watering during summer months)
• Weeding
• Cleaning
• Pruning
• Tidying
• Feeding
• Pest identification and control
• Identifying and undertaking plant replacement where required

Recording - Update customer service records on the GP app using an iPad.

Reporting - Report to Interior Operations Manager on a weekly basis, updating on the following:

• Runs
• Plant replacement
• Cases
• Overtime
• Health and Safety issues

Customer interaction - Liaise with customer contact on site in a positive manner and assist customer with any concerns in a positive manner, in line with GP values.

Assist with the resolution of any customer requests, queries or complaints detailed to you within agreed timescales, providing updates to service coordinator in a timely manner.

Administration - Ensure that all paperwork is completed in a timely manner and passed to Operations Manager. This will include:

• Weekly timesheets
• Runs sheets
• Plant replacement requests
• Expenses claims forms
• Absence forms
• Uniform and PPE requests

Vehicles

• Drive company vehicle adhering to the company vehicle and driving policy.
• Ensure weekly vehicle checks are being carried out and paperwork is completed.
• Ensure annual driving licence checks are completed and passed to your manager on request.
• Always keep company vehicle clean and tidy to maintain positive company image

Lead generation – submitting leads for sales team

Christmas - Assist with preparation and Installation of seasonal displays as per client’s specification and meets GP standards, which includes Christmas trees, garlands, wreaths, table displays etc when required

Health and safety – Follow company health and safety procedures at all times and report any concerns or issues to manager as soon as possible.

General

• Flexibility to work with other departments
• Flexibility to work overtime which may include weekend working

This list is not exhaustive.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From £13.45 per hour

Benefits:

• Company car
• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Licence/Certification:

• full driving licence (required)

Work Location: In person