Application Close Date: 18/02/2020 (Closed)

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Grounds Maintenance Chargehand (Temporary)

Blandford Forum, Dorset

This is an outstanding career opportunity with a market leader providing green services to private and public sector businesses. 

Glendale has prestigious grounds maintenance contracts to maintain sites across North and Central Dorset. We now seek to recruit a number of staff to support the contract, carrying out grass cutting and other horticultural duties.

The Opportunity

• Full time fixed term position within our team until the end of October 2020
• Possibility of a permanent contract at the end
• Based in our Blandford Forum depot, working across Dorset

The Person

We currently have a vacancy for a Grounds Maintenance  Chargehand based within our Blandford Forum Team to assist with increased workload over the summer months.

Reporting to the Contracts Manager, you will assist in the day-to-day implementation of the duties required of the contract.  This includes grass cutting, strimming, weeding & hedge trimming, Leading your team and being responsible for achieving excellent service delivery to our clients. 

Candidates must have experience of grounds maintenance as well as supervising a small team.  Experience of small machinery such as strimmers, hedge cutters including ride on mowing machines is essential.  A full clean driving licence including towing a trailer is required too. PA1 and PA6 desirable, but not essential.

What can Glendale offer you?

• Competitive salary
• Generous annual leave
• Free gym membership for you and a nominated person
• Employee health cash plan
• Employee discount portal – discounts on travel bookings, high street vouchers, gift cards, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Pension Scheme
• Company sick pay
• Career progression
• Training and development

Glendale is a well established business that is continuously growing. Successful applicants can look forward to joining a company that can offer career prospects and believes in investing in its people.

How to Apply

If you feel like you could bring some fresh ideas to the table we want to hear from you.  Please apply with a letter of application and CV to  tom.differ@glendale-services.co.uk

Closing Date

• 18/02/2020

About Glendale

Glendale is one of the largest green space management service providers in the UK and specialises in tree care and management, grounds maintenance and landscaping. For more information visit www.glendale-services.co.uk.

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If you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity to avoid

disappointment as interviews will be held throughout the process. Please note that if you have not received correspondence within 21 days then please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.