grounds maintenance Work, Jobs in royal tunbridge wells (with Salaries)

Gardener
Penshurst Place Estate —Tonbridge
- £26,000 - £28,000 a year
- Weekend availability
- Hand tools
- Free parking
- Employee discount
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5d
Gardener
Riding Farm Equestrian Centre Ltd —Tonbridge
- £15 an hour
- In-person
- Hand tools
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12d
Grounds Maintenance Operative
Commercial Services Group —Tonbridge
- £31,559.99 a year
- Weekend availability
- Customer service
- Maintenance
- Travel
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Cleaner and Grounds Maintenance Operative
Gateway Facilities Management Ltd —Hurstpierpoint
- From £28,250 a year
- Full-time
- Sales
- Driving
- In-person
- Referral programme
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13d
Outside Maintenance Operative
SES Water —Edenbridge
- £29,438 a year
- Heavy lifting
- Driving
- IT
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
14d
Gardener - Part Time
St Julians Club —Sevenoaks
- From £13.25 an hour
- Part-time
- Organisational skills
- In-person
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Employee discount
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12d
Head of Maintenance - Care Home
Barchester Healthcare —Tenterden
- £38,000 a year
- Maintenance
- Leadership
- Employee discount
- Referral programme
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Gardening Assistant
Cutting Edge Garden Maintenance Ltd —Brockham
- £28,000 - £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- Driving
- In-person
- Hand tools
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9d
Greenkeeper / Landscape Gardener
Addington Court Golf Club —Croydon
- Maintenance
- In-person
- Free parking
- Referral programme
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14d
Gardener
National Trust —Sevenoaks
- £27,612 a year
- Weekend availability
- Maintenance
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
10d
Gardener
Mackintosh Martin Gardening —Crowborough
- £12.85 - £15.70 an hour
- Part-time
- In-person
- Hand tools
- Flexitime
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Groundsperson/Gardener
Radnor House Sevenoaks —Sevenoaks
- £24,420.00 - £38,372.63 a year
- Weekend availability
- Driving
- In-person
- School
- Life insurance
- Sick pay
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14d
Gardener (Full-Time, All Year Round)
Sevenoaks School —Sevenoaks
- £29,540 a year
- School
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6d
Greenkeeping Assistant
American Golf UK —Dartford
- Up to £13.98 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Communication skills
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Groundsperson (Full Time, All Year Round)
Sevenoaks School —Sevenoaks
- £32,309.59 a year
- School
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5d
Greenkeeper
Farleigh Golf Club —Warlingham
- Weekend availability
- Hotel
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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Summer Assistant Greenkeeper
Kings Hill Golf Club —West Malling
- From £12.71 an hour
- Part-time
- Customer service
- Maintenance
- In-person
- Free parking
- Employee discount
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7d
Experienced Gardener
Dyson Ground Services Ltd —Sevenoaks
- From £14 an hour
- Full-time
- Customer service
- Maintenance
- In-person
- Free parking
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4d
Groundsperson
Ardingly College —Haywards Heath
- £28,553 a year
- Full-time
- School
6d
Estate Assistant
The Guinness Partnership —Crawley
- £26,724 a year
- Full-time
- Customer service
- Maintenance
7d

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Gardener

Penshurst Place Estate
Tonbridge

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Job details

Full-time
£26,000 - £28,000 a year
5 days ago

Benefits

Free parking
Discounted or free food
Employee discount
Sick pay
On-site parking

Qualifications

Growing experience
Driving Licence
Gardening
Hand tools
Horticulture

Full job description

JOB TITLE: Gardener

REPORTING TO: Head Gardener

HOURS: This is a full-time position, ordinarily Monday to Friday with occasional weekend duties on rota. The working day starts at 07:30 until 16:00 with ¼ hour paid break in the morning and ½ hour unpaid break for lunch. Friday 15:00 finish.

Salary: £26,000 – 28,000 DOE

HOLIDAYS: 28 days per year plus Bank Holidays

JOB SUMMARY: Penshurst Place is one of the oldest family-owned estates in the country, set in 2,500 acres of rural Kent countryside. It is a popular visitor attraction, wedding and events venue, and a working country estate. The historically important private house and gardens are open to the public for much of the year. The 700-year-old gardens include a C17th 11- acre walled garden laid out in ‘rooms’ surrounded by yew hedges, Elizabethan formal lawns and parterres, informal meadow style planting, historic parkland, and watercourses and ponds. The Gardener will work directly under the Head Gardener in the maintenance and management of the grade 1 listed gardens and grounds as part of the garden team.

As the gardens are not easily served by public transport, and tractor use is a part of the role, a full UK drivers Licence and own transport is required.

The job includes weekend greenhouse duties and weather recording in the morning and closing of greenhouses in the evening. This will include at least one bank holiday and possibly some days during the Christmas/New Year break.

The Estate will endeavour to provide training and instruction which is suitable to the undertaking of the role.

Duties:

The gardener will carry out general amenity grounds maintenance duties for Penshurst Place Gardens department such as:

General amenity maintenance independently on routine tasks.
The use of a wide range of hand tools, horticultural machinery and powered hand tools, such as lawn mowers, strimmers, hedge cutters etc
Additional tasks such as turf laying, feeding and planting. Soil cultivation, digging, forking, mulching, watering, raking, weeding, litter and debris clearing, edging, pruning, seed sowing, bed preparation and planting. Lawn maintenance and cultivation.
Greenhouse work: watering, sowing and other propagation, potting up etc.
Ensuring that all tools, garden equipment and machinery are correctly kept in good, safe working order, whilst keeping sheds tidy and tools always stored securely
Awareness of and adherence to Health and Safety legislation, ensuring a safe working environment for everyone working in or using the garden
Application of Pesticides as part of a predetermined program.
Use of the tractor on site
Provide informal assistance to Assistant Gardener and volunteers on routine tasks and safe working practices.
May be asked to be responsible for maintaining allocated areas of the Garden to agreed standards.

This is not an exhaustive list, and other tasks will be necessary in the upkeep of the gardens.

COMMON RULES AND RESPONSIBILITES

To maintain good relations with colleagues at all times, including temporary and part time staff, contractors, estate tenants, visitors and members of the public, always remaining courteous and polite
To keep physical assets of Penshurst Place Estate free from damage and/or misuse
To undertake training as required, fulfilling the needs of the position
To observe all fire regulations, Health and Safety and security regulations and to take reasonable care both for your own safety and that of others that could be affected by your actions
The ability to communicate with members of the public and other staff members in a polite and appropriate manner in line with the Penshurst code of conduct
To work as part of a team
To be flexible in approach and as to what task they will carry out.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Min. Level 2 Horticulture qualification (or equivalent experience)
PA1 Safe Handling and Application of Pesticide & PA6a
Comfortable working with people with different levels of knowledge and skills
Comfortable working around the public
Friendly and articulate
Tidy in their work with attention to detail
Conscientious, self-motivated & flexible
Security conscious

Pay: £26,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Discounted or free food
Employee discount
Free parking
On-site parking
Sick pay

Work Location: In person

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