Exterior Landscaping Operative

Urban Planters has been bringing homes and workplaces to life with plants since 1965.

We deliver our products and services using our national network of branches, spanning the length and breadth of the UK. This means we can offer the personalised service of a local business but with the standards and resources of a national organisation.

Quality, safety, sustainability and professionalism underpin all that we do. To this end, we are ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certified.

We now have a carbon negative business who’s teams install planting in, on and around the buildings of the companies we partner with. We are happiest while we are landscaping, installing indoor planting schemes or maintaining the plants or grounds of our clients.

Working as a Landscaping Operative, you will travel between sites in the company van ensuring the best possible service is provided to our ever growing customer base.

This is an opportunity for someone to work within a small landscaping team assisting with projects requiring both soft and hard landscaping. A large amount of travel is involved within this role

• To assist with the completion of landscaping dockets
• To complete timesheets and ensure all paperwork is handed in promptly
• To act at all times as a representative of the company and ensure that the customer is completely satisfied
• To initiate suggestions and report customer comments for improvement to the company’s performance
• To comply with all relevant Health & Safety requirements
• Undertake other duties as required by management

• Full UK drivers licence
• Garden maintenance experience is essential
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work as part of a team
• Plant knowledge would be advantageous
• Qualification in Horticulture is desirable but is not essential

• Always act in a professional manner as a representative of the organisation.
• Comply with all relevant health and safety requirements
• Ensure that the clients are always completely satisfied
• Initiate suggestions to improve the organisations performance
• Complete timesheets and other paperwork and ensure all is handed in promptly