Grounds Maintenance Supervisor
| Posting date: | 25 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £13.54 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 December 2025 |
| Location: | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | G4S |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 17686 |
Summary
GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR
Salary: £13.54 Per Hour
Working Hours: Permanent, Full time position, 40 hours per week Monday to Friday between 07:30 and 15:30
Location: Cheltenham
Excellent benefits package including 2.5% Golden Hello payment on commencement of employment and a £2,000 annual retention bonus (pro-rata for part time employees), subject to Achieving and maintaining clearance requirements.
Do you have a passion for horticulture and a talent for leadership?
About the role:
This key role involves hands-on horticultural work to maintain grounds to exacting aesthetic and professional standards, alongside supervising contractors and ensuring absolute compliance with safety and service protocols. If you thrive on exceptional presentation and leadership, this is the role for you.
Responsibilities:
Horticultural Excellence: Execute a diverse range of duties, including soil cultivation, meticulous weeding, precise edging, skilled pruning, and appropriate planting techniques.
Lawn Care Mastery: Perform comprehensive lawn maintenance, including mowing and edging, with a paramount focus on achieving exceptional presentation and aesthetic quality.
Team & Contractor Supervision: Supervise on-site contractors, rigorously ensuring their work complies with submitted Risk Assessments and Method Statements and meets required standards.
Site Tidiness: Undertake thorough litter removal and leaf collection/clearance, ensuring all gardens and commercial grounds are consistently tidy.
Compliance & Safety: Strictly adhere to all pertinent Health and Safety regulations, COSHH guidelines, and site-specific protocols in every task performed.
Equipment Maintenance: Maintain hand tools and light horticultural machinery, including ride-on mowers, strimmers, and hedge trimmers, in accordance with best practice.
Project Support: Assist in developing specifications and cost estimations for minor landscaping projects (e.g., procurement and installation of new plants).
Essential:
Proven Horticultural Experience
Strong knowledge of horticultural practices and techniques
Demonstrable experience in Leadership and Management
Proficiency in operating grounds maintenance equipment
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Full UK Driving Licence
You will be valued and supported, and provided with first class training and competitive benefits.
Benefits
While working for G4S, you are entitled to a number of benefits and offers from G4S partners and other organisations, from employee assistance provided through WeCare, to RAC cover and so much more, including the below;
2.5% Golden Hello payment
£2,000 annual retention bonus
25 Days Annual Leave plus 8 Bank holidays and 2.5 private days
Progression, training and development catered to you.
Refer A Friend incentives
Company pension scheme with employer contributions.
G4S Life Assurance Scheme.
Subsidised healthcare plan.
Charity work- Match-IT and Payroll Giving.
Confidential Counselling Services
24/7 support specialising in health and medical
Discounts on high street shops and brands including several leading high street brands, retailers and travel suppliers.
Please be aware that due to the nature of the business security clearance to a high government level will be required.
G4S is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Please contact our recruitment team at careersatg4s@uk.g4s.com to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that may be required at any point during the recruitment process
Salary: £13.54 Per Hour
Working Hours: Permanent, Full time position, 40 hours per week Monday to Friday between 07:30 and 15:30
Location: Cheltenham
Excellent benefits package including 2.5% Golden Hello payment on commencement of employment and a £2,000 annual retention bonus (pro-rata for part time employees), subject to Achieving and maintaining clearance requirements.
Do you have a passion for horticulture and a talent for leadership?
About the role:
This key role involves hands-on horticultural work to maintain grounds to exacting aesthetic and professional standards, alongside supervising contractors and ensuring absolute compliance with safety and service protocols. If you thrive on exceptional presentation and leadership, this is the role for you.
Responsibilities:
Horticultural Excellence: Execute a diverse range of duties, including soil cultivation, meticulous weeding, precise edging, skilled pruning, and appropriate planting techniques.
Lawn Care Mastery: Perform comprehensive lawn maintenance, including mowing and edging, with a paramount focus on achieving exceptional presentation and aesthetic quality.
Team & Contractor Supervision: Supervise on-site contractors, rigorously ensuring their work complies with submitted Risk Assessments and Method Statements and meets required standards.
Site Tidiness: Undertake thorough litter removal and leaf collection/clearance, ensuring all gardens and commercial grounds are consistently tidy.
Compliance & Safety: Strictly adhere to all pertinent Health and Safety regulations, COSHH guidelines, and site-specific protocols in every task performed.
Equipment Maintenance: Maintain hand tools and light horticultural machinery, including ride-on mowers, strimmers, and hedge trimmers, in accordance with best practice.
Project Support: Assist in developing specifications and cost estimations for minor landscaping projects (e.g., procurement and installation of new plants).
Essential:
Proven Horticultural Experience
Strong knowledge of horticultural practices and techniques
Demonstrable experience in Leadership and Management
Proficiency in operating grounds maintenance equipment
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Full UK Driving Licence
You will be valued and supported, and provided with first class training and competitive benefits.
Benefits
While working for G4S, you are entitled to a number of benefits and offers from G4S partners and other organisations, from employee assistance provided through WeCare, to RAC cover and so much more, including the below;
2.5% Golden Hello payment
£2,000 annual retention bonus
25 Days Annual Leave plus 8 Bank holidays and 2.5 private days
Progression, training and development catered to you.
Refer A Friend incentives
Company pension scheme with employer contributions.
G4S Life Assurance Scheme.
Subsidised healthcare plan.
Charity work- Match-IT and Payroll Giving.
Confidential Counselling Services
24/7 support specialising in health and medical
Discounts on high street shops and brands including several leading high street brands, retailers and travel suppliers.
Please be aware that due to the nature of the business security clearance to a high government level will be required.
G4S is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Please contact our recruitment team at careersatg4s@uk.g4s.com to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that may be required at any point during the recruitment process