Assistant Contracts Manager - Vegetation
Mar 13, 2025
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We have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Contracts Manager across North Lincolnshire and surrounding areas, overseeing vegetation management works, mainly around inland
Reporting to the Contract Manager, you will contribute to the team's performance and You will take ownership of a wide variety of projects from start to finish, ensuring we exceed our client s expectations on safety, quality, and operational
Key responsibilities will include:
- Completion of projects on time and to exceptional standards while maintaining profit margins
- Management of both directly employed staff and subcontractors
- Ensuring all works adhere to the required Health & Safety standards
- Allocation of resources including plant, equipment, and materials
- Undertaking safety and quality site inspections and audits
- Client communication and relationship building
- Mentoring and coaching staff
- Identifying and acting on business development opportunities
- Collaboration and liaison with other departments and colleagues within Ground Control
- Pricing of a variety of works, such as tree works, invasive treatment, flailing, weed cutting, fencing, and planting
What we offer;
At Ground Control we believe in rewarding our employees for their hard We offer a wide-ranging benefits programme inspiring you to realise your full potential;
- We inclusively support The Race at Work Charter , Ban the Box , The Armed Forces Covenant and are Disability Confident
- A supportive, entrepreneurial working environment that fosters collaboration
- We believe that no job is too urgent or important not to be done safely and embed this Safety culture throughout the business
- Training, development, coaching and mentoring opportunities, with clear career path progression
- Match funding for employee fundraising and 2 personal choice volunteering days
- We invest 5% of our profits into the Evergreen Fund, an investment fund dedicated to sustainability and environmental
- By2025 we have committed to planting 1,000,000 trees, having a fully electric fleet, and being carbon neutral
- Free gym access
- Nursery Vouchers
- Cycle to work, Travel loans
- Bupa employee support & Free Flu Jab & subscriptions to an online GP service and Calm, the wellbeing app
How we work;
We put people at the centre of everything we
Everyone is We re embracing a culture where difference is Your uniqueness will be We believe diversity grows innovation, and innovation creates initiative. Together we ll succeed in caring for each other, caring for our communities and Caring for our
Who are we looking for?
To be successful in this role, you must be a tenacious self-starter, who enjoys finding solutions and completing works, maintaining the same energy and attention to detail from beginning to You will be required to work across Lincolnshire and surrounding areas, so willingness to travel is
The ideal Assistant Contract Manager would have:
- Vegetation management experience
- Experience in managing or supporting multiple projects simultaneously
- Great communication skills, including stakeholder engagement
- Strong organisational skills to prioritise workload
- Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships, demonstrating great teamwork skills
- Understanding of Health & Safety precautions
- Supervisor or management experience
- Experience in pricing all types of veg management works
- IOSH
- SSSTS
- Sound literacy, numeracy, and IT skills
- Full driving licence (essential)
It would also be beneficial if you have a background in Arboriculture and experience delivering works located in or around water and
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