Parks and Environment Supervisor

We use cookies on this site to enhance your user experience By clicking the Accept button, you agree to us doing so. Accept No, thanks Skip to main content Main navigation My B&D Logout Search Search Services Help improve your council website! We're redesigning our website and we'd love your help! Whether you've got two minutes or twenty, every piece of feedback helps us create a better experience. See the surveys available right now Hide Parks and Environment Supervisor Apply online About this job To support the Parks, Commercial & Cemeteries Manager or Housing and Highways Grounds Maintenance Manager in the deployment and return of resources across the range of services including Cemeteries, Parks, Grounds Maintenance, and Schools. All candidates will need to show a record of accomplishment of delivering high quality services and demonstrate a commitment to teamwork and high levels of customer service. The role involves a knowledge of the application of IT based maintenance, monitoring systems as well as working outdoors. You will be expected to work with a degree of flexibility to ensure that the service is maintained during operational difficulties or special events. Supervising and the deployment of staff to ensure schedules are met. To resolve complex customer enquiries and complaints, reporting to the Line Manager as needed, perform various grounds maintenance tasks and when trained you may be required to perform all aspects of Cemetery operations. Special requirements for this post All applicants will be required to a category B + E licence. Routine playground inspection – Basic Level or willingness to obtain. Knowledge of the application of IT based maintenance and monitoring systems. Previous experience of no less than 4 years working in a ground's maintenance service. Experience of various plant / machinery used for environmental services and a good understanding of Horticulture & Cemetery interments. About you We are looking for a supervisor to work in the Parks, Green Spaces and Highways service. You will be responsible for Supervisory duties for resources and staff within your team, as well as leading and deploying staff to ensure schedules are met. You will have knowledge of various plants and machinery used in environmental services, as well as a solid understanding of horticulture.   The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, the ability to communicate at all levels, and the ability to value people with diverse skills and perspectives About us Barking & Dagenham is changing. It Starts Here. Think you know Barking and Dagenham? Think again. While this small corner of east London might have a reputation for needing development, scratch beneath the surface and you’ll find active communities and a place that consistently punches above its weight. The borough is changing – and changing for the better. And It Starts Here. Yes, the borough has its challenges. But it’s on the cusp of something exciting. With one of the youngest populations in the country, ambitions are high and rightly so. 98% of our schools are rated Good or Outstanding and every year more of our talented teenagers get into Russell Group Universities and hotly sought after apprenticeship schemes. We have award winning parks, centuries old manor houses full of relics and artifacts you can go and see, and the ruins of one of Anglo-Saxon England's most powerful and wealthiest religious sites. We’re even bringing beavers and white storks to the borough to help rewild the local landscape and boost biodiversity. Over the past few years, we’ve been working hard to improve how we deliver services and support our community. From tackling inequality to making sure our services are the best they can be, we’re focused on what matters most to local people.  We’re creating the conditions for people to thrive - so everyone can enjoy a good quality of life, feel proud to call this place home, and be part of something bigger.   #