Role summary

This role is a full time, 7 month fixed term contract starting from March 2025 to assist with maintaining and developing the associated estate during the summer months. The hours of work are Monday-Friday 0730-1630 based at Pinewood Studios, Iver.

As a Gardener at Pinewood Studios, you’ll play a vital role in the various range of Horticultural projects across the estate in collaboration with the Head Gardener and Head of Cleaning + Grounds. You’ll be involved in maintaining and developing the various green spaces across the estate. Your daily tasks will include general garden maintenance and the upkeep of the estate which will include planting, pruning, weeding, hedge cutting, watering, and preserving the health and appearance of plants and shrubs.

Principle accountabilities

• Work alongside in-house gardening team and follow PPM schedule in seasonal maintenance of flower, shrub, woodland gardens, trees, hedges and undeveloped fields
• Use and maintenance of gardening machinery including, mowers, strimmer’s and trailers
• Develop a working knowledge and broad familiarity with most plants and trees within the garden
• Understand and encourage, where possible and appropriate, the diversity of wildlife within the gardens to ensure optimum care of the exceptional wild flora and fauna
• Site-wide weed, pest and disease control. Appropriate, timely and safe use of pesticides, as directed.
• Maintenance of herbaceous plantings, staking, dead heading, dividing, etc.
• Formative, seasonal and rejuvenate pruning of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs, climbers and hedges
• Turf maintenance

Nature and Scope

Most of the individual’s time is spent maintaining the gardens and related estate. Planning horizons are relatively short, possibly up to a month for more complex work and projects which will be completed with support from the Projects and Operations team and external contractors.

Health and Safety awareness and adherence are essential for this role, particularly in relation to technical machinery and tractors. Specialist understanding of general horticulture is also needed.

The individual will be mostly autonomous but will follow direction from the Head of Cleaning + Grounds and Head Gardener

Skills and experience

Essential criteria

• Full UK Driving License
• Use of horticultural and lawn machinery
• Awareness of Health and Safety (specialist training will be provided)
• Excellent attention to detail
• Reliable, tolerant, determined, and flexible
• Comfortable working alone in all weather conditions

Desirable criteria

• PA1 + PA6
• Tractor driving experience
• Field cultivation and maintenance experience

Other information

• Role location: Pinewood Studios
• Competitive starting salary and discretionary annual bonus of up to 7.5% of salary.
• 25 days’ holiday as standard with the option to buy 3 additional days, plus English public holidays.
• Pension scheme 5% employer contribution and 3% minimum employee contribution.
• Comprehensive private medical healthcare from Bupa, including cover for pre-existing conditions, dental and optical cover.
• Income Protection for yourself, up to 75% of salary.
• Life assurance of 4 x annual salary.
• £3.20 per day Pinewood canteen subsidy.
• Two days per year volunteering allowance for our local communities.
• Invest@Work Saving Account with Fidelity.
• Various other staff perks including but not limited to, gym and retail discounts, free film screenings and staff events.

Closing date for applications is 20th january 2025

Pinewood Group is an equal opportunities employer. We are highly committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture for our people and actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

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