Langdale Leisure Limited
Grounds Supervisor
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Job Title: Grounds Supervisor
Salary: £30,000 per annum
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Hours: 39 hours per week
Live-in accommodation or Relocation Support may be available for exceptional candidates. This role is based on-site at Langdale Hotel and Spa, Ambleside, LA22 9JD.
Role Summary
The Grounds Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the maintenance, care, and presentation of outdoor grounds and landscaped areas. This role supervises a team of grounds staff, ensuring all grounds maintenance activities are completed efficiently, safely, and to a high standard. The supervisor coordinates daily operations, schedules tasks, maintains equipment, and ensures compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations.
Key Responsibilities
- Supervise and coordinate the daily work of grounds maintenance staff.
- Plan and schedule routine grounds maintenance activities including mowing, trimming, planting, fertilizing, irrigation, and pest control.
- Ensure all outdoor areas such as lawns, gardens, pathways, sports fields, and parking areas are maintained to a high standard.
- Train, mentor, and evaluate grounds team members, ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures.
- Inspect grounds regularly to identify maintenance needs, hazards, or improvement opportunities.
- Maintain and oversee the safe use, storage, and servicing of grounds maintenance equipment and machinery.
- Monitor inventory levels of tools, fertilizers, and landscaping materials, and arrange procurement when necessary.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, environmental standards, and company policies.
- Assist in seasonal landscaping projects including planting, turf management, snow removal, and site preparation.
- Prepare reports, work schedules, and maintenance records as required.
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Our Ideal Candidate
- Proven experience in grounds maintenance, landscaping, or horticulture.
- Previous supervisory or team leadership experience preferred.
- Strong knowledge of grounds maintenance techniques, equipment, and landscaping practices.
- Ability to operate and maintain groundskeeping equipment safely.
- Good organisational, communication, and leadership skills.
- Knowledge of health and safety practices related to outdoor maintenance.
- Physical ability to perform outdoor work in various weather conditions.
- Relevant certification in horticulture, landscaping, or grounds management (desirable).
What We Offer
- Be our guest with a yearly complimentary stay in our Langdale hotel, B&B rate for one night.
- Get fit for free with complimentary access to our Fitness and Leisure Facilities.
- Get fed for free with meals available in our staff canteen.
- Get recognised with a chance to win cash prizes through Guest Nominations and for colleagues voting you a Langdale Superstar.
- Get a bonus of up to £300.00 with our Refer a Friend scheme.
- Get support with access to our confidential and impartial Employee Assistance Program (EAP) supported by our team of trained Mental Health First Aiders.
- Get it for less with staff discounts in Wainwrights Inn, Brimstone Spa, Brimstone Hotel and Stove Restaurant alongside external discounts such as Kendal Physio, Windermere cruises and B&Q trade.
- Get security after 6 months of service, you will gain enhanced Sick Pay and Life cover up to twice your salary.
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Equal Opportunity Employer
Langdale is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences. We're committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where unique backgrounds, perspectives, and talents flourish. Our dedication to diversity fuels innovation, ensuring we remain at the forefront of our industry. Join us and be a part of a team that celebrates differences, creating a brighter, more diverse future together.
Working conditions
This role is based on-site at Langdale Hotel and Spa, Ambleside, LA22 9JD. Staff accommodation or relocation support may be available for exceptional candidates. All candidates must have the legal right to live and work in the UK at the start of employment.
Company overview
Set in the heart of the English Lake District and surrounded by breathtaking scenery, the Langdale Estate offers a choice of luxury hotel, self-catering and timeshare accommodation, spa experiences and therapies, restaurant, and bar. At Langdale, we pride ourselves on giving our guests an exceptional service and so we want people who want to make a difference, who care about creating a guest experience that is unique and memorable.
Purpose, vision & values
- Timeshare owners and Guests should be at the centre of everything that we do.
- Our people are important, and we should aim to do our very best by them at all times.
- It is incumbent upon us all to ensure that the business is sustainable so that it can deliver the owners' needs and ensure that our people prosper.
- The natural environment and our communities are central to our thinking at all times.
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