Operations Manager
Operations Manager
Temporary Contract
Job Details
Client: Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Service Area: Greenspaces Operations
Hours: 36 hours per week
Start Date: 26 October 2026
End Date: 14 March 2027
Duration: 20 weeks
Number of Roles: 1
Location
Horley Road
Earlswood
Redhill
Surrey
RH1 6PN
Pay
PAYE Rate: £200\.69 per day
Job Overview
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to lead frontline greenspaces operations.
The role will involve managing two Team Leaders and overseeing teams responsible for parks, open spaces, playgrounds, countryside sites, trees, woodlands, cemeteries, allotments and sports pitches.
Important – Please Read Carefully
This is a frontline greenspaces operations management role.
Candidates should have strong parks, grounds maintenance, countryside, environmental operations, Health and Safety, contractor management and team leadership experience.
A driving licence and DVLA check are required.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead greenspaces operations
- Manage two Team Leaders
- Oversee frontline teams
- Maintain parks and open spaces
- Maintain playgrounds
- Maintain countryside sites
- Maintain trees and woodlands
- Maintain cemeteries
- Maintain allotments
- Maintain sports pitches
- Plan workloads
- Allocate resources
- Manage vehicles and plant
- Manage equipment and materials
- Develop operational plans
- Review maintenance programmes
- Manage service standards
- Oversee Health and Safety
- Review risk assessments
- Review method statements
- Manage safe systems of work
- Oversee COSHH compliance
- Support site inspections
- Investigate incidents
- Manage contractors
- Maintain records
- Support emergency response
- Improve systems and processes
- Greenspaces management
- Parks operations
- Grounds maintenance
- Frontline operations
- Team Leader management
- People management
- Workload planning
- Resource allocation
- Vehicle and plant management
- Health and Safety
- Risk assessments
- Method statements
- COSHH awareness
- Site inspections
- Contractor management
- Business continuity
- Emergency response
- Performance monitoring
- Record keeping
- Driving licence
- Local authority experience
- Countryside management
- Cemeteries operations
- Allotments management
- Sports pitch maintenance
- Tree and woodland operations
- Playground operations
- Biodiversity knowledge
- Sustainability knowledge
- Digital systems experience
- Out\-of\-hours response
Interview will be held online via Microsoft Teams.
Interview is expected to take 30 to 40 minutes.
Interviewing managers will be the Head of Greenspaces, Leisure and Culture and the Greenspaces Manager.
Target interview date is 15 October 2026.
Candidate submission deadline is 12 October 2026.
Disclaimer
On applying for this vacancy, you agree that your personal details will be passed onto our client for their consideration of your suitability for the role.
I acknowledge that it is my responsibility to notify Fix Space Recruitment Limited of any hirer who I do not want my details to be passed onto.
OR118203
Pay: £200\.69 per day
Application question(s):
- Do you have experience managing frontline greenspaces, parks, countryside, grounds maintenance, cemeteries, allotments, sports pitches, playgrounds, trees or woodland operations?
- Have you directly managed Team Leaders or frontline operational teams, including performance, attendance, wellbeing, training, capability or conduct?
- Do you have experience planning and allocating workloads, staffing, vehicles, plant, equipment and materials to meet seasonal or changing operational priorities?
- Have you managed Health and Safety arrangements, including risk assessments, method statements, safe systems of work, COSHH, site inspections, PPE, training and accident/near\-miss investigations?
- Do you have experience managing contractors, operational records, performance information, service standards, business continuity or emergency response arrangements?
- Do you hold a driving licence, are you willing to complete a DVLA check, and can you attend an online Teams interview on or around 15 October 2026?
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