Greenspace Project Manager

Indevor Group • west of england, england, United Kingdom • 1h ago

Project Management

Greenspace Project Manager

Are you an ambitious and driven individual looking to advance your career? Indevor Group, a fast-growing, award-winning start-up, is looking for hard-working and conscientious individuals to join our high-performing team. As we enter the next phase of growth, we are seeking talented candidates to help us scale and deliver innovative solutions to the house-building industry. We are committed to excellence, high performance, uncompromising standards, and success. This isn’t a role for someone simply looking to pick up a pay cheque or even just build a reasonable career. We are looking for people who want to become part of our story, those willing to work hard, embrace challenges, and help us deliver on our ambitious business plan while having fun and making money along the way. This role would suit an individual with experience in landscape or estate management, contracts management, or grounds maintenance. This is not for the faint-hearted. But for the right person, it’s one hell of a journey.

About Us

Indevor Group is reshaping the house-building industry through innovation, technology, and a relentless focus on results. Our clients include some of the UK’s leading FTSE 100 companies, and we take pride in delivering solutions that drive real impact. We’ve built a culture that balances ambition with support, a place where people are challenged to achieve their best while being part of a team that celebrates success together. Our commitment to our people has earned us Gold accreditation from Investors in People and recognition in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025, underlining our belief that high performance and a great workplace go hand in hand.

Greenspace Project Manager

This role would suit a technically strong greenspace, landscape, estate or countryside management professional who can combine site-based judgement with disciplined project delivery. The successful candidate will be comfortable inspecting works, managing contractors, reviewing technical information and taking ownership of handover into long-term management.

Role Overview

As the Greenspace Project Manager, you will play a key role in delivering English Estates’ growing portfolio of environmental and countryside projects, including suitable alternative natural greenspaces, country parks, nature reserves and biodiversity net gain projects. You will lead onboarding, technical assurance, handover and initial aftercare, ensuring completed assets are ready for safe, compliant and effective long-term operational management. The role will primarily cover sites across the South and South West of England, including Devon, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Sussex, Essex and Wiltshire, with occasional travel to sites outside this area as required. Working within the Environment & Biodiversity Team, you will help deliver high-quality greenspaces for communities and conservation. You will provide technical oversight from initial site assessment through to capital works delivery and the handover and aftercare maintenance arrangements. The role combines project management, technical inspection and review, and contractor oversight, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest possible standard in accordance with specifications. Working closely with colleagues, clients and contractors, you will provide expert guidance throughout the onboarding process of each project while maintaining quality, compliance and commercial awareness. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a growing business, supporting the successful delivery of projects that enhance biodiversity, create high-quality green spaces and deliver lasting environmental value.

Responsibilities

Technical Project Support

Supporting the Associate and Senior Environment and Biodiversity Officers with initial site visits for prospective projects.
Providing technical input into project feasibility and delivery.
Inputting into project cost models and providing technical recommendations.
Undertaking and reviewing project risk assessments.
Reviewing and approving detailed landscape designs and management plans.
Producing and maintaining standardised specification documents across English Estates projects.

Capital Works Monitoring

Reviewing contracts, warranties and associated project documentation for the implementation of hard and soft landscaping works.
Ensuring projects comply with required specifications and drawings, quality standards and environmental objectives.
Carrying out monitoring site inspections of capital works including soft and hard landscaping; ensuring compliance with high-quality workmanship.
Inspecting completed works where necessary identifying defects and specifying improvement and remedial works to enable sign off and handover of the site.

Project Handover and Aftercare

Coordinate the handover of completed sites, ensuring all contractual, technical and operational requirements are met prior to acceptance.
Verify that maintenance plans, warranties, asset information and compliance documentation are complete before site acceptance.
Ensure defects and outstanding works are identified, monitored and resolved prior to handover.
Manage the transition from capital delivery to operational estate management.
Appoint and manage maintenance contractors during the initial aftercare period, ensuring quality, compliance and value for money.
Manage aftercare budgets and monitor contractor performance throughout the maintenance period.
Maintain accurate handover, asset and warranty records to support the transition into long-term management.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

Work collaboratively with colleagues across English Estates and the wider Group.
Build positive relationships with contractors, consultants and external stakeholders.
Promote consistent technical standards across all English Estates projects.
Identify opportunities to improve project delivery, specifications and operational processes.
Support the continued growth and development of English Estates.

Requirements

Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
Estate or landscape management professional with more than 5 years practical experience in landscape, environmental or countryside management.
Experience of contract administration, including contractor management, cost control and qualify assurance
Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. Chartered Institute of Horticulture, Landscape Institute or CIEEM).

Desirable Qualities

GIS experience and capabilities (QGIS, ArcGIS or similar)
Understanding of planning processes
Sound ecological and biodiversity knowledge including biodiversity net gain
Excellent attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality work.
Strong commercial awareness and sound decision-making skills.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
Proactive, self-motivated and able to work independently.
Strong problem-solving skills with a practical approach.
Committed to maintaining high standards of health, safety and environmental compliance.
Professional, dependable and takes ownership of responsibilities.
Adaptable and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Full UK driving licence

What We Offer

Comprehensive training and ongoing support to help you excel in your role
75% reimbursement of your monthly mobile phone bill to cover business use
Performance-based financial rewards, recognising your contributions.
Gym Membership
Included in private healthcare scheme after one year of service
Opportunities to participate in charity initiatives and team-building activities, from fundraising walks to skydiving
Daily Lunch Allowance
Work-Related Expenses – i.e., Travel costs and mileage
Reimbursement of professional fees
A chance to work with an award-winning, high-performing team

Are you ready to become part of something special? This is not the role for someone who is just looking for a salary, this is an opportunity to become an integral part of a growing business and contribute to our exciting journey. If you’re driven, enthusiastic, and ready to deliver results, we want to hear from you!