Assistant Manager (Woodland & Countryside) – Devon

Salary: Excellent, depending on experience

Location: Exeter

At the forefront of green service provision across the UK since 1989, Glendale offers innovative solutions for the total management and maintenance of the green environment.  Delivering exceptional quality and striving for complete customer satisfaction, Glendale delivers an unparalleled portfolio of specialist green services.

Glendale provides significant countryside contracting services across the South of the UK and seeks an enthusiastic assistant manager to support the delivery of these services to the across Cornwall. Services include woodland and estates management, vegetation management, fencing and tree surgery.

Based at our offices in Launceston, the successful candidate will be a proactive manager who will be able to develop and deliver operational, financial and commercial management.

This is a hands-on role and candidate should be qualified in woodland or countryside management with a minimum of 3 years supervisory experience in a similar role and hold a UK driver's licence. Ensuring all work meets quality and safety standards, whilst maintaining tight control of costs, programming and monitoring of work are all pivotal to the role. In addition, you will need good time management and administrative skills, display good people management, and have excellent communication skills.

What can Glendale offer you?

• Salary: Excellent + Benefits - Dependant on skills and competencies.

• Generous annual leave

• Free gym membership for you and a nominated person

• Employee health cash plan

• Employee discount portal - discounts on travel bookings, high street vouchers, gift cards, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities and your day-to-day spending

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Pension Scheme

• Company sick pay

• Career progression

• Training and development

Glendale is a well-established business that is growing, so successful applicants can look forward to joining a company that can offer career prospects and believes in investing in its people.

About Glendale

Glendale is a company with a turnover of £67 million, providing 'green services' across the UK. Its operations encompass grounds management, landscaping, countryside and estates management, horticulture, and arboriculture.

Glendale, founded in 1989, has a long and successful history of delivering green services to both local authorities and private sector clients. The company is renowned for its high-quality service provision, offering a wide range of green services including grounds maintenance, countryside and estate management, landscaping, tree services, and arboriculture

Glendale is a Carbon Neutral company, Arboricultural Association Approved, and is the ProLandscaper Grounds Maintenance Company of the Year in 2025.