Le Mas Bellevue Saint-Tropez Gardener

About Le Mas Bellevue Saint-Tropez

Le Mas Bellevue Saint-Tropez is an Oetker Hotels property scheduled to open in June 2027. Being rebuilt between Saint-Tropez and Pampelonne, it will bring together 78 rooms and suites across 11 connected houses. Its pre-opening recruitment offers hospitality professionals the opportunity to help prepare a new hotel, with roles spanning accommodation, dining, guest services and operations.

Role & Responsibilities

• Maintain, enhance and preserve the hotel’s gardens, green spaces and landscaped areas in line with the agreed programme and the property’s standards, seasonal conditions, instructions and safety requirements.
• Carry out mowing, pruning, brush clearing, planting, watering, soil improvement, weeding and other soil-maintenance work.
• Monitor the appearance and health of plants, lawns, beds, trees, hedges, planters and landscaped paths, and report any irregularities.
• Identify plant diseases, pests, deficiencies and climate-related risks, and apply preventive or corrective measures defined by management.
• Use irrigation systems appropriately and help optimize water consumption.
• Contribute to landscaping projects, planting and the renewal of plants, while helping preserve the property’s trees and other vegetation and reporting maintenance or replacement needs.
• Perform work while minimizing disruption to guests, hotel operations and events.
• Maintain cleanliness in work areas, facilities, storage areas and outdoor spaces.
• Support the property’s environmental commitments through responsible water management, reduced inputs, composting, biodiversity and green-waste recovery; apply horticultural best practices and technical solutions provided by management to improve garden quality over time.
• Organize daily work according to priorities and instructions from management, and cooperate with gardeners, seasonal staff, apprentices, interns and external contractors.
• Report requirements for equipment, plants and supplies; assist with storage and stock monitoring; use resources carefully and help control consumption and costs.
• Facilitate external companies’ work in landscaped areas in accordance with instructions.
• Maintain and help secure tools, machinery, vehicles and equipment entrusted to the role; follow safety instructions, wear personal protective equipment and comply with product storage and handling rules.
• Complete activity records, including intervention reports, consumption records, stock records, inventories and technical reports.
• Coordinate closely with the Head Gardener, Technical Services and operational teams, particularly regarding work that may affect guests or hotel operations.
• Promptly inform management of any situation that could compromise safety, the condition of outdoor spaces, the plant heritage or continuity of operations.
• Help onboard new team members and share role-related best practices.

Qualifications

• Training such as a CAP, BEP or vocational baccalaureate in landscaping, landscape design, horticultural production or an equivalent field.
• A first experience maintaining demanding gardens is preferred, ideally in luxury hospitality, a private estate or a high-end landscaped environment.
• Excellent knowledge of Mediterranean plants and of pruning, irrigation, fertilization, plant-health protection and soil-maintenance techniques.
• Good command of standard green-space maintenance techniques and compliance with hygiene and safety rules and the proper use of equipment and products.
• A category B driving licence is preferred.
• An individual Certiphyto certificate is appreciated or required, depending on the assigned duties.
• A strong commitment to sustainable practices and economical resource management is essential.

Skills

Experience

A first experience maintaining demanding gardens is preferred.

Education

CAP, BEP, vocational baccalaureate or equivalent training in landscaping, landscape design or horticultural production.

Culture

As a pre-opening employer, Le Mas Bellevue Saint-Tropez is assembling the teams who will establish its service. Its recruitment places attentive hospitality, collaboration and preparation for the opening at the centre of the work.

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