Grounds Maintenance Operative

What you need to bring to the role as the successful applicant to the

**You must a full UK driving licence as a company vehicle will be supplied**

Position good to knows

Working both on your own and in a team across an organisations contracts, offices, properties and sites where you will be driving a van and be required to be manually hands on.

You will be covering communal external ground maintenance in SL postcodes including Slough, Windsor, Ascot and Bracknell.

Your key duties

You will be responsible for the upkeep of the external communal areas, grass, shrubs and hedges. You may also be required to undertake soft landscaping/minor tree work.

Operating a work patch across SL postcodes

Main duties and responsibilities for this role include grass and hedge cutting, border maintenance, clearing leaves, spraying, litter picking, and using hand tools and powered horticultural machinery to ensure all sites and external areas are maintained to a high standard.

You will report to management with relevant information regarding site hazards, operate a range of vehicles, machinery and equipment in accordance with health and safety procedures, and undertake additional training as and when required.

What’s needed from you

✔ UK driving licence

✔ Awareness of using a large wheelbase van and ideally towing licence/experience (desirable)

✔ Practical amenity horticultural knowledge & experience

✔ PA1 and PA6AW qualifications (desirable, but not essential)

✔ NPTC certification or equivalent (desirable, but not essential)

✔ Physically fit and able to lift and move materials

✔ Good timekeeping

✔ An outgoing customer service approach

✔ Good communication skills

✔ Adaptability

✔ Operate a handheld PDA to log visits – training will be given

✔ Ability to work well in a team environment

✔ Able to take direction also work on your own initiative

Hours and pay

✔ 40 Hours per week

✔ Long term temporary role

✔ Hourly paid (PAYE + holiday pay)

Next step to apply for this Grounds Maintenance role:

As a candidate ideally with similar experience, you will already know the technical specifications of this role, but following your application of interest, you will have the role explained in more detail