Job Specifics
- Reference No: CD265
- Location: Central Scotland
- Hours: Monday to Friday, 8 hour shift, Day shift
- Salary: £Real Living Wage
- Closing Date: Friday 7th March 2025
- Why should you apply for this role: Real Living Wage Employer
Job Overview
Do you enjoy working outside? Is the environment as important to you as it is to us?
As a Grounds Maintenance Operative, you’ll be part of a team responsible for carrying out grounds maintenance activities and assisting operations on site, ensuring that all work is carried out to the highest requirement and that a quality service is provided. You’ll also ensure that all Health & Safety regulations are adhered to, and equipment is kept in a safe working condition.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Key Tasks
- Grass cutting
- Litter picking
- Hedge cutting
- Shrub maintenance
- Leaf clearing
- Pathway gritting and minor snow clearance
- Communication with clients and customers
- Experience using commercial pedestrian mowers, small machinery, hedge cutters, strimmers and blowers
- Understand and ensure compliance with standards set out in the Company quality system e.g., point of work and site-specific risk assessments
- Adhere to company standards such as risk assessments and COSHH
- Timely and accurate reporting of near misses, accidents, and incidents
- Responsibility for keeping machinery and equipment in good working condition and expediting rectification of faults etc. as per Company process, as well as processing logs in relation to mileage and fuel
- Undertake all grounds maintenance works to specification achieving the highest standards at all times
Employer Expectations Skills/Knowledge/Experience
- This is an excellent opportunity for both someone with existing Grounds Maintenance experience or for someone looking for a new career challenge
- You will be a great team player, but also happy to work on your own initiative
- We’re looking for someone with a great work ethic, working with integrity and pride (in some stunning settings!) at all times
Qualifications/Tickets/Licences Required
- Valid driving licence is preferred
- Do you have any grounds maintenance experience?
- We DBS (Basic) check all new starters. Do you have any criminal convictions that will prohibit you to take this position?