Environmental Operative

2 weeks ago

Hull, Kingston upon Hull, United Kingdom The Riverside Group Full time

Environmental Operative

Permanent Role

Full time 35 hours per week

Based in Kingston upon Hull

Salary £ 20,306

Working Pattern Monday - Friday 08:30-16:00pm


Want to make a real difference to the lives of people? For over 90 years, The Riverside Group has been providing affordable housing across the UK to people as well as care for the elderly and support for those who face homelessness.


The difference you'll make


In this role, you'll be undertaking a range of grounds maintenance work within your assigned region to landscaped areas, gardens and open spaces owned by the Group.

You'll provide general maintenance for hard and soft landscaped areas owned by the Group, including grass cutting, hedge trimming, litter picking, clearing leaves and shrub bed cultivations.

Providing a rapid, flexible response to the removal of fly tipping, rubbish removal and graffiti removal is also really important to this role as well as maintaining safe working practices at all times when utilising appropriate hand tools and machinery.


So, who are you?


We're looking for someone with Environmental Services / grounds maintenance experience, an ability to undertake manual work and is customer focussed with excellent communication skills.

A clean driving licence is a must, as are basic IT skills including Microsoft Office and being an excellent team player who can work flexibly to meet business requirements.


Enjoy the rewards


Working with us, you'll enjoy competitive pay, 28 days holidays plus bank holidays, a wide range of benefits, flexible working and the chance to learn valuable new skills.

We empower our people to do great work by investing in learning, personal development and technology.


If you're the kind of person that wants to do a really great job and make a difference to our customers, we think you'll love it here.

Sound like a challenge you'd like to take on? Then get in touch and let's talk about how you can help us transform lives and revitalise neighbourhoods.


We encourage applicants from all sections of the community so that we can truly reflect the neighbourhoods in which we work.


Role Profile


To undertake a range of grounds maintenance work within your assigned region to landscaped areas, gardens and open spaces owned by the Group.


Role Requires you to:

  • Undertake general maintenance to hard and soft landscaped areas owned by the Group, including grass cutting, hedge trimming, litter picking, clearing leaves and shrub bed cultivations.
  • Provide a rapid flexible response to the removal of fly tipping, rubbish removal and graffiti removal.
  • Maintain safe working practices at all times when utilising appropriate hand tools and machinery.
  • Report health, safety and environmental breaches and issues to the Grounds Maintenance Supervisor in line with the agreed escalation route.
  • Provide community insight, reporting any environmental issues, community safety or resident feedback to the Environmental Supervisor as appropriate and in line with the agreed escalation route.
  • Maintain effective relationships with colleagues on each of our contracts.
  • Undertake personal development and training to keep up to date with all relevant legislation.
  • Work collaboratively and flexibly across all teams within the organisation.
  • Ensure work activities are compliant with the organisation's policies and procedures as well as external statutory and regulatory obligations.
  • Respond to any necessary changes in work priorities and undertake other duties when required to support the effective operation of the service.
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes and procedures.
  • Ensure that health and safety requirements are met in accordance with the Group's policy, procedures and statutory requirements.
  • Ensure that health and safety requirements are met in accordance with the Group's policy, procedures and statutory requirements.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

  • Environmental Services / grounds maintenance experience.
  • Ability to undertake manual work.
  • Customer focussed with excellent communication skills.
  • Clean driving licence
  • Basic IT skills including Microsoft Office.
  • Excellent team player who can work flexibly to meet business requirements

Desirable

  • Successful completion of a horticultural course.

Additional Information

  • The Group has offices across the UK and on this basis, there will be the requirement to travel to other locations to effectively perform this role.
  • It is a requirement that the role holder holds a current, valid UK driving licence.
  • The role will be exposed to sensitive information; therefore, the role holder is expected to maintain levels of confidentiality at all times.
  • In order to fulfil the requirements of this role, you will be required to work flexibly during the hours of operation.
  • The role holder is expected to be committed to e

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