Grounds Maintenance Officer

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Tempting Recruitment Full time

Tempting Recruitment are working alongside our client, a Local Authority, who are looking to recruit an experienced Grounds Maintenance Officer to join their team based in the Southampton area.

**JOB DETAILS**
- PAY RATE: £15.41 per hour Umbrella
- WORK TYPE: Temporary
- WORK PATTERN: Full Time
- LOCATION: Southampton

**JOB SUMMARY**

Seasonal grounds maintenance operatives required to work across the 5 Council run Cemeteries across the city. Duties to include grass cutting, hedge cutting and other general grounds maintenance tasks. Must be physically fit and reliable.

**JOB DESCRIPTION**
The duties and responsibilities of the role will include:

- To assist in liaising with cemetery users, concerning basic enquiries within the cemeteries in a sympathetic and professional manner.
- To be able to drive between sites is an advantage to ensure that all maintenance is carried out in accordance with scheduled programmes.
- To undertake a range of horticultural duties including; planting, weeding, basic pruning, turfing and seeding and small scale landscaping.
- To undertake general maintenance, labouring, grass cutting, clearing of leaves, litter and the emptying of litter bins.
- To use appropriate hand tools, light plant, operate pedestrian and ride on machines in accordance with council policy.
- To be responsible for the locking and unlocking of premises and sites, cleaning of chapels, toilets and mess rooms with the reporting of any defects as appropriate.
- To carry our minor daily maintenance and cleaning of all plant and equipment reporting of any defects as appropriate.
- To undertake other duties as appropriate to the grading of the post as required.

**THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE**
- To have a basic level of general horticultural knowledge for the purpose of grounds maintenance work including pruning of shrubs, planting of bedding, turfing, seeding and grass cutting.
- To be able to operate pedestrian and ride-on machinery and plant for the purpose of grass, hedge cutting and leaf clearance.
- To be able to deal with basic customer enquiries and the ability to handle difficult situations and deal with bereaved, angry and distressed customers, responding to emotional circumstances in a professional manner.
- To be able to demonstrate high standards of customer care and satisfaction levels and promote a professional image of the cemeteries service.
- To demonstrate good communication and interpersonal skills in order to attend to visitors to the cemeteries.
- To demonstrate basic literacy and communications skills to complete daily/weekly records and for reading instructions.
- To demonstrate a good understanding of the Health & Safety risks associated with working within cemeteries to ensure the safety of staff and visitors.
- To demonstrate an understanding of equality issues and how they affect the workplace and individual behaviours.

**HOW TO APPLY**
Hit the APPLY button or contact Steve Taylor at Tempting Recruitment NOW.

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