Grounds Maintenance Operative

7 months ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Wythenshawe Community Housing Group Full time

**Grounds Maintenance Operatives**
**Wythenshawe (M22)**
**Permanent ¦ 39 hours per week**
**£24,682 p/annum**

**Are you an experienced grounds maintenance operative who can work with a number of different teams? Are you someone who takes pride in delivering quality work and providing excellent customer services?**

Our Grounds Maintenance team is expanding and we have an exciting new opportunity to join the team in Wythenshawe.

We are looking for a talented individual who has the experience and technical knowledge for this busy role and who will be able to work well as part of our extensive property team to deliver the best possible service to our residents.

**What you’ll be doing**
- Routine grass cutting and general maintenance of open spaces and communal areas
- Clearance of gardens in order to return them to a maintainable standard
- Routine garden maintenance to occupied dwellings such as grass cutting, hedge cutting, basic plant care, pruning and weeding
- Tree maintenance
- To operate and carry out basic maintenance to all grounds maintenance machinery and equipment in line with Health & Safety regulations

All work we carry out is done with an ambition of “Right First Time” - completing the job fully with quality workmanship and excellent customer service, particularly ensuring that tenants’ belongings are protected and treated with respect.

What we ask of you
- Experience of working in grounds maintenance environment;
- Ability to work as part of a team, motivate and inspire team members and work effectively within a team with others;
- Experience with all associated plant and machinery, including ride on mowers, hand mowers, hedge cutters, strimmers, blowers etc.;
- The ability to lift (with assistance) and move hand held plant and machinery with a weight of up to 60kg;
- Able to use all hand tools, including wheel barrows, rakes, shovels etc.;
- Able to assist team members with the removal of fly tipped waste, large household goods, bulk waste, soil, rubble etc. and load vans and skips with waste;

**Due to the nature of the role, a full driving licence is required.**

**Why join us?**

As an Investors in People Health & Wellbeing recognised employer we offer a wide range of benefits such as;
- Enhanced leave options for Maternity, Paternity, Adoption & Shared Parental Leave*
- Enhanced Pension scheme contributions
- Our Health Care Plan gives you money back for dental, optical, therapy costs and more
- Subsidised Healthy Living benefits i.e. gym membership or yoga classes
- Subsidised Leisure Learning benefits i.e. finance towards driving lessons or learning a new language
- Car Lease Scheme, Cycle to Work scheme*
- Volunteering days in the local community
- We offer a Salary Sacrifice Pension option*
- Subject to eligibility criteria

**About Us**

Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG) manages almost 14,000 properties, providing homes for more than 29,000 people in Wythenshawe, South Manchester.

We are committed to investing in the health, wellbeing and development of colleagues, who we will reward fairly and empower and trust to deliver their best work for the benefit of WCHG, our customers and stakeholders. WCHG is an inclusive employer of choice where differences are recognised as strengths in delivering our purpose. A disability confident employer WCHG will work to make reasonable adjustments where possible throughout its employment processes.

Our purpose is to provide good quality homes and services to our customers and leaseholders and to play a leading role in creating safer, healthier communities. WCHG boasts an impressive development portfolio which aims to deliver on average 1,100 new homes over the next five years with £195m estimated investment, leaving a lasting legacy in our communities.

Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG) manages almost 14,000 properties, providing homes for more than 29,000 people in Wythenshawe, South Manchester.

Awarded ‘Investors in People’ Health & Wellbeing and officially recognised by the Top Employers Institute as a Top Employer UK, three years running since 2019, WCHG is now amongst an elite group of world class organisations recognised for demonstrating a commitment to high performance through excellent people management and provides local employment to 530 colleagues.

Our purpose is to provide good quality homes and services to our tenants and leaseholders and to play a leading role in creating safer, healthier communities. WCHG boasts an impressive development portfolio which aims to deliver on average 1,100 new homes over the next five years with £195m estimated investment, leaving a lasting legacy in our communities.

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