Gardening Assistant

2 weeks ago


Thornton, United Kingdom MJ Landscapes Full time

Salary: Dependant on Experience

MUST BE RELIABLE/GOOD TIME KEEPER

MUST HAVE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN LABOURING

MUST HAVE ATTENTION TO DETAIL

MUST BE ABLE TO USE OWN INITIATIVE

DRIVING LICENSE ESSENTIAL

DRIVING LICENSE IS ESSENTIAL AND MAKING YOUR OWN WAY TO BD13 3NW EVERYDAY

Various horticultural duties will be undertaken, in summer all aspects of landscape gardening, general gardening, and general maintenance. In winter, gritting, snow clearing, general handy work and maintenance of machinery, you will be working both in the private and public sector.

You will be responsible for making sure various front of house tasks are performed (daily working schedule) tasks are carried out as part of your duties for example:
- The daily checks of any vehicle or equipment to be used and that any breakages are reported to Management for repairs to be made
- Opening up in a morning and locking up of the office (making sure that all is left safe, all doors locked, and alarms set)
- You will also be expected to be able to work by yourself uninstructed using your own initiative to complete tasks to the same standard as we would expect

Listed below are some of the tasks that will be expected to be undertaken by staff

Summer (Most frequent)
- Grass cutting
- Hedge cutting
- Strimming
- General tiding of gardens cutting back including litter picking (Grabber provided)
- General laboring (hoeing borders, turning soil, etc)

Winter
- In winter we offer snow ploughing / gritting service you might be called upon if a snow/frost is called within a reasonable time frame, and provided you can commute
- We offer handyman services in winter i.e. gutter cleaning etc
- Also, in winter we do machine maintenance painting machines etc
- General labouring

You will also be required to wash, machinery, tools, vehicles as and when required to keep serviceable

Did we mention that you will have to make your own way to BD13 3NW DAILY

You will also be proficient in
- Mixing Concrete / Mortar
- Handing materials to other members of staff (Barrowing, lifting etc)
- Laying flags both on a dry screed bed, spot bed and a full mortar bed
- Digging Holes, Installing posts in preparation for fencing.

There may be other duties to be carried out in the running of the business on an adhoc basis not entirely gardening as we sometimes do handy man repairs etc so must be willing to undertake these too

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Apprenticeship
Part-time hours: 30-40 per week

**Salary**: £10.00-£13.50 per hour

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Thornton: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: MJLAN23