Grounds Maintenance Operative

6 months ago

Kirkham, United Kingdom Great Oaks Tree Services Full time

Great Oaks Tree Services are a family owned business, employing a wide range of people, each taking pride in delivering professional, safe and cost-effective solutions in all areas of Tree Surgery, Grounds Maintenance and Forestry.

Our client base includes commercial and public-sector organisations and private individuals. We pride ourselves on the quality of our work, our expertise and our customer service, with many of our clients being with us for a number of years.

Since the beginning, our philosophy has remained the same: employ, develop and reward talented people. Employees are at the heart of our business, and we recognise that our success is founded on the talent of our people. Now after a long period of continued growth, we are in the position to provide others an exciting opportunity to join our existing team of Grounds Maintenance Operatives

Responsible for the delivery of Grounds Maintenance activities in line with the grounds maintenance plan for each site, you'll be tasked with ensuring the site standards are upheld on our many sites throughout the northwest. You'll be spending the majority of your day in the great outdoors and keeping yourself incredibly active in a physically demanding role.

**Job Accountabilities**

You will be part of a team accountable for undertaking grounds maintenance activities on a wide range of sites. You'll have specific guidelines to adhere to each day as well as ensuring your risk assessments are completed appropriately so you and everyone else on site is safe, legal and compliant.

You will also be accountable for:

- Grass Cutting (Formal Grass Areas and General Amenity Grass)
- Edging Grassed Areas
- Strimming
- Weed Control to Borders, Paths and Hardstandings
- Hoeing and Digging
- Pruning of Shrubs and Roses
- Hedge Maintenance
- Leaf Clearance
- Litter Picking and Leaf Sweeping
- Sweeping and Blowing Hard Surfaces
- Lawn Treatments
- Herbicide & Pesticide Applications
- Residual Weed Applications
- Aeration
- Bark Chipping and Mulching
- Power Washing of Hard Standing Areas

**Knowledge and Skills**

Like the rest of our existing team, we really want you to succeed in this role, and we'll provide you all the training and support required to make that happen.

From you, we'll need you to have the ability to demonstrate practical experience of Grounds Maintenance in an outdoor environment. Ideally, you'll be able to walk in and demonstrate practical experience in using grounds maintenance machinery such as ride on mowers, walk behind mowers, strimmers, blowers and hedge cutters. You will also have the following:

- A full UK driving license.
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to risk assess dynamically.
- Pride in a job well done

**We need fantastic people to enable us to deliver a great service to our clients. We are committed to reaching and recruiting from every community and then supporting employees to achieve their full potential ensuring they feel valued and included, regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, sexual orientation or social background.**

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £11.44-£12.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime

Ability to commute/relocate:

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

**Experience**:

- Grounds Maintenance: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Full UK Driving License (required)

Work Location: In person

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