Grounds Maintenance Operative/gravedigger

7 months ago


Wembley, United Kingdom Bridge of Hope Full time

** Job Title: Cemetery Grounds Operative**

**Location**: London NW10

**Position Type**: Full-time, Temp to perm

**Salary Range (if offered perm)**: £26,000 - £28,000 per annum

**Starting hourly rate: £**15.15 per hour PAYE including holiday

**Contract Length**: Initial 6 months with possibility of permanent position (TEMP TO PERM)

**Benefits**: Company pension, Life insurance, On-site parking, Sick pay

**Schedule**: 8-hour shift, Monday to Friday, No weekends

**Experience**: Outdoor grounds work: 1 year (required)

**Start Date**: Immediate

Are you passionate about working outdoors and providing a vital service to the local community? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you We are seeking a Cemetery Grounds Operative to join our team at a Victorian Catholic Cemetery in London NW10. This role involves maintaining and enhancing the cemetery grounds, assisting with grave preparation, and ensuring the site remains a peaceful and presentable place of quiet reflection.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Work closely with the Cemetery Foreman to carry out a high level of grass strimming and mowing, ensuring grass cuttings are collected and cleared from headstones and memorials.
- Assist with grave preparation and surrounding area maintenance for funeral services.
- Perform general maintenance tasks such as removing headstones, topping up graves, and realigning unstable memorials.
- Keep the cemetery tidy, free of litter, and ensure bins are regularly emptied.
- Provide assistance and support to visitors and the general public, especially mourners, with empathy and sympathy.
- Ensure personal and others' safety by following health and safety guidelines and reporting incidents, accidents, and faults.
- Safely operate plant and equipment with care and precision.
- Take responsibility for issued equipment, protective clothing, and supplies.

**Essential Requirements**:

- Full clean driving licence (PREFERRED - NOT ESSENTIAL)
- Previous experience in cemetery operations (desirable but not essential).
- A hands-on, hardworking, and helpful attitude.
- Willingness to work outdoors throughout seasons.
- Dexterity and physical fitness to perform strenuous and repetitive tasks.

**Personal Attributes**:

- Reliable, friendly, and flexible.
- Task-oriented and keen to provide a vital service to the local community.
- Willing to undertake on-the-job training and gain qualifications in grave digging with a machine.

Resourcing Group is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.



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