Grounds Maintenance Operative

5 months ago

Morecambe, United Kingdom Lancaster City Council Full time

**The Role**

Lancaster City Council are looking to appoint energetic and motivated individuals to join the Grounds Maintenance team within the Communities and Environment Directorate to contribute to making our district as well maintained as possible. The individual will need to be hard working, take pride within their work and have a passion for making improvements.

The role involves working as part of a wider team to provide high quality environmental maintenance services including amenity grass cutting, litter management, graffiti removal, leaf clearance, hard landscaping, dyke management, street furniture, playground installation, weed growth, and cultivating of the districts bedding areas.

You will be required to have a good knowledge and also experience in amenity horticulture and have a good technical knowledge of grounds maintenance techniques and practice as duties will include mowing, strimming, hedge cutting, weeding and litter picking within the Authority’s parks, open spaces and streets.

The work is physically demanding, involving bending, kneeling, lifting and carrying and it is essential that you are able to lift weights of up to 20kg.

You will be able to demonstrate flexibility and commitment to delivering high quality customer service.

A full current UK driving licence and it will be essential for the post holder to tow a trailer.

This post is permanent.

The hours for this post are 37 hours per week. Your normal working week will be on a shift rota basis, working 5 days out of 7, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays, in line with business needs.

This post is based at White Lund Depot.

Previous applicants need not apply.

**About You**

You will identify with our organisational values of Pride, Ownership, Working Together and Ambition.

**Our Benefits**

Lancaster is a great place to work, as well as being part of something special you will also benefit from:

- Generous annual leave allowance
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- A range of employee benefits including discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, the opportunity to purchase extra time off, as well as discounts on days out, activities and retail.

Lancaster City Council has unanimously declared a climate emergency and will therefore work towards reducing carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030. As part of this role, you will be expected to participate and work towards reducing both carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change.

We are a disability confident committed employer.

Interview Date: TBC

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

**Salary**: £23,114.00-£24,294.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 122a_23

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