Grounds Maintenance Operative

7 days ago

Blackpool, United Kingdom Great Places Housing Group Full time

**Salary**: up to £20,720

**Job Type**: Full Time, Permanent
**Location**: Blackpool

**Benefits**: Competitive pension, 26 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loans for public transport plus much more.
Reporting to the Grounds Maintenance Working Supervisor, the Grounds Maintenance Operative is responsible for undertaking grounds maintenance activities on sites within Great Places Neighbourhoods..
**CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- To ensure the responsibilities of the post are carried out in a way that reflects the standards, vision and values of Great Places;
- To deliver value for money and manage resources effectively and efficiently, ensuring that targets (financial and non-financial) are met;
- To promote Great Places to employers, sector bodies, and the local community, developing effective partnerships with employers, the funding agencies and other representative bodies;
- To observe all policies / procedures / working practices / regulations and in particular to comply with Great Places Equality and Diversity Policy, Health and Safety Policy and Safeguarding Policy
- To undertake appropriate training and staff development.
- To identify and develop individual contribution in the delivery of the Great Places competency framework

**PURPOSE OF ROLE:**:

- To undertake grounds maintenance works to communal environments including communal grounds around homes, open space grassed area, and landscaped areas and to deliver a maintenance programme as part of a team that contributes to excellent service delivery.
- To work with caretaking teams and other GPHG colleagues and external partners to maintain clean, green and safe environments. Seasonally assist with snow and ice removal, gritting and litter picking and fly tip removal.
- Reporting of communal and environmental maintenance issues and joint working with others to deliver excellent services.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- To report directly to the Grounds Maintenance Working Supervisor in relation to the delivery of the grounds maintenance service.
- To complete grounds maintenance activities to Great Places schemes and communal environmental areas to the requirements of Great Places Grounds Maintenance Specification including grass cutting, edging, hedge trimming, planting, spraying, and clearanceof leaves and litter.
- The operation of a range of hand tools and equipment (inc. power tools), and vehicles and to carry out daily defect checks of tools and equipment, completing basic maintenance tasks of it and reporting damage and maintenance issues with them.
- To report any graffiti, vandalism, repairs and defects in the external communal areas where you are working.
- To seasonally assist with snow and ice clearance, gritting activities and other health and safety maintenance required on Great Places schemes.
- To adhere to all relevant quality standards and health and safety/COSHH requirements.
- To undertake daily checks of vehicles and equipment and ensure equipment is kept in a clean condition and stored correctly.
- To work safely with herbicides/pesticides in accordance with regulations and report invasive weeds.
- To report any safeguarding concerns in line with organisation guidelines.
- To support the Working Supervisor and contribute to team briefings and meetings.
- To undertake any other duties appropriate to the purpose of the post as required by the Organisation.

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