Grounds Maintenance Operative

3 days ago

Derby, United Kingdom Urban Planters Full time

**Urban Planters - Grounds Maintenance Operative**

**Key Information**

**Basic salary of £23k per annum depending on experience**

Urban Planters has been bringing homes and workplaces to life with plants since 1965.

We deliver our products and services using our national network of branches, spanning the length and breadth of the UK. This means we can offer the personalised service of a local business but with the standards and resources of a national organisation.
Quality, safety, sustainability and professionalism underpin all that we do. To this end, we are ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certified.
We now have a carbon negative business who’s teams install planting in, on and around the buildings of the companies we partner with. We are happiest while we are landscaping, installing indoor planting schemes or maintaining the plants or grounds of our clients.

**Permanent**: A full time role, working Monday to Friday (42.5 hr week) flexibility required
**Location**: Join the team covering Selby

**The Role**

The role will involve carrying out grounds maintenance activities across a wide range of sites, daily duties include, but are not limited to.
- General Grounds Maintenance
- Grass Cutting and Strimming
- Shrub pruning
- Hedge cutting
- Weed Maintenance
- Herbicide Application (if certificated)
- Litter picking
- Using a range of powered and non-powered horticultural equipment
- To assist with soft landscaping projects
- Driving company vehicle
- To undertake any other duties required by Management within the job holder’s competence.

**Role holders are also required to.**
- Always act in a professional manner as a representative of the organisation.
- Comply with all relevant health and safety requirements
- Ensure that the clients are always completely satisfied
- Initiate suggestions to improve the organisations performance
- Complete timesheets and other paperwork and ensure all is handed in promptly

**Requirements**:
**Qualifications & Experience**:

- Full UK drivers licence
- Garden maintenance experience is essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to work as part of a team
- Plant knowledge would be advantageous
- Qualification in Horticulture is desirable but is not essential

**Salary**: £23,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

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

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

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