Grounds Maintenance - Accrington, United Kingdom - Onward Homes

Onward Homes

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Accrington, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Grounds Maintenance & Cleaning Operative

Full Time Salary
- £21,900

Employment Type

Full time

Hours Per Week

Region

Lancashire

Location

Unit B3 Sykeside Drive, Accrington, BB5 5YE

Contract Type

Permanent

Job Type

Property Services

Closing Date

05/02/2023

Ref No

1787

About the role
We are looking for a
Grounds Maintenance & Cleaning Operative - (1 posts) to join our Environmental Services team. This role is based in Lancashire.

The purpose of the role is to work as part of a team to deliver a wide range of landscape maintenance and improvement works, and communal cleaning and pest control, resulting in a consistently high-quality environment, which improves our schemes and estates to create positive spaces for customers.

What we are looking for?

Working as part of a mobile team to deliver a wide range of customer services including the removal of fly-tip and waste, communal and grounds maintenance services.

You will be required to ensure that all works, and safety procedures are followed, and record keeping is accurate and to undertake routine maintenance checks of plant, equipment, and machinery.

For this role, you should have excellent customer service skills, the ability to follow procedures and safe working practices and a can-do attitude.

A driving license is required for the role and training will be given to successful applicants in all aspects of the job description.

This role is predominately based in our Neighbourhoods and you will attend the office as and when required.

What you can expect from us

We offer a competitive salary, a generous annual leave entitlement of 31 days, plus 1 additional days leave for your birthday (which can be taken at any time), plus bank holidays and a pension scheme with employer matched contributions of up to 10%.

Your wellbeing matters to us, and we offer a health cash plan where you can claim back money for health care, access to a GP service and an employee assistance programme, along with access to discounts for you and your family to enjoy outside of work.

We are passionate about our people, enabling their development, with learning opportunities to progress both personally and professionally. This includes access to volunteer in our local communities or learn a new skill outside of work.

We have created a flexible working environment, with Onward WorkSpace, which is our approach that focuses on work being the thing that we do that makes a difference to our customers, not the place we go.

You will be provided with all the ICT working equipment to enable you to undertake your role.

About Onward

Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the North West, with 35,000 properties across the region.

We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we're committed to building 500 new homes each year.

We do more than just provide a roof over our customers' heads, we're here to make a real difference.

In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.

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