Grounds Maintenance Operative - Preston, United Kingdom - Great Oaks Tree Services

Great Oaks Tree Services

Verified Company

Preston, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Responsible for the delivery of Grounds Maintenance activities in line with the grounds maintenance plan for each site. To ensure the site standards are upheld on our sites throughout the northwest. This will involve carrying out physically demanding tasks in an outdoor environment.

Job Accountabilities

You will be accountable for undertaking grounds maintenance activities on a variety of sites to a schedule provided and recording the work.

You will also be accountable for:

Operating and performing daily checks on a variety of powered and non-powered plant, tools and equipment including vehicles, ride on mowers and small hand held tools
Carrying out minor remedial work on nonassets (e.g. paving flags), appropriate to the level of competence and training.
Adhering to Health and Safety requirements and to complying with regulations and internal company policy.
Identifying any site standards improvements and winter work during the scheduled visits.
Application and handling of pesticides.

Knowledge and Skills

In order to succeed in this role you will need to have the ability to demonstrate practical experience of Grounds Maintenance in an outdoor environment and be able to demonstrate practical experience in using grounds maintenance machinery such as ride on mowers, walk behind mowers, strimmers, blowers and hedge cutters.

You will also have the following:

A full UK driving license.
Ability to plan activities on a variety of sites to a schedule provided.
Excellent communication skills in order to liaise with a range of stakeholders.
Ability to demonstrate excellent customer service skills.
Ability to risk assess dynamically.

It would be advantageous if you held:

Hold accredited Grounds Maintenance qualifications e.g. Lantra, City & Guilds, NPTC etc.
Pesticide Application PA1 & PA6.

Additional Information

Main interaction will be with the Grounds Maintenance Team Leader and Grounds Maintenance Coordinator who will provide the daily plans and deal with any issues arising.

We need fantastic people to enable us to deliver a great service to our clients. We are committed to reaching and recruiting from every community and then supporting employees to achieve their full potential ensuring they feel valued and included, regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, sexual orientation or social background

Salary:
£10.50-£11.50 per hour

Benefits: