Estate Maintenance Operative - Burton-On-Trent, United Kingdom - Royle Business Park

Description

Royle Business Park:
Country Estate Maintenance Operative

Estate Grounds Maintenance - help manage an estate in the countryside where you can enjoy working outdoors and a very varied work role in a family business


Company intro:

We need a reliable and responsible person to help keep the estate in order whilst assisting in our many projects we have on the go when needed.

Royle Farm is a small family estate with industrial warehouses, fish ponds, forestry, wedding venue and wedding accommodation. We are forever looking at improving and adding to the estate and are energetic with our ideas and workflow.


Job description:

We are looking for an adaptable and enthusiastic Maintenance Person / Skilled Labourer to take on maintenance at Royle Estate who is friendly, self-motivated, hardworking, and reliable.

The individual will have responsibility for the upkeep of all the buildings onsite, and are involved in repairs, renovations, and new construction as well as general estate maintenance works.

Gardening will play a large part of the wedding accommodation upkeep. From time to time the work role will vary to help assist with any projects that management see fit.


Duties Include:

Repairs and maintenance of all buildings - gutter cleaning and repair, door repairs, painting, cleaning.

Grounds maintenance - weed control, road repairs, grass cutting, fencing, land improvement.

Estate maintenance - shrub maintenance, pathway grass cutting, trim trees, land improvement and planting.

Gardening - hedge pruning, weed control, laying slabs, pathway maintenance, planting, garden design, lawn cutting and sweeping.

Light building work - basic joinery, plumbing, groundwork.

Will have the following characteristics

• Polite
• Have high standards
• Good communication
• Hard working
• Selfmotivated
• Reliable
• Friendly
• Be able to work without supervision.
• Be able to follow a schedule and work to deadlines.
• Good timekeeping and personal presentation skills.

Experience needed:

• Working with machinery
• Hand tools
• Garden equipment
• Grounds maintenance

Tasks will require knowledge of power tools such as hedge trimmers, chainsaws, lawn mowers, and most hand tools and might require knowledge of basic building such as joinery, plumbing, painting, and groundworks.

A full driving licence is required, and experience with small diggers, farm vehicles, welding as well as landscaping experience such as slabbing would be an advantage.

Top benefits or perks:

As a team member at Royle Farm, you'll enjoy:

• Benefits: Pension
• Career development: You will have a lot of chance to develop all round skills and work with every tool and machine possible
• Enjoyable workplace working outdoors
• Team events throughout the year, including Christmas clay shooting. The odd drink at the onsite bar.

Location:

Work would be solely on the Royle Estate, mainly outside around the buildings but also in the forest. A stunning rural location.


Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
£23,000.00-£26,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• Onsite parking

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Work Location:
One location