Enable job alerts via email!

Seasonal Grounds Operative

Parkwood Holdings Limited

England

On-site

GBP 20,000 - 30,000

Full time

20 days ago

Boost your interview chances

Create a job specific, tailored resume for higher success rate.

Job summary

An established industry player in green space management is looking for a Grounds Maintenance Operative to join their team in North Somerset. This role offers the chance to work on a variety of sites within the Cemeteries Contract, where you will engage in essential grounds maintenance tasks such as mowing, strimming, and hedge trimming. The company is known for its commitment to employee development and offers valuable career prospects. Join a team that prioritizes green thinking and innovation in environmental management while enjoying perks like free gym membership, a health cash plan, and opportunities for training and progression.

Benefits

Incremental annual leave
Free gym membership
Employee health cash plan
Employee discount portal
Cycle to Work scheme
Pension Scheme
Company sick pay
Career progression
Training and development

Qualifications

  • Must hold a full, clean driving licence with experience in driving light commercial vehicles.
  • Experience in grounds maintenance and horticultural tasks is desirable.

Responsibilities

  • Undertaking grounds maintenance work including mowing, strimming, and hedge trimming.
  • General maintenance of shrub beds and other horticultural tasks.

Skills

Driving light commercial vehicles
Reliability
Conscientiousness
Ability to work on own initiative
Willingness to learn

Tools

Hand-held machinery

Job description

VACANCY

Grounds Maintenance Operative
North Somerset Cemeteries

Applicants must hold a full, clean driving licence and experience of driving light commercial vehicles and towing trailers is desirable. Applicants must be reliable and conscientious, have a can-do attitude and willingness to learn with the ability to work on their own initiative. Previous experience of grounds maintenance work, horticultural tasks and use of hand held machinery is desirable but full training will be given.

Undertaking grounds maintenance work including mowing large grassed areas, strimming, blowing, hedge trimming along with general maintenance to shrub beds.

What can Glendale offer you?

Full Time - Seasonal

At Glendale, we have a great new opportunity for someone to join our team at North Somerset working on a variety of sites within the Cemeteries Contract. And most importantly, you will be joining a company that can offer valuable career prospects and believes in investing in its people.

Who are we?

Glendale, a winner of BALI Employer of the Year, has revenues of £45 million. Glendale is one of the largest green space management service providers in the UK and specialises in tree care and management, grounds maintenance and landscaping. For more information visit www.glendale-services.co.uk. We are a green business with 'green thinking' at the core of everything we do. We have been at the forefront of green services provision since 1989 and offer innovative solutions for the management and maintenance of the green environment.

Who are you?

A Glimpse into the role awaiting you:

  1. Incremental annual leave
  2. Free gym membership for you and a nominated person
  3. Employee health cash plan
  4. Employee discount portal - discounts on travel bookings, high street vouchers, gift cards, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending
  5. Cycle to Work scheme
  6. Pension Scheme
  7. Company sick pay
  8. Career progression
  9. Training and development

Follow us on Twitter @GlendaleUK

We are proud to be Equal Opportunity employers and are committed to inclusion and diversity.

If you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as interviews will be held throughout the process. Please note that if you have not received correspondence within 21 days then please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Get your free, confidential resume review.
or drag and drop a PDF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, or PAGES file up to 5MB.