Grounds Maintenance Operative Landscape Services · Tonbridge

Lumina Energy; Tonbridge; Presencial; GBP 27.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An established industry player in outdoor maintenance is seeking a Grounds Maintenance Operative to join their dedicated team. This role involves a variety of tasks including grass cutting, hedge trimming, and ensuring health and safety standards are met. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in grounds maintenance, exceptional communication skills, and a commitment to delivering top-notch customer service. If you enjoy working outdoors and want to contribute to the local community while developing your skills in a supportive environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Formación

• Experience in Grounds Maintenance and horticulture is essential.
• Must have a Full (Clean) Driving License.

Responsabilidades

• Maintain health and safety practices and identify risks.
• Complete daily works for customer contracts with excellent service.
• Liaise with customers and resolve any concerns.

Conocimientos

Grounds Maintenance knowledge

Horticulture knowledge

Mowing experience

Machinery maintenance skills

Communication skills

Health and Safety knowledge

Descripción del empleo

Brand: Landscape Services
Role: Grounds Maintenance Operative
Salary: £26,843.22 per annum (45 hours per week)
Location: Tonbridge

The Role

Do you enjoy working in the great outdoors? Do you have experience doing Grounds Maintenance work and want to be part of a company that gives back to our local area? If so, we have an excellent opportunity for you.

At Landscape Services, our Grounds Maintenance Operative is involved in a variety of operations such as grass cutting, border works, hedge cuttings, and working directly with the schools we service for their sports fields.

You must be self-motivated, a fantastic communicator, and have demonstrable knowledge of Health and Safety and safe work practices.

Due to the nature of the work being carried out, we require the successful applicant to have a Full (Clean) Driving License and be happy to undertake an Enhanced DBS check which will be carried out by us.

Key Duties

• Ensuring health and safety practices are always maintained and identifying risks, escalating issues to senior staff every time.
• Completing daily works for our customer contracts and maintaining an excellent level of customer service.
• Carrying out safety checks on equipment.
• Using all equipment and materials correctly and safely to ensure compliance with the required standards. Seeking guidance and direction for use as appropriate from the Team Leader.
• Regularly liaising with customers and resolving any concerns, difficulties, or issues, reporting problems, and actioning instructions as required. Ensuring Landscape Services is represented professionally and in accordance with good customer care.
• Where required, responding to and supporting inclement weather works, i.e., snow clearing or flooded areas.

What we need from you

• Grounds Maintenance knowledge ideally in a similar role.
• Knowledge of horticulture and operational procedures.
• Demonstrable mowing and related experience.
• Demonstrable machinery maintenance knowledge and skill.
• Ability to commute to Tonbridge for work.

About Landscape Services

Landscape Services is a specialist provider of outdoor maintenance and management services, particularly around grounds maintenance, arboriculture, horticulture, and landscaping projects. They use their 80+ years of public and private sector expertise to deliver valuable, safe, and assured results for our customers, developing adaptable solutions in line with our core values, and theirs, whilst simultaneously helping to sustain our natural environment.