Ground Maintenance - Building Services & Maintenance

Nations Recruitment; Abergavenny; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local recruitment agency is seeking a Ground Maintenance worker for the Llanfoist Household Waste Recycling Centre in Abergavenny. This role involves grass cutting, litter picking, and maintaining horticultural features. Suitable candidates should have experience in grounds maintenance, with a commitment to safety and sustainability. The position is for 43 hours per week at £12.85 per hour, starting immediately.

Qualifications

• Experience in grounds maintenance and horticultural features.
• Ability to operate hand-held and ride-on equipment.
• Knowledge of health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Perform grass cutting and maintain horticultural features.
• Empty litter bins and carry out cleaning of open spaces.
• Assist with grave digging and related tasks.

Skills

Grass cutting

Litter picking

Landscaping

Arboriculture work

Manual handling

Job description

Overview

Job title: Ground Maintenance - Building Services & Maintenance
Job category: Building Services & Maintenance
Job location: Llanfoist Household Waste Recycling Centre, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 9AQ, Monmouthshire County Council
Hours per week: 43
Start date: Immediate start
Salary: £12.85 per hour
This position is to cover an employee on long term sickness; currently signed off for two months and it may turn out to be longer.

The Grounds and Cleansing Section forms part of the Neighbourhood Services Department which includes services such as Recycling & Waste, Street Cleaning, Cleansing and Grounds Maintenance. Our purpose is to provide a safe, clean & sustainable environment. Specific to the Commercial and Operations section we aim to:

• Our residents to have an environment which is safe, clean and sustainable. We will keep streets and green spaces clean and tidy while maintaining them in the most sustainable manner available, creating a sense of pride and safety in our communities.
• Help residents become more sustainable and reduce the impact on the environment by depositing less into landfill and recycling as much as possible.
• Promote the creation of our Pollinator Policy and establish more environmentally sustainable habitats on land owned and maintained by us.
• Provide a high quality, after cost effective service for our external clients, while ensuring financial benefit to the council.
• Have a more flexible and multi trained workforce.
• Provide all staff with the level of training expected to support personal improvement and development.

Responsibilities include:

• Grass cutting activities using both hand held and ride on equipment to open spaces, schools etc.
• Assist with grave digging and cemetery related tasks when suitable training has been provided, eg machine operator, manual handling.
• Maintain horticultural features inclusive of shrub bed and areas of annual bedding.
• Carry out the marking and maintenance of various sports facilities.
• Undertake landscaping of open spaces.
• Arboriculture work.
• Empty litter bins and carry out litter picking to open spaces, verges and hard surfaces (reactive or proactive/scheduled).
• Respond to fly-tipping service requests ensuring the correct process is followed for evidence collation.
• Ensure that vehicles are kept clean and that daily safety inspections are carried out.
• Ensure that all plant and machinery is used in accordance with manufacturers' advice and instruction.
• Carry out other duties and works to provide services for the Authority and commensurate with the terms and conditions.
• Collect waste
• Bank holiday rota – but only when the operative has indicated a willingness to be included in the rota for Waste.
• Normal working day – only when staff shortages are at such a level that there is no alternative and all other appropriate means to ensure cover have been exhausted.
• Abide by all Health and Safety legislation and codes of practice to ensure your own safety and that of your colleagues.
• Abide by the principles and practice of equal opportunity as laid down in the Council’s Equal Opportunity Policy.