Ground Worker

Mears Group PLC; Cottenham; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mears Group PLC in Cambridge is hiring a reliable Groundworker to support a social housing contract. This hands-on role delivers external works, repairs, and improvements across residential properties, maintaining safe and well-presented outdoor environments for tenants.

You will perform paving, fencing, drainage, concreting, landscaping and related tasks, often near occupied homes. A pro-active, safety-conscious team player is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Carry out external repairs, maintenance, and improvement works across social housing properties
• Install, repair, and maintain paving, slabs, pathways, and access routes
• Construct, repair, and reinstate concrete bases, footings, hard standings, and other concreting works
• Install and maintain fencing, gates, boundary structures, and associated external features
• Undertake drainage works including gulley clearing, pipe repairs, channel drainage, and soakaway installations
• Carry out landscaping works including turfing, planting, garden reinstatement, and general external improvements
• Construct, repair, and reinstate steps, kerbs, edgings, and other external structures
• Complete minor brickwork, patch repairs, and reinstatement works as required
• Ensure all work complies with health and safety regulations, company procedures, and site standards
• Maintain tools, equipment, and company vehicle in good working order
• Work respectfully in and around occupied homes, maintaining a clean, safe, and tidy working environment
• Record job details, materials used, and completion notes using handheld devices or job sheets
• Identify and report any additional works, safeguarding concerns, or property issues
• Participate in the out-of-hours emergency rota when required
• Adhere to all health and safety policies and procedures
• Provide high levels of customer service and customer care at all times

Job description

Contract: Full Time Permanent

Salary up to £36,408,53 per annum, plus, company van & fuel card

42.5 hours per week (8-5 Monday- Friday)

About The Role

We’re looking for a reliable and experienced Groundworker to join our expanding team, supporting a busy social housing contract in Cambridge. This is a hands‑on role focused on delivering a wide range of external works, repairs, and improvements across residential properties, helping maintain safe, functional, and well‑presented outdoor environments for tenants.

Annual salary: up to £36,408.53

Groundworker

Location: Cambridge

Contract: Full Time Permanent

Salary up to £36,408,53 per annum, plus, company van & fuel card

42.5 hours per week (8-5 Monday- Friday)

About The Role

We’re looking for a reliable and experienced Groundworker to join our expanding team, supporting a busy social housing contract in Cambridge. This is a hands‑on role focused on delivering a wide range of external works, repairs, and improvements across residential properties, helping maintain safe, functional, and well‑presented outdoor environments for tenants.

You’ll be responsible for carrying out a variety of groundworks including paving, fencing, drainage, concreting, landscaping, and the construction and repair of steps and pathways. Working in and around occupied homes, you’ll need to be professional, respectful, and committed to delivering high‑quality workmanship that meets both safety and service standards.

With a strong pipeline of planned and reactive work and a focus on improving housing conditions, this is a great opportunity to be part of a team making a real impact in the community. We’re looking for someone dependable, skilled across multiple aspects of groundworks and external maintenance, and confident working independently or as part of a team.

Duties

• Carry out external repairs, maintenance, and improvement works across social housing properties
• Install, repair, and maintain paving, slabs, pathways, and access routes
• Construct, repair, and reinstate concrete bases, footings, hard standings, and other concreting works
• Install and maintain fencing, gates, boundary structures, and associated external features
• Undertake drainage works including gulley clearing, pipe repairs, channel drainage, and soakaway installations
• Carry out landscaping works including turfing, planting, garden reinstatement, and general external improvements
• Construct, repair, and reinstate steps, kerbs, edgings, and other external structures
• Complete minor brickwork, patch repairs, and reinstatement works as required
• Ensure all work complies with health and safety regulations, company procedures, and site standards
• Maintain tools, equipment, and company vehicle in good working order
• Work respectfully in and around occupied homes, maintaining a clean, safe, and tidy working environment
• Record job details, materials used, and completion notes using handheld devices or job sheets
• Identify and report any additional works, safeguarding concerns, or property issues
• Participate in the out‑of‑hours emergency rota when required
• Adhere to all health and safety policies and procedures
• Provide high levels of customer service and customer care at all times