Grounds Maintenance Operative

Sanctuary Group; Chester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading not-for-profit organisation focused on providing maintenance and repair services is looking for a Grounds Maintenance Operative in Chester. This role involves maintaining communal grounds and ensuring they are presentable for visitors, offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including annual leave, pension contributions, and wellbeing support.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus public holidays

Pension scheme with employer contributions

Life Assurance

Employee Advice Service including counselling

Cycle to Work scheme

Voluntary health plans

Wellbeing support and tools

Employee Networks focused on inclusion

Qualifications

• Experience in grounds maintenance including grass cutting and shrub pruning.
• Must hold a full valid UK driving licence.
• Enthusiastic and well-organised team player.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking grounds maintenance duties such as grass cutting, pruning, and weed treatment.
• Maintaining tools and equipment in good condition.
• Complying with health and safety requirements.

Skills

Gardening machinery operation

Grass cutting

Hedge cutting

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Education

Pesticide application certificate PA1 – PA6 or equivalent

Tools

Hedge trimmers

Strimmers

Job description

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Sanctuaryprovide in-house repairs and maintenance services for an extensive portfolio of properties across Sanctuary organisations. As part of a not-for-profit organisation, we aim to achieve outstanding results for our customers based on our values - working in an open and transparent way, creating strong partnerships with our customers and providing a first-class customer service.

Grounds Maintenance Operative

Chester

£25,400 - £26,737 per year

40 hours per week – Monday to Friday, 7:30am – 16:00pm

We are looking for a Grounds Maintenance Operative to join our Grounds team within our Avenue Services department, based in Chester. Work will be on site across the Chester district on Sanctuary owned land and in Blacon on both Sanctuary and Council owned verges/open spaces. You will be responsible for the maintenance of communal grounds including grass cutting, trimming hedges and weeding flower beds. It will be your responsibility to ensure the grounds look presentable for any visitors. A company van and tools are provided to ensure a high-quality service is given. Therefore, if you are an enthusiastic, well organised team player with good interpersonal skills this could be the role for you.

The role of Grounds Maintenance Operative will include:

• Undertaking grounds maintenance duties such as grass cutting, pruning, weed/moss treatment
• Ensuring all tools and equipment such as hedge trimmers, strimmers and all relevant hand tools are maintained in a good, workable condition and are operated within a safe manner
• Providing accurate and timely information on the progress of tasks, completing daily work records as appropriate
• Complying with health and safety requirements in accordance with supplier guidelines and assessments

Skills and experiences:

• Recent experience of working within a similar role where operating gardening machinery is essential
• Experience in routine grounds maintenance duties such as grass cutting, weeding, shrub pruning and hedge cutting
• A pesticide application certificate PA1 – PA6 or equivalent
• An enthusiastic, well organised team player with good interpersonal skills
• Ability to ensure gardening tools and equipment are maintained, and in workable condition
• This role will involve driving on company business. In order to drive a company vehicle, drivers must hold a full valid UK driving licence

About us

We provide in-house repairs and maintenance for a wide range of properties, as part of a not-for-profit organisation. We foster a diverse and inclusive culture. Our customers are at the heart of all we do, and colleagues help make a real difference to people’s lives.

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays
• A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
• Life Assurance
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
• £25,400 per annum (rising to £26,737 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)

If you're unsure about any details, have questions about the role or want to discuss a need for adjustments, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you – [e-mail]

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent unlawful working.
Sanctuary Maintenance Contractors Limited is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.