Grounds Maintenance Operative

Vivid Housing; Eastleigh; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Bonus scheme

Uniform provided

Pension 6% employer match

Life assurance 3x salary

Private medical insurance

Medicash health plan

Enhanced parental leave

Counselling services

Electric car scheme

Training & mentoring

Job summary

VIVID Housing in the South Hampshire area is seeking a Grounds Maintenance Operative to keep communal outdoor spaces safe, tidy and welcoming for residents. Based from Portsmouth and covering Eastleigh, you will work mainly outdoors, with training in the office as needed.

You’ll join a friendly team, operate a range of grounds equipment, and perform routine tasks from mowing and hedge trimming to litter clearance.

Qualifications

• DBS check may be required
• Full UK driving licence held for at least 1 year
• Ability to work outdoors in all weathers
• Good communication with residents and colleagues

Responsibilities

• Carry out routine grounds maintenance: grass/hedge cutting, trimming and weeding
• Maintain hard surfaces and soft landscaping
• Shrub maintenance and litter/debris removal
• Perform regular safety inspections and address hazards
• Assist with seasonal tasks such as leaf removal
• Operate grounds maintenance equipment and tools
• Respond promptly to maintenance requests from residents

Skills

Grounds maintenance

Equipment operation

Customer service

Teamwork

Health & safety

Job description

We’re VIVID! –We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops and attracts the best people!
Love working in the great outdoors? We're seeking a dedicated and hardworking Grounds Maintenance Operative to join our customer-focused team. In this role, you'll be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of communal outdoor areas, ensuring they remain safe, clean and visually appealing for our customers.

Contractually based out of our Portsmouth office, you'll be covering Eastleigh and the surrounding South Hampshire area as part of a supportive and professional team. This is a full-time, permanent role, working 39 hours per week. You'll spend most of your time out in our communities, however will also be required to visit our Portsmouth office for training and ad hoc meetings.

Want to know what we can offer you?

• 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home
• Uniform and PPE provided
• A generous contributory pension of 6%. We’ll match employee contributions between 7% and 10%
• Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plan called Medicash
• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Access to counselling, legal and financial information
• Electric car scheme
• Huge variety of in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes

Here’s the facts about the role:
As a Grounds Maintenance Operative, you'll carry out a high standard of grounds work to make our communal grounds areas attractive for customers. You’ll have good communication skills and the ability to interact with residents and colleagues in a friendly and professional manner with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

You’ll have good knowledge and experience in this field with skills to operate a variety of equipment, machines and materials that you’ll use on a daily basis.

Duties will include:

• Routine grounds maintenance tasks, such as grass/hedge cutting, trimming, and weeding
• Hard area maintenance and low-level tree work as well as soft landscaping
• Shrub maintenance
• Ensuring communal areas are free from litter and debris.
• Perform regular inspections to identify and address any potential safety hazards
• Assist with seasonal tasks, such as leaf removal
• Operating grounds maintenance equipment and tools
• Respond promptly to maintenance requests and from residents

Offers are subject to a satisfactory DBS and a full, clean current driving licence (held for at least 1 year).
While you'll usually work alongside a Grounds Maintenance Team Leader who will drive the company van, there may be occasions where you'll need to drive the van so a full, clean current driving licence is required.

We do our best to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible. However, due to the nature of this position, the job holder must be capable of:

• Working at heights
• Manual handling and lifting heavy and bulky items
• A high degree of mobility, which will include walking/lifting/loading and unloading vehicles

Interviews will be held 2 September (subject to change)