Grounds Maintenance Operative

Sodexo; Kidlington; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join Sodexo as a Grounds Maintenance Operative in Kidlington, a role that involves maintaining outdoor areas and ensuring they are visually appealing. The position offers a chance to work with a supportive team while enjoying benefits like holiday increases, wellbeing support, and a pension plan.

Benefits

Unlimited access to online wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service

Sodexo Discounts Scheme

Pension Plan membership

Learning and development opportunities

Bike to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role beneficial.
• Understanding of health & safety, risk assessments & COSHH.
• Ability to complete paperwork accurately.

Responsibilities

• Maintain outdoor spaces through mowing, edging, and pruning.
• Ensure safety by following hazard prevention procedures.
• Assist with waste management and litter picking.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Job description

• Grounds Maintenance Operative
• Monday - Friday
• 30 hours per week
• £15.00 per hour + Sodexo benefits
• Driving License required
• 28 Days Holiday rising to 33 days with Service (Including bank Holidays)
• Onsite parking
• Free Use of onsite gym
• Check your local transport links here: Plan Your Journey | Traveline - the destination you should input is OX5 1GB

Grounds Maintenance Operative

Kidlington - OX5 1GB

Valued. Recognised. Rewarded. A role you can feel good about

Grow with Sodexo as a GroundsMaintenanceOperative!Bring your enthusiasm for a job well-done to our facilities services team, where you will play a crucial role in maintaining our site's outdoor areas. Join a team that values you for being you. Valued. Recognised. Rewarded

What you'll do:

• Ensure our prestigious sites outdoor spaces are looking trim, through regular mowing, edging greenery and pruning hedges and shrubs
  • weeding, grass cutting, strimming of hedges/bushes, removal of leaves and debris.
• Keep yourself and our teams safe, following safety and hazard prevention procedures
• To assist with snow and ice clearance when applicable
• General upkeep of the site waste area, jet washing where applicable, Litter picking and grounds cleaning
• Support the site with current & future recycling activities

What you'll bring:

• Previous experience in a similar role, with knowledge of gardening solutions and their uses would be beneficial

• Understanding of health & safety, risk assessments & COSHH
• Ability to complete paperwork with accuracy

• Customer service and communication skills

• Can work at a fast pace and adapt to shifting priorities when needed

• Be a team player and take instruction

Why Sodexo?:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it's a chance to be part of something greater.

Belong in a company and team that values you for you.

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big-brand retailers
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all.As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer.We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We're a Disability Confident Leader employer.We're committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications