Grounds Maintenance Operative

Vivid; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday plus BH

Performance bonus

Uniform and PPE

Pension scheme 6% matched

Life assurance x3 salary

Private medical insurance

Medicash health plan

Enhanced parental leave

Counselling and financial information

Electric car scheme

In-house training & mentoring

Job summary

VIVID is seeking a dedicated Grounds Maintenance Operative to look after communal outdoor spaces in Portsmouth and surrounding South Hampshire. The role is full-time (39 hours per week) with time spent in communities and training at the Portsmouth office.

You will perform routine grounds tasks, operate equipment, and ensure areas are safe and visually appealing for residents. DBS clearance and a full clean driving licence are required, with occasional van driving duties.

Qualifications

• DBS check satisfactory
• Full, clean driving licence (held for at least 1 year)

Responsibilities

• Routine grounds maintenance tasks: grass/hedge cutting, trimming and weeding
• Hard area maintenance and low-level tree work, soft landscaping
• Shrub maintenance and litter/debris removal
• Regular safety inspections and hazard mitigation
• Seasonal tasks such as leaves removal
• Operate grounds maintenance equipment and tools
• Respond to maintenance requests from residents

Job description

The Vacancy

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 Portsmouth 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
• Annual discretionary company performance-related bonus, rewarding our collective success
• 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 are due to be held 28 October (subject to change).