Grounds Maintenance Operative

Jobtrain; Preston; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real Living Wage

Pension scheme (CGA contributes up to

Health cash plan for you and dependits

24/7 GP

Enhanced sick pay

Parental leave

Rewards and recognition

Wellbeing support

Training and development

Birthday off and Christmas closure

26 days holiday + bank holidays

Job summary

Community Gateway is seeking a Grounds Maintenance Operative to join the Green Care team in Preston. This 37-hour-per-week role involves grass cutting, hedge cutting, pruning and weed control across CGA’s communities, with a focus on keeping spaces well kept.

You will work with petrol-powered machinery, including ride-on mowers, and should have a good health and safety knowledge. The post offers a Real Living Wage, a strong benefits package and opportunities for training and development.

Qualifications

• Experience with petrol powered ground care machinery is preferred but enthusiasm and willingness to learn are key.
• Good knowledge of Health and Safety is important.
• Interest in maintaining green spaces and soft landscaping across Preston communities.

Responsibilities

• Maintain CGA’s green spaces through grass cutting, hedge cutting, pruning and weed control.
• Deliver soft landscaping services and improvements in Preston and surrounding areas.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Hard-working

Willing to learn

Health and Safety knowledge

Tools

Ride-on mowers

Petrol-powered hand held machinery

Chainsaws

Turfing

Trailer towing

PA1/PA6 sprayer licences

Job description

Grounds Maintenance Operative

37 hours per week, based in Preston

£25,948.89 per annum (£13.45 per hour)

This is a Real Living Wage job

Our busy, high-performing Green Care team are responsible for maintaining CGA’s green spaces and communal grounds through grass cutting, hedge cutting, pruning and weed control in our communities.

What you will be doing in this role?

You’ll be joining our fantastic, friendly grounds maintenance team, helping to make sure our community green spaces are well kept, as well as delivering soft landscaping services and improvements to our neighbourhoods in Preston and surrounding areas.

What we are looking for in you?

Ideally, we’re looking for people with experience in using a range of petrol powered ground care machinery, (including ride-on mowers), but it's more important that you are enthusiastic, hard-working and willing to learn. You'll also have a good knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety.

It would be great if you also had:

• Experience of using ride on mowers, petrol-powered hand held machinery (including strimmers, mowers and hedge trimmers)
• Experience of carrying out landscaping tasks such as using chainsaws, turfing etc
• Trailer towing experience
• Spraying licences (PA1 / PA6)

Why work at Community Gateway?

We are a values-based organisation who truly care about our employees, their health, safety and wellbeing. We aim for a great employee experience and that includes offering a range of benefits – have a look at the attached leaflet for more information. Our holiday entitlement starts at 26 days plus bank holidays (including your birthday off and Christmas closure!).
We also offer a great pension scheme where CGA will pay in contributions up to 10%, a company-paid health cash plan for you and your dependents (including 24/7 GP), enhanced sick pay and parental leave, reward and recognition scheme, wellbeing support, training and development and much more.

Inclusion is key for us. We would love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role, those who may be underrepresented in our organisation. We aim to be reflective of the communities in which we operate and if you speak a second language this can come in handy!

Real Living Wage

This is a Real Living Wage role. The Real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate based on the cost of living. It is voluntarily paid by over 13,000 UK businesses who believe their staff deserve a wage which meets everyday needs. Find out more at www.livingwage.org.uk.

A bit more about us:

Community Gateway own and manage around 7000 homes across the city of Preston, but we are so much more than just a landlord. We aim to offer great customer service, providing safe, well-maintained and affordable homes, and making a positive difference to the communities in which we work. We make sure that we manage our business to the highest of standards and are working to create a sustainable future.

And finally, we want to be a great place to work...so if you think you have the skills, experience and can live our values, then we want to hear from you..

Dates for your diary:

The closing date for this role is Thursday 1st October 2026 atmidnight with interviews held on Wednesday 14th October 2026.