Grounds Maintenance Operative

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; St Helens; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension

Healthcare cash plan

Extra holiday purchase option

Volunteer day

Discount scheme

Job summary

Your Housing Group is seeking a Grounds Maintenance Operative in St Helens to maintain grounds and environmental services across Northwest sites. You will work in a supportive team, delivering grass cutting, pruning and landscaping to high standards while prioritising safety and customer care.

The role is permanent, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with a competitive package including pension and health benefits. DBS checks may be required as part of pre-employment screening.

Qualifications

• Experience in grounds maintenance or landscaping.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Able to work in a small team with clear communication.
• Commitment to safety and quality standards.
• Willing to train and use a range of powered landscaping tools.

Responsibilities

• Carry out grass cutting, shrub pruning, weed control and other landscaping tasks.
• Work as part of a small team to deliver high standards of grounds maintenance.
• Be trained to use and maintain powered landscaping tools and equipment.
• Hold a full valid UK driving licence and travel to Your Housing Group sites as required.

Skills

Grass cutting

Shrub pruning

Weed control

Landscaping

Teamwork

Full UK driving licence

Job description

£27,976 to £27,976 per year, Competitive

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

14/10/2026

About this job

Job Title: Grounds Maintenance Operative Salary: £27,976 per annum Contract: Permanent Location: St Helens Weekly Hours: 40 hrs So…. What is this role exactly?

This is an exciting opportunity for a Grounds Maintenance operative based in St Helens to work on various Your Housing Group sites across the northwest.

As a Grounds Maintenance Operative, working as part of a small and supportive team, you will use your previous experience to deliver grounds maintenance, landscaping and environmental services to Your Housing Group’s customers, ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety and customer care at all times.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced grounds maintenance operative who can carry out a high standard of work.

What will my working week look like?

Monday to Friday 8am to 4.30pm.

Starting and finishing work in St Helens.

What will I be responsible for doing?

First and foremost, you will be able to: Carryout grass cutting, shrub pruning,weed control and various landscaping ad hoc works.

Be a strong team player with solid communication skills.

Be trained and competent to use and maintaina range of associated powered landscaping tool and equipment.

Hold a full valid UK driving licence.

In addition to the above you will embrace the culture of continuous improvement to support Value for Money throughout the organisation and have a passion for doing things right first time.

That all sounds great, what’s in it for me?

In return we offer £27,976 for a 40-hour week, and 23 days annual leave (holidays continue to increase with time served) plus 3 discretionary days between Christmas & New Year, plus Bank Holidays, but our employee offering provides much more than just a competitive salary and holiday allowance.

On top of this, we’ll provide you with a great benefits package, including a contributory pension where we match whatever you choose to contribute (up to 8%), an advanced level Healthcare cash plan through Medicash, that doesn’t just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access, money back from prescriptions and alternative therapy treatments), an option to buy up to one weeks further holiday, an annual volunteering day, and an amazing discount scheme that gives you access to half price cinema tickets, subsidised gym memberships and a huge range of discounts with some of the biggest high street and online names.

For more of our great benefits, please review the benefits information sheet available by visiting the vacancy on our website

• www.yourhousinggroup.co.uk/careers.

And who are Your Housing Group?

Your Housing Group is a registered social landlord helping people at every stage of life to live in quality homes they can afford.

As one of the North’s sector-leading landlords, we are proud to play our role in tackling the UK's housing crisis by building over 100 new homes a year and continually reinvesting in our 29,000 properties, tailoring our services to meet the diverse needs of our customers.

Our Repairs and Maintenance teams play a huge part in delivering these services to our customers.

We’re an employer of choice, over 88% of colleagues here recommend us as a 'great place to work'. Additions As part of our pre-employment checks, this role requires the successful applicant to complete a satisfactory Basic DBS check.

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities.

Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability, if these applicants meet the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview.

Your Housing Group welcomes applications from our customers, however, access to confidential information and probity will be explored to determine whether there is a potential conflict of interest or security issue present which may prevent the Group from being able to proceed with the application.

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