Grounds Maintenance Operative

Abri View All Jobs; Waterlooville; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Life assurance 5x annual salary

Health and wellbeing support

Cycle to Work scheme

Flexible working

Job summary

Abri is seeking a Grounds Maintenance Operative to join our team. You’ll maintain communal grassed areas, hedges, shrubs and planting across Horndean and the Ham Barn area, with a fortnightly schedule and a focus on keeping estates safe, clean and welcoming.

You’ll bring practical grounds maintenance or horticultural experience, a positive, proactive approach and a full UK driving licence. PA1, PA6AW or NPTC qualifications are desirable but not essential.

Qualifications

• Practical grounds maintenance or horticultural experience.
• A positive, proactive approach and strong team spirit.
• A good eye for detail.
• A full UK driving licence (towing entitlement desirable).

Responsibilities

• Maintaining communal grassed areas, hedges, shrubs and planting.
• Keeping estates clean, safe and welcoming.
• Responding to hazards and environmental issues when needed.
• Supporting soft landscaping and minor tree work.

Skills

Grounds maintenance

Horticulture

Teamwork

Driving licence

PA1/PA6AW/NPTC desirable

Education

PA1

PA6AW

NPTC

Job description

At Abri, we know that well-maintained outdoor spaces make a real difference to our customers and communities. Our Grounds Maintenance team helps keep communal areas safe, welcoming and looking their best, while also caring for the green spaces and trees that help our neighbourhoods thrive. We're looking for a Grounds Maintenance Operative to join our friendly team. Covering Horndean and the Ham Barn area, you'll have the flexibility to manage your workload within a fortnightly schedule while working alongside colleagues who take pride in making a visible difference every day.

What you'll be doing

• Maintaining communal grassed areas, hedges, shrubs and planting
• Keeping estates clean, safe and welcoming
• Responding to hazards and environmental issues when needed
• Supporting soft landscaping and minor tree work

You’ll also have

• Practical grounds maintenance or horticultural experience
• A positive, proactive approach and strong team spirit
• A good eye for detail
• A full UK driving licence (towing entitlement desirable)
• PA1, PA6AW or NPTC qualifications (desirable, not essential)

Abri is a large housing provider who owns and manages more than 58,000 homes and various community assets, serving around 113,000 customers across the South of England.

Our Commitment to Our Community

We believe everyone has the right to a good quality, safe, warm and sustainable home in a community where they can belong, grow and thrive.

What does that look like in real terms? We're investing £689m over the next ten years in our existing homes to improve building safety and make them more energy efficient.

• We're delivering 10,000 homes by 2030, ensuring affordable housing is built where it's needed most
• We're investing in our communities to address local issues and create opportunities for everyone

We'll provide everything you need to succeed, including a company van, fuel card, tablet, mobile phone, uniform and PPE.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Generous pension scheme
• Generous pension scheme with contributions up to 10%
• Life assurance
• Life assurance of 5x your annual salary
• Health and wellbeing support
• Health and wellbeing packages
• Ongoing training and development opportunities, 28 days holiday + the opportunity to buy and sell holiday
• Money off tons of high street and online retailers
• Generous parental and family leave
• Flexible working
• Free eye tests
• Cycle to Work scheme

Values and Culture

We've all got different backgrounds, strengths and experiences. But we share the same values. It's these shared values that bring us together as one team. Our colleagues embrace these every day.

Be the difference to our customers and colleagues, always curious and look for better solutions, achieve together by working in partnership with others, own it openly through working with others in an open and honest way, and finally embrace possibility and see changes and challenges as welcomed opportunities.

We also expect our colleagues to share Abri's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults.

Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to promoting an inclusive culture.

We welcome and respect the individual differences, life experiences and knowledge that all our colleagues bring into the workplace, and we value their contribution to our amazing company.

Everyone is different, everyone is unique.

Customer Positive: We welcome applications from Abri customers and we provide an opportunity for applicants to let us know if they are a customer as part of the application process. When customers meet the essential criteria of the role, we will commit to interview at least two customers as part of our Customer Positive scheme.

Flexible working: We recognise the benefits flexible working can bring and we aim to support colleagues who need to work flexibly wherever we can, provided the needs of both Abri and the colleague can be met.