Grounds Maintenance Operative Daventry

GLENDALE; Daventry; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental services provider in Daventry is seeking a Grounds Maintenance Operative. You will be responsible for maintaining green spaces through various activities including mowing, trimming, and general maintenance. A full, clean driving licence is required, and experience in horticulture is preferred. The role offers competitive pay, generous leave, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary with performance bonuses

Generous annual leave

Free gym membership

Employee health cash plan

Pension scheme

Company sick pay

Career progression

Qualifications

• Previous experience in grounds maintenance work is desirable.
• Willingness to learn and work on own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Undertake grounds maintenance work including mowing and strimming.
• Perform hedge trimming and general maintenance to shrub beds.
• Conduct sports markings and hedge cutting.

Skills

Reliable

Can-do attitude

Experience in horticultural tasks

Education

Full, clean driving licence

Tools

Handheld machinery

Job description

Grounds Maintenance Operative | Daventry

Annualised hours - 45 hours per week in the Summer period 35 Hours Winter period

£12.21 Per Hour

Are you highly motivated? Do you enjoy working outdoors? Are you enthusiastic and hardworking?

If you identify with the above, this role was made for you!

At Glendale, we have a great new opportunity for a Grounds Maintenance Operative to join our corporate team working on a variety of sites across the region, and most importantly, you will be joining a company that can offer valuable career prospects and believes in investing in its people.

Who are we?

Glendale, a family owned company since 1989, is a market-leading, technology-focused, respected, environmental services provider. At the forefront of green service provision in the UK Glendale has revenues of over £65m and is proud to say we have been awarded the 2025 Pro Landscape Business Awards Supreme Winner and the BALI Employer Excellence Award Winner for 2025.

Activities throughout the UK include grounds management, arboriculture, landscaping, estate management, vegetation control, woodland management, supply and relocation of plants and semi-mature trees, winter services and the management of sports facilities.

Committed to the environment, Glendale is a Carbon Neutral business that seeks to improve the environment through our activities and go above and beyond to ensure that the planet is not adversely affected by our business. From ensuring local parks and open spaces are maintained to a high standard, to tree safety through our arboricultural teams, to saving mature trees through our Civic Tree business and ensuring sustainable design through our landscape architecture practice. Glendale offered the full range of landscape services from one unique source of professionals.

For more information visit www.glendale-services.co.uk.

The Opportunity

Undertaking grounds maintenance work including mowing large grassed areas, strimming, blowing, line marking and renovation, hedge trimming along with general maintenance to shrub beds. Sports markings, hedge cutting and hard surface spraying operations.

The Person

Applicants must hold a full, clean driving licence and experience of driving light commercial vehicles and towing trailers is desirable. Applicants must be reliable and conscientious, have a can-do attitude and willingness to learn with the ability to work on their own initiative. Previous experience of grounds maintenance work, horticultural tasks and use of handheld machinery is desirable but full training will be given.

What can Glendale offer you?

• Competitive salary, with performance related bonuses, company car and relocation support
• Generous annual leave
• Free gym membership for you and a nominated person
• Employee health cash plan
• Employee discount portal - discounts on travel bookings, high street vouchers, gift cards, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending
• Pension scheme
• Company sick pay
• Genuine career progression
• Continuous professional development

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We are proud to be Equal Opportunity employers and are committed to inclusion and diversity

If you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as interviews will be held throughout the process. Please note that if you have not received correspondence within 21 days then please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.