Grounds Maintenance Operative-Edinburgh

Parks for London; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plan

Employee discount portal

Pension scheme

Company sick pay

Genuine career progression

Continuous professional development

Job summary

Glendale in Edinburgh is seeking a Grounds Maintenance Operative for a fixed-term contract. You will perform general maintenance, hedge trimming, litter removal, and ensure high standards of landscape upkeep.

The role offers a rewarding career path, a bonus scheme, and benefits such as health cash plan and pension, with opportunities for CPD and progression.

Qualifications

• Experience in grounds maintenance or horticulture preferred.
• Able to operate ride-on and pedestrian machinery.
• Willingness to perform physical outdoor work in all weather.

Responsibilities

• General maintenance of areas including cut and collect/drop with machinery.
• Carrying out horticultural operations such as hedge trimming, shrub bed maintenance, planting, strimming, blowing.
• Removal of litter and clearing leaves.
• Ensure work complies with best practice.

Skills

Hardworking

Motivated

Team player

Job description

Grounds Maintenance Operative | Edinburgh

Job Role - Fixed Term Contract

Salary - £13.45 per hour plus bonus

Are you enthusiastic and hardworking? Are you highly motivated?

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

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

General maintenance of areas to include both cut and collect and cut and drop using both ride-on and pedestrian machinery.

Undertake horticultural operations; hedge trimming, shrub bed maintenance and planting, strimming and blowing, hard surface maintenance, tree maintenance, chemical application, garden clearance and general landscape works,

Removing litter, emptying litter / dog bins and clearing leaves.

Carry out duties in accordance with best practice.

What can Glendale offer you?

• 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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