Grounds Maintenance Operative - Middlesbrough

Glendale (UK) Limited; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Incremental annual leave

BenefitHub discounts

Free gym membership

Job summary

Glendale (UK) Limited is hiring a Grounds Maintenance Operative to work on sites across the region. The role focuses on mowing, hedging, line marking and other maintenance tasks with training provided where needed.

You will need a full clean driving licence and a willingness to learn. Prior grounds maintenance experience is desirable, and PA1/PA6 spraying licenses are a plus. Competitive salary and career progression await.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Driving

Grounds maintenance

Handheld machinery

Can-do attitude

Willingness to learn

Trailer towing experience

Tools

PA1 spraying license

PA6 spraying license

Job description

Grounds Maintenance Operative - Middlesbrough

Full time40 hours per week

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 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 winner of BALI Employer of the Year, has revenues of £45 million.

Glendale is one of the largest green space management service providers in the UK and specialises in tree care and management, grounds maintenance and landscaping. For more information visitwww.glendale-services.co.uk. We are a green business with "green thinking" at the core of everything we do. We have been at the forefront of green services provision since 1989 and offer innovative solutions for the management and maintenance of the green environment.

Who are you?

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. PreferablePA1, PA6 spraying license. **Previous experience of grounds maintenance work, horticultural tasks and use of handheld machinery is desirable but full training will be given.

A Glimpse into the Role awaiting You

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.

What can Glendale offer you?

• Competitive salary




• Incremental annual leave




• Access to BenefitHub our employee discount portal - discounts on travel bookings, high street & supermarket shops, gift cards, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities and help with your day to day spending




• Free gym membership for you and a nominated person (Based on Location)




• Employee health cash plan




• Pension Scheme




• Company sick pay




• Career progression




• Training and development

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