Grounds Maintenance Operative | Wakefield

Parks for London; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading green space management company as a Grounds Maintenance Operative in Wakefield. Your role will involve outdoor tasks such as mowing and hedge trimming, requiring a clean driving licence and a proactive attitude. The position offers competitive pay, training, and numerous employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Incremental annual leave

Employee discount portal

Free gym membership

Employee health cash plan

Pension scheme

Company sick pay

Career progression

Training and development

Qualifications

• Experience with ride-on mowers preferred.
• Previous grounds maintenance experience desirable, training provided.

Responsibilities

• Undertake mowing, strimming, and general maintenance.
• Hedge trimming and sports markings.
• Operate PA1 and PA6 spraying equipment ideally.

Skills

Reliability

Ability to work independently

Horticultural tasks

Use of handheld machinery

Driving light commercial vehicles

Can-do attitude

Education

Full, clean driving licence

Job description

Grounds Maintenance Operative | Wakefield

Full Time, Fixed Term (Until approximately September 1st, with the possibility of becoming permanent)

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 in Yorkshire, 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. Winner of the 2025 Supreme Award and 2025 Pro Landscaper Business Award Grounds Maintenance Company of the Year.

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 visit www.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.

Experience driving ride-on mowers is preferred. 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 provided.

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.

The candidates should ideally have experience with PA1 and PA6 spraying.

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 support for your daily expenses

• Free gym membership for you and a nominated person

• Employee health cash plan

• Pension scheme

• Company sick pay

• Career progression

• Training and 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.