Groundworker - Van & Fuel Card Provided | Social Housing

Mears Group PLC; Cottenham; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mears Group PLC in Cambridge is hiring a reliable Groundworker to support a social housing contract. This hands-on role delivers external works, repairs, and improvements across residential properties, maintaining safe and well-presented outdoor environments for tenants.

You will perform paving, fencing, drainage, concreting, landscaping and related tasks, often near occupied homes. A pro-active, safety-conscious team player is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Carry out external repairs, maintenance, and improvement works across social housing properties
• Install, repair, and maintain paving, slabs, pathways, and access routes
• Construct, repair, and reinstate concrete bases, footings, hard standings, and other concreting works
• Install and maintain fencing, gates, boundary structures, and associated external features
• Undertake drainage works including gulley clearing, pipe repairs, channel drainage, and soakaway installations
• Carry out landscaping works including turfing, planting, garden reinstatement, and general external improvements
• Construct, repair, and reinstate steps, kerbs, edgings, and other external structures
• Complete minor brickwork, patch repairs, and reinstatement works as required
• Ensure all work complies with health and safety regulations, company procedures, and site standards
• Maintain tools, equipment, and company vehicle in good working order
• Work respectfully in and around occupied homes, maintaining a clean, safe, and tidy working environment
• Record job details, materials used, and completion notes using handheld devices or job sheets
• Identify and report any additional works, safeguarding concerns, or property issues
• Participate in the out-of-hours emergency rota when required
• Adhere to all health and safety policies and procedures
• Provide high levels of customer service and customer care at all times

Job description

The Mears Group PLC in Cambridge is hiring a reliable Groundworker to support a social housing contract. This hands-on role delivers external works, repairs, and improvements across residential properties, maintaining safe and well-presented outdoor environments for tenants.

You will perform paving, fencing, drainage, concreting, landscaping and related tasks, often near occupied homes. A pro-active, safety-conscious team player is ideal.