Gweithredwr Ardal / Area Chargehand

Merthyr; Merthyr Tydfil; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is seeking a proactive Grounds Maintenance Chargehand to lead teams in delivering high-quality grounds care across borough facilities. You will supervise daily operations, allocate workloads, and ensure health and safety compliance while maintaining parks, open spaces, sports facilities, and public areas to a high standard.

Welsh language ability is desirable; evidence of essential qualifications will be requested as part of the recruitment process.

Qualifications

• Evidence of essential qualifications is required.
• Welsh language ability is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams in delivering grounds maintenance services to parks, open spaces, sports facilities and public areas.
• Supervise daily operations and allocate workloads.
• Ensure health and safety compliance across sites.

Skills

Team leadership

Supervisory skills

Health and safety

Grounds maintenance

Job description

Job Ref: RE-2001

Job Scale: Gradd 5 / Grade 5

Job Hours: 37 Awr / 37 Hours

Location: Bwrdeistref Gyfan / Borough Wide

A proactive and hands-on Grounds Maintenance Chargehand responsible for leading teams in the delivery of high-quality grounds maintenance services. Skilled in supervising daily operations, allocating workloads, ensuring health and safety compliance, and maintaining parks, open spaces, sports facilities, and public areas to a high standard. Committed to delivering efficient, customer-focused services while supporting team development and promoting pride in the local environment.

You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.

Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.

All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both.

Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.

We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.