Mobile Grounds Maintenance Operative – Outdoor Care

Platform Housing Group; Coleshill CP; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £28,512 per annum

Permanent contract

25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Pension contributions up to 12%

Medicash healthcare

Job summary

Platform Housing Group's Platform Property Care is seeking a Grounds Maintenance Operative to join our team in Birmingham. You will maintain landscaped and communal green areas to a high standard across estates and surrounding areas, performing tractor and pedestrian grass maintenance, hedge cutting, pruning, planting, and litter picking.

The role offers a permanent annualised contract with a starting salary of £28,512 per annum, 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays, and a pension contribution

Qualifications

• Grounds maintenance experience with plant and machinery, preferably for housing or local authorities.
• Full UK driving licence is essential for a mobile role.
• Strong Health & Safety awareness is important.
• Good communication skills required for community work.

Responsibilities

• Maintain landscaped and communal green areas to a high standard across estates and surrounding areas.
• Duties include tractor and pedestrian grass maintenance, brush cutting/strimming, hedge cutting, shrub pruning, planting, weeding and weed control, and litter picking.
• Work in a mobile capacity across Birmingham area with travel between sites.
• Support health and safety standards and use of appropriate equipment.

Skills

Grounds maintenance experience

Driving licence

Health & Safety knowledge

Communication skills

Job description

Platform Housing Group's Platform Property Care is seeking a Grounds Maintenance Operative to join our team in Birmingham. You will maintain landscaped and communal green areas to a high standard across estates and surrounding areas, performing tractor and pedestrian grass maintenance, hedge cutting, pruning, planting, and litter picking.

The role offers a permanent annualised contract with a starting salary of £28,512 per annum, 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays, and a pension contribution