Senior Groundskeeper

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About The Role

Hours of Work: Mon - Fri, 08:00 - 16:00, with flexibility as appropriate to seasonal work requirements (weekend overtime as required)

Location: Cambridge

Rate: £14.75, dependent on experience/qualifications

Broad Purpose of Job

Responsible for maintaining the client's grounds, ensuring areas are always presented to a high standard.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage an annual grounds maintenance schedule in line with client specifications.
• Prepare monthly grounds maintenance reports.
• Carry out grounds work throughout the year, with regular reviews and adjustments to suit seasonal conditions, requirements, and timings.
• Maintain shrub and flower beds throughout the year.
• Ensure lawns and designated grass areas are regularly mown, with edges trimmed as required.
• Maintain trees and hedgerows, including pruning as necessary.
• Perform snow clearance and salting of pathways and car parks during winter.
• Collect leaves.
• Control invasive vegetation through manual and chemical weed treatments, including moss removal.
• Apply pesticides and other horticultural chemicals as required.

What do you get from us?

We value our colleague and client relationships highly. If you believe you have the skills to help us meet their needs, we provide comprehensive training and tools to support you.

• Assistance Programme through Health Assured - Physical, mental, and financial health support via our ehub and phone.
• Wagestream - Track and access your earnings as you go. Save and learn better spending habits.
• Perkbox - Savings on shopping, days out, dining, utility bills, plus recipes and wellbeing tips.
• Fortnightly pay
• Free uniform
• Online training in multiple languages

About Us

A brief overview:

• A family-owned business, founded in 1962.
• Turnover over £84 million, employing over 4,000 colleagues.
• Ranked within the top 2% of all cleaning and security providers.
• Our services include Cleaning, Security, Specialist, and FM services.
• Passionate about delivering personable and reliable service.
• We operate across multiple industries, often working with well-known brands. If this sounds great to you, we look forward to hearing from you.