Grounds Worker

Recreational Services; Auckland; On-site; NZD 45,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness benefit

Personal phone

Career progression

Guaranteed hours

Job summary

Green by Nature, a facilities management company operating across New Zealand and Australia, is seeking a Grounds Worker in South Auckland. You will perform planting, pruning, mowing support, litter collection and vegetation maintenance on multiple sites, using weed eaters, blowers and basic tools.

The role suits a practical worker with a love for outdoors, a current Class 1 driver’s licence, and a team-focused attitude. Pre-employment drug testing applies.

Qualifications

• Experience in horticulture optional but preferred.
• Ability to work outdoors in various conditions.
• Current full Class 1 driver’s licence required.
• Team-oriented with a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Assist mowing operator with edging across all sites.
• Collect loose litter and empty bins at sites.
• Support gardening works for team manager when required.
• Maintain vegetation and report feedback to supervisor.

Skills

Team player

Good communication

Physically fit

Class 1 driver's licence

Tools

Weed eaters

Blowers

Small hand tools

Spraying equipment

Job description

Green by Nature is a facilities management company that operates across New Zealand and Australia. We provide full facility parks maintenance services. As part of our commitment to upkeeping the South Auckland region across a number of different sites we are looking for a Response Operator to join our team!

What does the role involve you ask?

Our Grounds Workers are like jack-of-all-trades superstars. They've got the skills and know-how to handle any job that comes their way, from planting to weed eating, our Grounds Workers do it all! General day-to-day activities of the role includes:

• Maintaining both soft and hard surfaces
• Pruning, planting, and weeding
• Hedge trimming
• General vegetation maintenance.
• Weed eating and edging
• Litter management
• Equipment and plant maintenance
• Roadside vegetation management

As our groundsman you will be responsible for assisiting both the mowing operator with edging activities across all sites. You will also be required to assist our team manager with gardening works when required and will be needed to collect loose litter and sometime empty bins at specific sites.

Tools include using weed eaters, blowers, small hand tools and spraying equipment at times.

Reporting will also be a part of the role and giving feedback to the team manager is critical.

What we are looking for:

Ideally we would love someone who has practical experience in horticulture, however, this is not a must. If you have an awesome work ethic, with a passion for working outdoors and getting stuck in then you would be a perfect candidate. Other success factors also include:

• A current, full Class 1 driver’s licence with the ability to drive a manual Ute
• Has a good level of fitness - at times this role can be physically demanding
• Be a team player with a positive attitude - helping out your team mates needs to be second nature
• Have excellent relationship building and communication skills
• Tones of motivation with a strong desire to get this job done
• The ability to use smart phone and other technology is advantageous

Here’s what we can offer you:

Along with working within a company that has been an industry leader for more than 30 years, you will receive:

• Annual $300 wellness benefit (after qualifying period) and work phone permitted for personal use
• The opportunity to work in a role that gives back to the community
• Internal and external learning and development opportunities with the ability to progress your career
• Guaranteed hours with the opportunity to increase based on operational demands

Green by Nature is a business which specialises in Sports Turf Management and have diversified into a professional full facility parks maintenance company, operating across New Zealand and Australia.

We have over 2000+ employees and are committed to a culture of health and safety, excellence, and continuous improvement, whilst caring for our people, clients, and communities.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a passionate and enthusiastic team, so if your skills and experience match, then we want to hear from you.

In accordance with the Company's Drug & Alcohol Policy, the successful candidate will be required to undergo and pass a pre-employment drug test.