Supervisor

Assistant Operations Coordinator

Exeter area

Monday to Friday

0730 to 4pm

PAY 13.93 ph

TEMPORARY UNTIL END SEPTEMBER

MAIN PURPOSE

To undertake cleansing, grounds maintenance and commercial services to keep the city looking good and to provide financial support to operational budgets

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

1. To support team leaders by providing on site skills and work organisation of complex tasks, particularly within the commercial and reactive teams.
2. Taking the initiative in delivering tasks that require higher levels of decision- making, for example working around unexpected circumstances to prevent delay, and sourcing materials and equipment outside the normal range of maintenance tasks.
3. To undertake specialist cleansing and ground maintenance activities using large scale, specialist plant and equipment across the city where trained and when demand dictates including: grass cutting using ride-on or tractor mounted equipment; grave digging with excavators; hedge cutting using tractor mounted equipment; landscape construction and repair; mechanical sweeping using large mechanical sweepers; ground clearance works using chainsaws; specialised works in such areas as play equipment maintenance; LGV driving; commercial works to contract specifications
4. To undertake less specialist cleansing and ground maintenance tasks where directed to meet demand including: grounds maintenance and vegetation management tasks such as grass cutting, hedge trimming, shrub bed maintenance & landscaping including spraying etc often using powered equipment and hand held equipment; graffiti removal using chemicals and or powered equipment; Mechanical sweeping; general maintenance of sports pitches, tennis courts and other outdoor facilities; as demand dictates, removing litter, emptying litter bins, removing small amounts of graffiti; trimming or removing weed growth and overhanging shrubs, cleaning public toilets etc.
5. To respond to and resolve issues that arise on a daily basis and to report and help support Public and Green Space Team leaders to resolve complex issues.
6. To inform members of the public, businesses and Public and Green Space Commercial customers about your work and help them with their queries or complaints.
7. To undertake work in a safe and effective manner at all times and to achieve consistently good performance, following City Council policies and procedures, and to be responsible for your safety and that of the public.
8. To undertake basic recording of information e.g. Play equipment checks, Personal Protective equipment site condition and compliance checks; utilising council templates and IT solutions.
9. To undertake training on the safe use of equipment and safe working practices and to support Public and Green Space Operatives by conducting tool box training on equipment safe use in accordance with the Council's Health and Safety training policy.
10. To work flexibly at evening and weekend when required to meet the demand of the service

Please contact Andy Wren at Berry Recruitment on

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.