Grounds Maintenance Senior Operative
Salary and grade: £26,369 - £30,797 Grade 3
Duration of role: Permanent
Hours per week: 37 (Seasonal Summer and Winter split)
Location: The designated office base is Unit C Hithercroft, Wallingford and operations are from Crowmarsh Gifford
Closing Date: 28 June 2024
About the role and what we're looking for
Job purpose
Undertake general grounds maintenance duties across the districts ensuring a very high standard of work is maintained at all times
Main duties and responsibilities
- Maintenance duties include both mechanical and manual operations and will cover a broad range of grounds maintenance operations including grass cutting, litter collection, maintenance of features such as shrub beds, hedges, seasonal bedding, play equipment, sports pitches and any other associated tasks in our parks and open spaces.
- Operate a range of grounds maintenance vehicles and associated equipment.
- Skilled / licensed to drive a council vehicle with trailer including manage the log sheets / daily safety checks for both
- Responsible for inspecting the tools and equipment issued to their team to ensure they are fit for purpose and reporting broken or damaged equipment to line manager for replacement
- Responsible for ensuring team colleagues are wearing appropriate PPE and are operating to prescribed safe systems of work
- Responsible for the health and safety of yourself, your work colleagues and others who may be affected by the activity, working in accordance with the safety policies of the councils.
- Responsible for managing allocated workload via Concerto app on a mobile tablet device
- Undertake any relevant training which may be deemed necessary to ensure duties are carried out effectively.
The duties may vary from time to time without changing the nature of the post or the level of responsibility and the post holder may also be required to carry out any other duties appropriate to the grading of the post. This may include working at the weekend for which overtime is paid.
About you
Your essential skills, knowledge and experience
- Previous experience in a similar role
- Enjoy working outdoors.
- Good communication skills to engage with team members and the public where appropriate.
- Ability to demonstrate good team working skills.
- Ability to follow instructions.
- Strong customer service skills
Your essential qualifications
- GCSEs in Maths and English at grade C or above or equivalent
- Full driving licence
- City and Guilds level 2 in Amenity Horticulture or equivalent
- City and Guilds (NPTC) PA1 and PA6A, safe use of pesticides or equivalent
If you have the following experience or qualifications – it's a bonus
- Use of chainsaw certificates (various modules)
- First aider
- Knowledge and understanding of working in a local government setting
Work related requirements:
This role has been identified as public facing in accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2017; the requirement to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English applies.
The benefits we offer
- A basic 25 day annual leave per annum, rising to 30 days after five years. You also have all the bank holidays to look forward to and some time off between Christmas and New Year.
- Flexible working and annualised hours – a flexible approach to work that our employees love!
- Salary pay awards – most jobs give scope for a pay increase after six months or the following April (depending on your start date) and we also review salaries each April.
- A generous career average pension scheme which includes life insurance of three times your salary
- The opportunity to purchase a bike through Cyclescheme (cheaper than directly through a store) so that you can cycle to work!
- Various schemes to keep you healthy (reduced gym membership, free swims, free eye tests for DSE users and more)
- We give you two days per year to volunteer within the local community.
- A range of resources, support, and activities to help you maintain your wellbeing including a monthly wellbeing hour in addition to annualised hours (the ability to work flexibly as long as, over the course of the year, you complete your contracted hours) and annual leave.
We look forward to hearing from you.
You may also have experience in the following: Caretaker, Maintenance Operative, Handyman, Repairs, Health and Safety, Estates Management Gardener, Landscaping, Gardening, Grounds Person, Horticulture, Landscaper, Maintenance Gardener, Groundworker, etc.
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