Brand: Landscape Services
Role: Grounds Maintenance Operative
Salary: £26,843.22 per annum (45 hours per week)
Location: Maidstone
The Role
Do you enjoy working in the great outdoors? Do you have experience doing Grounds Maintenance work and want to be part of a company that gives back to our local area? If so, we have an excellent opportunity for you.
At Landscape Services, our Grounds Maintenance Operatives are involved in a variety of operations such as grass cutting, border works, hedge cuttings, and working directly with the schools we service for their sports fields.
You must be self-motivated, a fantastic communicator, and have demonstrable knowledge of Health and Safety and safe work practices.
Due to the nature of the work being carried out, we require the successful applicant to have a Full (Clean) Driving License and be happy to undertake an Enhanced DBS check which will be carried out by us.
Key Duties
* Ensuring health and safety practices are always maintained and identifying risks, escalating issues to senior staff every time.
* Completing daily works for our customer contracts and maintaining an excellent level of customer service.
* Carrying out safety checks on equipment.
* Using all equipment and materials correctly and safely, ensuring compliance with the required standards. Seeking guidance and direction for use as appropriate from the Team Leader.
* Regularly liaising with customers and resolving any concerns, difficulties, or issues, reporting problems and actioning instructions as required. Ensuring Landscape Services is represented professionally and in accordance with good customer care.
* Where required, responding to and supporting inclement weather works, i.e., snow clearing or flooded areas.
What We Need From You
* Grounds Maintenance knowledge ideally in a similar role.
* Knowledge of horticulture and operational procedures.
* Demonstrable mowing and related experience.
* Demonstrable machinery maintenance knowledge and skill.
* Ability to commute to Tonbridge for work.
About Landscape Services
Landscape Services is a specialist provider of outdoor maintenance and management services, particularly around grounds maintenance, arboriculture, horticulture, and landscaping projects. They use their 80+ years of public and private sector expertise to deliver valuable, safe, and assured results for our customers, developing adaptable solutions in line with our core values while simultaneously helping to sustain our natural environment.
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