Job Title : Apprentice Environmental Operative
Contract Type : 2 years Apprenticeship
Salary : £23,202.21 per annum
Working Hours : 35 hours per week
Working Pattern : Monday to Friday 08:00am until 15:30pm
Location : Carlisle, Cumbria
The difference you will make as Apprentice Environmental Operative
In this role you will be undertaking a range of grounds maintenance work within your assigned region to landscaped areas, gardens and open spaces owned by the Group, also you will undertake general maintenance to hard and soft landscaped areas owned by the Group, including grass cutting, hedge trimming, litter picking, clearing leaves and shrub bed cultivations. You will maintain safe working practices at all times when utilising appropriate hand tools and machinery and work collaboratively and flexibly across all teams within the organisation.
About you
We are looking for someone with:
* Environmental Services / grounds maintenance experience.
* Ability to undertake manual work.
* Customer focussed with excellent communication skills.
* Clean driving licence
* Basic IT skills including Microsoft Office.
* Excellent team player who can work flexibly to meet business requirements
Role profile
* Undertake general maintenance to hard and soft landscaped areas owned by the Group, including grass cutting, hedge trimming, litter picking, clearing leaves and shrub bed cultivations.
* Provide a rapid flexible response to the removal of fly tipping, rubbish removal and graffiti removal.
* Always maintain safe working practices when utilising appropriate hand tools and machinery.
* Report health, safety and environmental breaches and issues to the Grounds Maintenance Supervisor in line with the agreed escalation route.
* Apply ‘Our Riverside Way’ within the environmental offer by always delivering excellent levels of customer service.
* Provide community insight, reporting any environmental issues, community safety or resident feedback to the Environmental Supervisor as appropriate and in line with the agreed escalation route.
* Maintain effective relationships with colleagues on each of our contracts.
* Undertake personal development and training to keep up to date with all relevant legislation.
* Work collaboratively and flexibly across all teams within the organisation.
* Ensure work activities are compliant with the organisation’s policies and procedures as well as external statutory and regulatory obligations.
* Respond flexibly to any necessary changes in work priorities and undertake other duties when required to support the effective operation of the service.
* Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes and procedures.
* Ensure that health and safety requirements are met in accordance with the Group’s policy, procedures, and statutory requirements.
* Ensure that all information security requirements, including data protection, are met in accordance with the Group’s policy, procedures, and statutory requirements.
Essential
* Environmental Services / grounds maintenance experience.
* Ability to undertake manual work.
* Customer focussed with excellent communication skills.
* Clean driving licence
* Basic IT skills including Microsoft Office.
* Excellent team player who can work flexibly to meet business requirements
Desirable
* Successful completion of a horticultural course.
* Driving licence
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