Grounds Operative - 8349
Location: Hillingdon
Salary: £15.32 per hour
Work Pattern: Full or Part time. Core essential hours 1500 - 1700 Monday to Friday.
Start Date: Immediate Start!
We are looking for an experienced Grounds Operative to join our well-established client; a school setting based in Hillingdon, less than 14 miles from central London. The successful Grounds Operative will work as a part of a team to ensure that the 11-acre campus consisting of school grounds, gardens, and external playing fields are maintained to a high standard.
As the Grounds Operative, you will have a proactive and self-motivated attitude to work, possessing the ability to manage own workload and successfully lead and manage a multidisciplinary team. The Grounds Operative will be able to absorb pressure whilst working to meet tight deadlines. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Undertaking routine grounds maintenance work of playing surfaces and landscapes as detailed in work schedules, job tickets or as directed by supervisor.
2. Undertaking all preparatory and cultivation work to maintain safe quality playing surfaces.
3. Setting up sports pitches or amenity surfaces. Maintaining the surrounding areas and carry out general duties.
4. Undertaking minor repair and landscaping work.
5. Ensure irrigation and drainage systems are maintained.
6. The safe operation of equipment and machinery used in grounds maintenance such as h...