Reference: 262979
No. of Vacancies: 1
Location: Endeavour House, Stockport, SK6 2SN
Salary: £24,413 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week - Monday to Friday (06:30 - 14:24)
May be a requirement to work one weekend day as part of working week or work seasonal hours.
Contract Type: Permanent
Are you looking for a new role? We have an exciting opportunity to join our established Street Care team working across the Borough.
Key Responsibilities
The Street Care team maintain high quality horticultural features and achieve street cleansing standards and undertake general grounds maintenance duties.
The team are responsible for keeping the streets of Stockport, including the Town Centre, clean and tidy. You can see the team mowing verges, emptying litter, removing surface water from gullys and so much more.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Street Cleansing
* You'll be sweeping, cleaning, litter picking, emptying litter bins, removing weeds, debris and refuse, cleaning road signs and litter bins. Where required you'll remove graffiti and fly posting or other offensive material.
Grounds
* You'll undertake general maintenance and operational duties in green & recreational areas including highway verges, landscaped areas, planted areas, council properties, sports facilities, cemeteries, schools and other public amenities, high profile lawn areas, fine turf and sports turf, horticultural features.
General
* You'll undertake winter maintenance duties including manual gritting, filling and siting of grit bins and snow/ice clearance, as required.
* You'll assist in the recycling of waste collected, wherever possible
* At all times you'll undertake duties in a safe and responsible manner in accordance with established safe systems of work, policies and procedures.
Benefits
* 25 days Annual Leave + 8 Bank Holidays.
* Lifestyle Benefits - we provide access to huge discounts on a variety of retailers and services, through our lifestyle benefits website.
* Cycle to Work Scheme - enabling you to get the bike of your choice (between £100 and £1000), with Tax and NI savings of up to 32%.
* NEST Pension Scheme - 6.5% employer contribution if eligible.
* Life Assurance - twice your basic salary
* Keen to progress? - we're committed to providing you with Continuous Professional Development.