As the largest full-service holiday cottage management business in the Peak District, we are looking for a Maintenance Hand/ Gardener who is reliable, hard-working and with good attention to detail, to join our team.
Responsibilities
Maintenance Hand
Maintenance work involves cleaning, checking and replacing parts of the equipment used in the gardening work; managing garden stocks; investigating and fixing simple plumbing and electrical issues; making good, painting and decorating at the cottages.
Gardening
The gardening at the cottages mainly involves mowing & strimming lawns, trimming hedges and small trees ; maintaining gravelled areas; planting/ weeding borders and care of garden furniture .
Experience in the use of petrol-powered equipment is essential as is the strength and stamina to carry out this physical job.
Personal Attributes
The successful candidate must be well presented and have a good customer service ethos. The candidate must also have a clean, full, driving licence to use our company vehicles, as the job involves travel between our cottages across the Peak District.
We are a 7 day a week,no smoking, business and our staff need to be able to work both weekdays and weekends as required. The times when work is done is variable from a 7.30am start to a 5pm finish, though not necessarily all that time. The job is part-time and we expect the successful candidate to be offered 15-25 hours per week.
If you want to discuss the job before you apply, call us for an informal chat on, any day, 9am - 9pm.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £12.21-£14.00 per hour
Benefits:
* Company pension
* On-site parking
* Sick pay
Experience:
* paid gardening: 1 year (required)
* paid maintenance hand: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
* full, clean UK driving licence for manual vehicles (required)
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person