Job Description
Job Title: Grounds OperativeType: PermanentLocation: BathSalary: £27,976Hours: 40 hours per week BRC are working closely with a large housing association to recruit a Grounds Operative for their Estates team. As a Grounds Operative, you will play an important role in keeping our neighbourhoods looking their best. You'll deliver a high-quality grounds maintenance services across our estates, ensuring that our open spaces are safe, tidy, and attractive places for our customers and communities to enjoy. Working as part of our Estates team, you will maintain a variety of outdoor spaces to a professional standard, taking pride in your work and representing LiveWest's values every day. You will help to keep our communities looking great, while ensuring that health and safety standards are upheld at all times. Duties:
* Carry out general grounds maintenance, including grass cutting, hedge trimming, weeding, leaf clearance, and shrub bed maintenance to a professional standard.
* Operate and maintain horticultural machinery safely and correctly, including mowers, brushcutters, hedge cutters and blowers.
* Undertake inspections of communal areas, proactively reporting issues such as defects, fly-tipping, vandalism, or health and safety concerns.
* Maintain tools and equipment in safe working order, and report faults or damage promptly.
* Follow LiveWest's health and safety procedures at all times, promoting a safe working culture.
* Engage positively with customers, responding politely to queries and referring issues, where appropriate.
* Record completed work accurately, using handheld digital technology.
* Support the wider Estates team with seasonal and emergency tasks, such as gritting or reactive response work.
Essential Requirements:
* Previous experience in grounds maintenance or a similar, outdoor, manual role
* Good physical fitness and ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions.
* Knowledge of basis horticultural practices such as weeding, planting, and pruning.
* Understanding of health and safety requirements, including COSHH and PUWER.
* Experience of operating and maintaining horticultural equipment safely.
* Ability to plan and prioritise work, using initiative and working independently.
* Good communication skills and a customer-focused approach.
* Good level of literacy and numeracy.
* Full UK manual driving licence
Desirable Qualifications:
* Horticulture qualification at Level 1.
* PA1 and PA6 pesticide certificates.
* LANTRA certified training.
For more information, please call Meg Smith on or. To apply, please submit your CV outlining your relevant experience and qualifications. We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.