Job description
Position: Grounds Maintenance Operative
Location: Alfreton
Contract: Full Time 42.5 hours per week, Permanent
Salary: Basic salary £27,340k per annum
Reporting To: Team Leader
Urban Planters has been bringing homes and workplaces to life with plants since 1965.
We deliver our products and services using our national network of branches, spanning the length and breadth of the UK. This means we can offer the personalised service of a local business but with the standards and resources of a national organisation.
Quality, safety, sustainability and professionalism underpin all that we do. To this end, we are ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certified.
We now have a carbon negative business who’s teams install planting in, on and around the buildings of the companies we partner with. We are happiest while we are landscaping, installing indoor planting schemes or maintaining the plants or grounds of our clients.
The Role
The role will involve carrying out grounds maintenance activities across a wide range of sites, daily duties include, but are not limited to.
1. General Grounds Maintenance
2. Grass Cutting and Strimming
3. Shrub pruning
4. Hedge cutting
5. Weed Maintenance
6. Herbicide Application (if certificated)
7. Litter picking
8. Using a range of powered and non-powered horticultural equipment
9. To assist with soft landscaping projects
10. Driving company vehicle
11. To undertake any other duties required by Management within the job holder’s competence.
Role holders are also required to.
12. Always act in a professional manner as a representative of the organisation.
13. Comply with all relevant health and safety requirements
14. Ensure that the clients are always completely satisfied
15. Initiate suggestions to improve the organisations performance
16. Complete timesheets and other paperwork and ensure all is handed in promptly
Requirements:
Qualifications & Experience:
17. Full UK drivers licence
18. Garden maintenance experience is essential
19. Excellent verbal and written communication skills
20. Able to work as part of a team
21. Plant knowledge would be advantageous
22. Qualification in Horticulture is desirable but is not essential
The ideal candidate will have experience working within a similar role and have a passion for horticulture. The role is physically demanding and involves working outside in all weather conditions, which you must be comfortable with.
Benefits:
This Opportunity is for someone looking to join a busy, fast paced business where you will be working with a friendly and welcoming team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading company in the Interior and Exterior planting sector where progression and development are encouraged.
What we offer in return:
23. A Competitive Salary,
24. Job Stability & Security,
25. Progression Opportunities,
26. Employee Assistance Program,
27. Refer A Friend Bonus Scheme,
28. Company Events,