About The Role
Role: Streetscene Operative (12 months)
Location: Bengal St, Chorley
Contract: Full time hours per week) / Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
Salary: £25,989 - £26,403
Closing Date: 17th October 2025
Bored of the office job? Are you looking for something that will get you outside? Somewhere that you can really take some pride in your work.
Well look no further...
We're looking for a Grounds Maintenance Operative to join our Chorley based "StreetScene" team. In this role, you'll be working all around Chorley in an extremely varied role, looking after Chorley's community spaces, parks and streets. You'll be ensuring that they're in perfect condition for Chorley's residents and visitors to the area.
What you'll be getting up to
* To carry out general Streetscene tasks such as grounds maintenance and street cleansing as required e.g. mowing, hoeing, sweeping, weeding, raking, edging, manuring, mulching, strimming, hedge maintenance, shrub bed maintenance, tree/shrub planting, hard landscape works, seasonal bedding maintenance and planting, clearing leaves and litter, loading and unloading of barrows, trailers, vehicles, sweeping and litter collection.
* To operate digital systems to access and record work.
* To carry out soft landscaping, fine turf care, tree work, marking out of sports pitches etc. as required.
* To assist in the removal of fly tipping and keep appropriate records.
* To operate grounds maintenance machinery and vehicles. To complete pre-use checks of both vehicles and machinery and to record as directed.
* To follow work schedules in accordance with Streetscene service tasks and record as directed.
* To attend to minor emergencies such as flooding, obstructions and accident damage street furniture
* To provide support to the council's events programme.
Who we're looking for
* A team player – someone who works well with others and contributes to a positive working environment.
* Attention to detail – ensuring public spaces are clean, safe, and well-presented
* A valid driving licence – you'll be operating various vehicles and machinery as part of your daily duties
* Good communication skills – able to interact professionally with colleagues and members of the public
* Reliability and punctuality – consistent attendance and timekeeping are essential.
* Basic knowledge of health and safety – understanding safe working practices and procedures.
Other requirements
* This role requires some travel around our boroughs. You should have a valid driving licence
Our Benefits
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
* Local Government pension
* Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments
* Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
* Volunteering days
* Free parking
About Us
Chorley Council is dedicated to providing first-class services and promoting the well-being of the local community. Our staff are our greatest resource, at the heart of everything we do, and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services for our residents. At Chorley Council, we're always striving to make our borough the best to live, work and visit.
Working Together
We share a number of our services with South Ribble Borough Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. Whilst some staff and back-end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separate strategies and corporate plans.
Additional information
Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date.
Equal Opportunities
We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.
We're committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website.
If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.