Grounds Maintenance

Grounds Maintenance Operative-(Gardener)

Location:-Any Neighbourhood Services-Depot
Contract:-Full-time

About the Role

We''re looking for-a motivated and-hardworking-Neighbourhood Services Operative-(Gardener)-to join our-Neighbourhood Services-team.

This is a-fantastic opportunity for-someone with horticultural-experience who enjoys-working outdoors and-takes pride in-maintaining parks, sports-pitches and public-open spaces to-a high standard. You''ll play a-key role in-enhancing the local-environment, ensuring our-green spaces remain-safe, attractive and-welcoming for residents-and visitors.

This is a-varied role where-no two days-are the same. In addition to-horticultural duties, you''ll-have the opportunity-to support other-Neighbourhood Services-teams when operational-priorities require.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out a-wide range-of horticultural and-grounds maintenance duties-across the County-Borough.
• Maintain parks, gardens-and public open-spaces to a-consistently high standard.
• Operate pedestrian and-ride-on mowers, strimmers, hedge cutters, leaf blowers and-other horticultural equipment.
• Carry out grass-cutting, lawn maintenance, turf repairs and-sports pitch marking.
• Undertake planting, pruning, weeding, watering, mulching, soil cultivation and-seasonal bedding displays.
• Assist-with landscaping and-environmental improvement-projects.
• Empty litter bins-and-keep parks and-open spaces clean-and tidy.
• Support the Arboriculture-team when required.
• Carry out basic-vehicle and equipment-checks, reporting defects-where necessary.
• Drive-council vehicles and-tow trailers where-appropriately licensed.
• Follow all Health-& Safety procedures and-maintain tools,-machinery and work-areas in a-safe condition.
• Work flexibly across-Neighbourhood Services,-supporting Waste, Highways, Street Cleansing or-Cemeteries where required.

About You

We''re looking for-someone who has:

• Experience-in grounds maintenance, gardening or horticultural-work.
• Experience operating grounds-maintenance machinery and-hand tools safely.
• Good knowledge of-horticultural practices-and lawn maintenance.
• A proactive-approach with the-ability to work-independently and as-part of a-team.
• Good organisational skills-and a-strong work ethic.
• A commitment to-delivering excellent public-services and maintaining-high-quality green-spaces.
• A-good understanding of-Health & Safety procedures.
• A full UK-driving licence (desirable; towing-entitlement advantageous).

What You''ll Be-Working Towards

• Supporting the Parks-Team in maintaining-and improving public-parks and green-spaces.
• Contributing towards-achieving and maintaining-Green Flag Award-standards.
• Helping ensure the-borough''s parks, gardens-and-recreational areas remain-safe, clean and-attractive.
• Providing flexible support-across Neighbourhood Services-to help meet-operational priorities.

If you''re passionate-about horticulture, enjoy-working outdoors and-want to make-a positive difference-to your local-community, we''d love-to hear from-you.