Grounds Maintenance Operative

**This is a 6 month Fixed Term Contract**
Do you enjoy working outdoors? Do you want to join a certifiedGreat Place to Workorganisation? If you can put your soft landscaping and grounds maintenance experience to use and help usprovide and maintain safe, secure and thriving communities that people are proud to call home - you belong at Bromford.
At Bromford you can expect the following:
Monthly pay
Electric Van (depending on availability)
Coffee Card
27 days holiday per year plus statutory bank holidays
A choice out of 2 pension schemes
£500 personal allowance to spend on your choice of things like, for example, private medical cover, critical health insurance, dental treatment and gym membership
Employee Assistance Programme
Retail discount schemes to save on things like food shops, clothing, technology etc.
As a landscaping operative, youll carry out the grounds maintenance of our green spaces and help with the clearance of our empty homes and gardens. Youll maintain the upkeep of all landscaped areas, ensuring pathways and hard standings are maintained and clear of debris. Youll operate landscaping machinery, ride-on mowers, strimmers, and blowers.
Thisrole will require workingacross Shropshire,so you must live in a suitable location to cover this area of work. In this physically demanding jobyoull be working outside all year round, working in inclement weather conditions, and exposure to cold/heat and noise.
You must be comfortable working on your own and as part of a team. You are expected to provide a high-quality service to residents, including consultation and liaison work with customers and colleagues. You must keep accurate records of your work, sharing best practice and ways of working to improve the service, learning from experience when things dont go to plan.
Due to the nature of the role, a DBS check will be completed for the successful applicants.
To be a landscaping operativewith Bromford, you will:
Be experienced in landscaping and grounds maintenance
Ideally, hold an NPTC qualification in brush cutter, pedestrian mower, ride on mower, hedge cutter and PA1 and PA6 in spraying pesticides (although training is available where required)
Have a good understanding of health and safety, COSHH requirements
Have basic IT knowledge and comfortable using mobile devices (training to be provided)
Be punctual, have excellent customer service skills, and a positive attitude
Be comfortable working on your own and as part of a team
Have a full, clean driving licence.
Build effective relationships based on trust and respect, have excellent customer service skills, and be a great ambassador for Bromford.
Your previous experience may be in roles such as a gardener, landscaper, grounds maintenance operative, grounds person, fencing and landscaping operative, fencer and/or hard landscaper.
Closing date for applications is Sunday 26thMay2024. Depending on the volume of applications, we may close this advert early. Apply now to avoid disappointment!
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