Job description
Grounds Maintenance
You will undertake grounds maintenance works to communal environments including communal grounds around homes, open space grassed area, and landscaped areas and to deliver a maintenance programme as part of a team that contributes to excellent service delivery. You will work with caretaking teams and other GPHG colleagues and external partners to maintain clean, green and safe environments. Seasonally assist with snow and ice removal, gritting and litter picking and fly tip removal and reporting of communal and environmental maintenance issues and joint working with others to deliver excellent services.
What you'll be doing
- Report directly to the Grounds Maintenance Working Supervisor in relation to the delivery of the grounds maintenance service.
- Complete grounds maintenance activities to Great Places schemes and communal environmental areas to the requirements of Great Places Grounds Maintenance Specification including grass cutting, edging, hedge trimming, planting, spraying, and clearance of leaves and litter.
- You will be operating a range of hand tools and equipment (inc. power tools), and vehicles and to carry out daily defect checks of tools and equipment, completing basic maintenance tasks of it and reporting damage and maintenance issues with them.
- Report any graffiti, vandalism, repairs and defects in the external communal areas where you are working.
- Seasonally assist with snow and ice clearance, gritting activities and other health and safety maintenance required on Great Places schemes.
- Adhere to all relevant quality standards and health and safety/COSHH requirements.
- You will undertake daily checks of vehicles and equipment and ensure equipment is kept in a clean condition and stored correctly.
- You will work safely with herbicides/pesticides in accordance with regulations and report invasive weeds.
- You will report any safeguarding concerns in line with organisation guidelines.
- You will support the Working Supervisor and contribute to team briefings and meetings.
- You will undertake any other duties appropriate to the purpose of the post as required by the Organisation.
Please note that we reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.