maintenance technician

maintenance technician Melton Mowbray, England

Platform Housing
Full Time Melton Mowbray, England 24431 - 12.04 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Calling all Grounds Maintenance Operatives in Leicestershire!

Platform Property Care has permanent opportunities for Operatives to join our Grounds Maintenance Team based at our proposed depot in Melton Mowbray and covering our Estates and communities. This is an ideal role for someone who loves working outdoors and creating great looking environments for our customers.

This is an exciting time to join as we expand our Estates Services into a new locality covering our communities in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. We are looking for several operatives to join our in house Grounds Maintenance team as we plan to open a depot in Melton Mowbray.

What could you be doing?

You will be responsible for looking after the green areas in and around our estates. Your duties will include tractor and pedestrian grass maintenance, brush cutting/ strimming, hedge cutting, shrub pruning, planting, weeding, and litter picking.

Some things we need from you:

  • You’ll be motivated and passionate about making a difference to our external landscape

  • You’ll have a full UK driving licence – this is essential as it is a mobile role

  • You will really enjoy working outdoors in all weather conditions

  • You’ll have a good Health & Safety knowledge

  • And have some relevant grounds maintenance/ gardening/horticultural skills, experience or qualifications


Initially you will be working in a small crew that will be considered mobile and covering Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire and other areas, until a depot is confirmed but we intend that all operatives in this team will be based at a depot in Melton Mowbray in the long term.

The working pattern for this permanent role is a permanent annualised contract:

Summer (March – November) 42.5 hours a week Monday to Friday

Winter (December – February) 32.5 hours a week Monday to Friday

Virtual interviews for shortlisted applicants will be held in the weeks commencing 7th August and 14th August. You will be contacted either by email or telephone to book an interview.

A target start date would be 11th September. Early applications are encouraged.

Check out some of our core benefits

  • 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with opportunity to buy and sell leave

  • Family friendly policies including generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave plus 3 days paid Urgent Domestic Leave

  • Medicash membership for all employees which includes access to an employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership and exclusive discounts

  • Health Cash Plan worth up to £1700 p/a with cashback for dental, optical, physio and complementary therapies and more

  • Pension scheme with minimum employee contributions of up to 3% and Platform will contribute up to 8% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)

  • Learning and Development opportunities

  • Salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme

  • Employee reward and recognition scheme with wellbeing hub and discount from a wide range of retailers

Part of Platform Housing Group, Platform Property Care is a well-established property maintenance business. Working with us is more than just a job. We value the contribution that our colleagues make to our business; our vision is clear – we are growing fast and we aim to achieve our plan through an engaged and highly skilled team.

If this sounds like the ideal role and place for you then we’d love to hear from you! To find out more about these opportunities, please contact .

We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

INDLOW

maintenance technician
Platform Housing

www.platformhg.com
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Unknown / Non-Applicable
1001 to 5000 Employees
Company - Private
Grantmaking & Charitable Foundations
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