Temporary Lawn Operative - Leighton Buzzard Leighton Buzzard, England
Job description
An exciting opportunity with UK leading provider of lawn care
Due to expansion, we are looking for a Temporary Lawn Care Operatives to join our growing family for the spring/summer.
GreenThumb Ltd has been making lawns look beautiful, lush green and weed free for over 35 years. From our humble beginnings in North Wales, we’ve grown to become Europe's largest Lawn Care company, with over 220 branches nationwide and over 350,000+ people who consider themselves to be GreenThumb customers. Our nationwide network of qualified and well-equipped Lawn Operatives ensures we give our customers outstanding service, expert advice, and the best experience with our innovative Lawn Care solutions.
Salary: £11.65 per hour + £1000 pro – rata on completion of the contract.
Hours of work: Full Time
Location: Leighton Buzzard and surrounding areas
What we can offer you:
Holiday allowance of 22 days plus bank holidays pro-rata
Company uniform and PPE
Mental Health First Aider Service
Store Discounts
Do you:
Have a passion for lawn care?
Want a job where you can work independently, outdoors and keep active?
About the role
Working on customers' lawns with our Lawn Operative to help with the process of scarification, aeration, fertilization, and moss control. In general, you will be requested to rake lawns, pick up grass and other garden material, to bag or move it to compost heaps or recycle bins, ensuring a professional, important level of service always.
Main duties:
To visit several designated customers daily and assist the lawn operative.
Help using the necessary machinery to aerate and scarify lawns and remove waste to an acceptable level.
Maintain an elevated level of cleanliness and basic maintenance of all machinery at the end of a working period.
Maintain standards of all health and safety practices, as supplied by Green Thumb Limited.
Maintaining a prominent level of cleanliness of the company vehicle and ensuring all servicing is completed
Always ensure a professional and smart appearance.
Carry out any other duties that may be considered relevant to the position within the terms of the contract of employment.
Skills
The ability to forge and maintain good working relationships with customers and colleagues
Flexibility to travel, work outside of standard hours if required and to work occasional weekends if necessary
Ability to work outside in adverse weather conditions
Good timekeeping
Qualifications
Full, UK driving licence
Eligibility to work in the UK
You may have experience of the following: Maintenance Worker, Gardener, Greenkeeper, Forestry, Tree surgeons, Maintenance Operative, Caretaker, Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Assistant, Maintenance Engineer, Facilities, Ground Worker, Gardener, Postal Services, Outdoor Maintenance, Delivery drivers, Labourer, Lawn Care, Landscaping, Farm Labourer.
