Grounds Maintenance Operative

You will be responsible for the upkeep of the external communal areas, grass, shrubs and hedges. You may also be required to undertake soft landscaping/minor tree work.

Main duties and responsibilities for this role include grass and hedge cutting, border maintenance, clearing leaves, spraying, litter picking, and using hand tools and powered horticultural machinery to ensure all sites and external areas are maintained to a high standard.

You will report to management with relevant information regarding site hazards, operate a range of vehicles, machinery and equipment in accordance with health and safety procedures, and undertake additional training as and when required.

What you need to bring to the role as the successful applicant to the

**You must a full UK driving licence as a company vehicle will be supplied**

Position good to knows

Working both on your own and in a team across an organisations contracts, offices, properties and sites where you will be driving a van and be required to be manually hands on.

You will be covering communal external ground maintenance in between Liss and Waterlooville.

Your key duties

What’s needed from you

✔ UK driving licence

✔ Awareness of using a large wheelbase van and ideally towing licence/experience (desirable)

✔ Practical amenity horticultural knowledge & experience

✔ PA1 and PA6AW qualifications (desirable, but not essential)

✔ NPTC certification or equivalent (desirable, but not essential)

✔ Physically fit and able to lift and move materials

✔ Good timekeeping

✔ An outgoing customer service approach

✔ Good communication skills

✔ Adaptability

✔ Operate a handheld PDA to log visits - training will be given

✔ Ability to work well in a team environment

✔ Able to take direction also work on your own initiative

Hours and pay

✔ 40 Hours per week

✔ Long term temporary role

✔ Hourly paid (PAYE + holiday pay)

Next step to apply for this Grounds Maintenance role:

As a candidate ideally with similar experience, you will already know the technical specifications of this role, but following your application of interest, you will have the role explained in more detail

ITS Property Maintenance specialise in working within the social housing sector where we work with: ✅ Housing Association ✅ Local Authority ✅ Direct Labour Organisation ✅ Maintenance Contractors ✅ Estates Department ✅ FM Contractors. Providing ✅Maintenance Trades and Labour Operatives ✅Operational Management Staff ✅Customer and Delivery Support Professionals

ITS Property Maintenance are acting as an employment business on the temp nature of this role
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed