Grounds Maintenance Operative

Job Duties

Support Maintenance Activities: Assist with general repairs, moving materials and furniture, and other tasks as directed by the Maintenance Supervisor, ensuring all work is within your competency.

Traffic Management: Direct school traffic during peak times to ensure safety and smooth flow.

Transport Assistance: Support the transportation of pupils via the school minibus fleet, including pre- and post-journey checks and basic vehicle maintenance under supervision.

Minibus Fleet Maintenance: Assist in maintaining the school’s fleet of minibuses, following guidance from Maintenance Supervisors.

Security Support: Contribute to school security measures as directed, including monitoring entry points and ensuring safety protocols are followed.

Horticultural Operations: Undertake a variety of gardening and landscaping tasks such as greenhouse care, weeding, digging, edging, seed sowing, planting, bed preparation, pruning, and maintaining trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants. Use initiative to carry out these activities efficiently.

Grounds Maintenance: Maintain borders, ponds, hedges, fences, walls, pathways, roadways, and woodland areas to high standards.

Lawn and Turf Care: Use pedestrian and ride-on equipment to scarify, aerate, top-dress, over seed, lift and lay turf, feed, irrigate, and mow lawns.

Cleaning and Winter Duties: Keep drives and pathways clear of debris and litter, clear snow, and apply grit salt as needed to ensure safety during winter months.

Equipment Operation: Safely operate, maintain, and clean horticultural and grounds keeping equipment including hand tools, strimmers, hedge cutters, mowers, scarifiers, aerators, tractors, and other machinery.

Health & Safety: Maintain a tidy, safe working environment, adhering to safety protocols always.

Additional Tasks: Support the school in various activities such as setting up sports pitches and courts, stewarding in the car park, transporting luggage, and assisting with school events like Speech Day.

Job Requirements

NVQ Level 2 in Horticulture (or equivalent) Desirable 

Pesticides application PA1, PA2 and PA6 Desirable

Chainsaw CS30 and CS31 Desirable

Previous experience in an educational environment is Desirable. 

A strong commitment to delivering excellence and ensuring quality service in all interactions. 

Able to carry out heavy lifting Essential 

Confident using machinery e.g. hedge cutters, strimmers and lawn mowers Essential

Excellent customer service skills, strong problem-solving abilities

Full clean driving licence Desirable 

Enhanced DBS - (It will be part of the onboarding process)

Job Location

Facilities and Grounds Maintenance Assistant will be based near Salisbury Railway Station SP2 7RS - would still require a 23 min walk to the school, from the station. 

Job Offer

Permanante 

£25,396 per annum 

37.5 hours per week