Grounds Maintenance Operative

Location: Devon, EX39

Shift: Monday to Friday, 7AM to 4PM (0700-1600)

Contract Role up to September 2024 with potential for extension.

Salary: £13.69 PAYE per hour or £17.22 Umbrella per hour

Recruiting for a Grounds Maintenance Operativeworking in Devon.

Essential: Must hold a full UK driving license and have access to a car as travel will be required. Must have experience in Grounds Maintenance working in similar roles.

PPE is provided. Must be happy working in all-weather conditions.

Responsibilities including but not limited to:

- Carry out; grass cutting, strimming and hedge cutting as and where instructed or according to the grass schedules and to the standards required. This also includes litter picking and clearing of paths.

- Play area inspections and undertaking minor repairs.

- Carry out; seasonal maintenance of flower beds/shrub beds/gardens of remembrance in the cemeteries. This also includes maintenance, clearance, litter picking, and bin emptying according to our schedule or as directed.

- Carry out; planting, weeding, digging, hoeing and watering of flower planters and formal displays as necessary. Assisting in the eradication of evasive plants and weeds, and encroaching grass and vegetation from pathways and roads.

- To undertake prestart checks on vans, plant and other vehicles up to and including 3.5 tonne (B license) classification as required in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations as stated within the operations manuals and to include the completion of daily defect sheets. Responsibility for keeping machinery and equipment in good working condition and expediting rectification of faults etc, as well as processing logs in relation to mileage and fuel.

- Carry out arboriculture work from the ground, including felling of small trees, crown raising, and clearance of wind-blown or broken trees/limbs as required as part of a response team and general maintenance

- All other duties in line with the grading of the post, including cross service working including waste collection and street cleansing, snow clearance, grid and grating clearance, litter picking and assisting with Waste; catch up, tidying and clearance

Contact Caitlyn Aitken (Bristol office)

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