Grounds Maintenance Operative

Glendale Services; Bolton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental services provider is seeking a Grounds Maintenance Operative in Bolton. The role involves performing essential grounds maintenance tasks, operating machinery like strimmers and lawn mowers, and ensuring high service standards. Candidates should have a strong work ethic, reliability, and the willingness to adapt to various working techniques. Glendale offers a competitive salary, career progression, free gym membership, and additional benefits such as a pension scheme and generous annual leave.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Performance related bonuses

Company car

Relocation support

Generous annual leave

Free gym membership

Employee health cash plan

Employee discount portal

Pension scheme

Company sick pay

Genuine career progression

Continuous professional development

Qualifications

• Must have a full driving licence.
• PA1 & PA6 qualifications are desirable.
• Must be able to adapt to physically demanding work.

Responsibilities

• Perform grounds maintenance including mowing and general maintenance.
• Operate small machinery and perform hedge trimming.
• Maintain high standards of service as per customer requirements.

Skills

Reliability

Willingness to learn

Strong work ethic

Experience with small engine machinery

Awareness of Health & Safety legislation

Tools

Strimmer

Lawn mower

Leaf blower

Job description

Grounds Maintenance Operative | Bolton

Operative - Bolton

Full Time & benefits

NMW

Are you highly motivated? Do you enjoy working outdoors? Are you enthusiastic and hardworking?

If you identify with the above, this role was made for you!

At Glendale, we have a great new opportunity for a Grounds Maintenance Operative to join our team working on behalf of Bolton at Home.

And most importantly, you will be joining a company that can offer valuable career prospects and believes in investing in its people.

Who are we?

Glendale, a family owned company since 1989, is a market-leading, technology-focused, respected, environmental services provider. At the forefront of green service provision in the UK Glendale has revenues of over £65m and is proud to say we have been awarded the 2025 Pro Landscape Business Awards Supreme Winner and the BALI Employer Excellence Award Winner for 2025.

Activities throughout the UK include grounds management, arboriculture, landscaping, estate management, vegetation control, woodland management, supply and relocation of plants and semi-mature trees, winter services and the management of sports facilities.

Committed to the environment, Glendale is a Carbon Neutral business that seeks to improve the environment through our activities and go above and beyond to ensure that the planet is not adversely affected by our business. From ensuring local parks and open spaces are maintained to a high standard, to tree safety through our arboricultural teams, to saving mature trees through our Civic Tree business and ensuring sustainable design through our landscape architecture practice. Glendale offered the full range of landscape services from one unique source of professionals.

For more information visit www.glendale-services.co.uk.

The Opportunity

Undertaking grounds maintenance work including mowing large grassed areas, strimming, blowing, line marking and renovation, hedge trimming along with general maintenance to shrub beds. Sports markings, hedge cutting and hard surface spraying operations.

The Person

You should be able to adapt to different working techniques as the post is physically demanding, it would be advantageous if you had experience using a wide variety of small engine machinery such as strimmer, lawn mower, leaf blower etc. A full driving licence and PA1 & PA6 are desirable however, we require you to have reliability, willingness to learn and a strong work ethic which is critical for you to assist us in ensuring our customers receive a high standard of service. Being aware of industry relevant Health & Safety legislation is desirable but training will be given.

What can Glendale offer you?

• Competitive salary, with performance related bonuses, company car and relocation support

• Generous annual leave

• Free gym membership for you and a nominated person

• Employee health cash plan

• Employee discount portal - discounts on travel bookings, high street vouchers, gift cards, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending

• Pension scheme

• Company sick pay

• Genuine career progression

• Continuous professional development

We are proud to be Equal Opportunity employers and are committed to inclusion and diversity

If you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as interviews will be held throughout the process. Please note that if you have not received correspondence within 21 days then please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.