Grounds Maintenance Operative

Glendale Services; Northallerton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading green space management company in Northallerton is seeking a Grounds Maintenance Operative. This full-time role involves outdoor work, maintaining various green spaces, and operating machinery. The ideal candidate should be reliable, hardworking, and have a keen interest in horticulture. Training provided for skills like hedge trimming and using equipment. The position offers competitive pay and great career prospects for the right individuals who are enthusiastic about green maintenance.

Benefits

Employee health cash plan

Employee discount portal

Cycle to work scheme

Company sick pay

Career progression

Training and development

Qualifications

• Keen interest in horticulture and willingness to learn.
• Previous grounds maintenance experience is desirable but training will be provided.
• Full UK driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain open spaces and care for green spaces outdoors.
• Perform hedge trimming, leaf clearing, and shrub bed maintenance.
• Operate machinery like mowers and strimmers.

Skills

Horticulture interest

Handheld machinery operation

Reliability

Ability to learn

Tools

Grass mowers

Strimmers

Blowers

Hedge cutters

Job description

Grounds Maintenance Operative -Northallerton - DL6 2YD

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 a variety of sites across the region.

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 winner of BALI Employer of the Year, has revenues of £45 million.

Glendale is one of the largest green space management service providers in the UK and specialises in tree care and management, grounds maintenance and landscaping. For more information visit www.glendale-services.co.uk. We are a green business with “green thinking” at the core of everything we do. We have been at the forefront of green services provision since 1989 and offer innovative solutions for the management and maintenance of the green environment.

The Opportunity

• Full Time
• 40 Hours per week - (Annualised Hours Summer: 07:00 – 16:30, Winter: 07:00 – 14:30)
• £12.21 per hour
• Work outdoors and contribute to the maintenance of open spaces and the care of green spaces.
• Duties will include hedge trimming, clearing leaves, shrub bed maintenance, sweeping, garden clearance and litter as required.

The Person

• The ideal candidate must be keen to learn, enjoy a challenge, be honest, hardworking, reliable and personable and have a keen interest in horticulture. In return, we offer a competitive remuneration package which is tailored to your skills and qualifications.
• Previous knowledge of Grounds Maintenance skills and horticulture are desirable, however training will be provided.
• Previous experience of handheld machinery is desirable.
• Must be proficient in operating walk‑behind and ride‑on grass mowers, strimmers, blowers, and petrol‑driven hedge cutters.
• Operative must hold a full, clean UK driving licence.
• Reliable and conscientious with a can do attitude.
• A willingness to learn.
• Ability to work on one's own initiative.
• Previous experience of grounds maintenance work, horticultural tasks.
• Willingness to undertake police accreditation and DBS reference check.
• PA1 & PA6 preferred but not essential.
• Willingness to comply with client's strict health and safety requirements.

What can Glendale offer you?

• Employee health cash plan
• Employee discount portal - discounts on travel booking, high street vouchers, gift cards, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending
• Cycle to work scheme
• Company sick pay
• Career progression
• Training and 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.