Grounds Maintenance Operative – EK

About the Role

We are currently recruiting for a Grounds Maintenance Operative to join our estate services team, helping to maintain clean, safe and attractive outdoor spaces across residential estates and communal areas.

Reporting to the Estate Services Manager, you will carry out a range of grounds maintenance and landscaping duties, ensuring communal gardens, green spaces, pathways and landscaped areas are kept to a high standard. This is a hands-on, physically demanding role involving outdoor work in all weather conditions.

You will be provided with the tools, machinery, uniform, safety boots and personal protective equipment needed to carry out your duties safely and effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out grass cutting, strimming, hedge trimming, pruning, weeding and leaf clearance.
• Maintain communal gardens, shrub beds, pathways, landscaped areas and open spaces.
• Undertake litter picking and general estate cleanliness duties.
• Plant and maintain seasonal flowers, shrubs, trees and other landscaping features.
• Safely operate grounds maintenance equipment, including lawnmowers, strimmers, hedge cutters and leaf blowers.
• Carry out minor landscaping tasks, including turf repairs, mulching and soft landscaping improvements.
• Identify and report hazards, defects and health and safety concerns.
• Complete routine inspections and maintenance reports.
• Respond professionally to residents’ enquiries and concerns.
• Work effectively both independently and as part of a wider team.

Essential Requirements

• Previous experience in grounds maintenance, horticulture, landscaping or estate services.
• Practical knowledge of maintaining outdoor spaces and green areas.
• Experience using grounds maintenance machinery, equipment and hand tools.
• Basic knowledge of horticulture, including plant care, pruning and weed control.
• Understanding of relevant Health and Safety procedures.
• Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions and undertake physically demanding tasks.
• Good communication and customer service skills when dealing with residents and colleagues.
• Ability to work independently, use initiative and manage workloads effectively.
• Confident using a smartphone or handheld device to access systems and complete reports.
• Full UK Driving Licence is essential.

What We Offer

• Tools, machinery and equipment provided.
• Uniform, safety boots and personal protective equipment supplied.
• Training provided where required.
• Opportunity to work as part of a supportive estate services team.

If you have practical grounds maintenance experience, enjoy working outdoors and take pride in keeping neighbourhoods clean, safe and well maintained, we would love to hear from you!