Ground Maintenance Operative
Full job description
Connect2Luton
Salary: £26,000 per year
Role: Grounds Maintenance Operative
Grade: L2
Salary: £26,000per year
Duration: Monday – Friday
We are looking for Grounds Maintenance Operatives to undertake a range of horticultural/grounds maintenance and sports turf maintenance tasks throughout the Borough of Luton on a temporary basis for the duration of 6 months.
Main Duties:
- Undertake grass cutting and other grounds and gardens maintenance duties.
- Assist higher graded employees to mark out sports pitches, undertake fine turf maintenance, and gardening duties.
- Undertake duties, such as hoeing, weeding, digging, leaf raking, grass cutting, ground working and hedge cutting to the required standards.
- Undertake litter picking by hand in parks and amenity areas throughout the Borough to specified standards.
- Sweep hard surface areas by hand, as and when required, to remove glass and other extraneous material.
Skills and experience
- Ability and willingness to do gardening / cleaning duties.
- Able to use own initiative when undertaking tasks and able to work well as part of a team.
- Current valid driving licence, to operating ride on machinery and to transport staff and equipment to various sites.
About Us:
Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract and interim roles at the Council.
Our heritage and being local government owned means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.
We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.
Connect2Luton, part of Luton Borough Council & Kent Commercial Services LLP, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.
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