Grounds Maintenance Operative

Morgan Hunt are recruiting for an Grounds Maintenance Operative to work with an Housing Trust based in Oxford on a Permanent basis. The details of the job are below:

Hours: Full-time 36 hours 7.30am to 15.30pm Mon - Fri

Salary: £26,583 per year

Location: Oxford

Must have full clean driving licence company van will be provided.

Job Role:

Your typical day could start with carrying out a program of assigned grounds maintenance works in line with published schedules. Then you might be carrying out a range of horticultural activities such as planting summer and winter beds, maintaining hedges, turf maintenance, weed spraying, weeding, and leafing, before heading off to ensure green waste is disposed of in line with company policy and waste management regulations.

As a Grounds Maintenance Operative, you'll be providing a high quality, customer focused grounds service. With a particular focus on maintaining our estates, you'll actively work in partnership with key colleagues to manage effective garden maintenance, developing and improving trusts environmental services to residents and ensuring we take full account of residents' needs.

You're a people person who likes to get things done. You'll enjoy working in an outdoors environment in all weather conditions and you're first rate at general horticultural maintenance. To be successful in this role you'll need to be on site five days a week.

Your role covers all aspects of environmental services and grounds maintenance. If you're a seasoned professional within horticultural services, then we want to hear from you.

To be a success in this role, you're:

• Able to work in all weathers and in an outdoor environment.
• Have a full, clean UK driving licence.
• Experienced in the field of horticulture.
• Able to demonstrate practical experience in the use of powered equipment.

A company van will be provided in order for you to undertake your duties.

Here are just a few of the benefits of working at the trust:

• 30 days' annual holiday, plus bank holidays
• two additional paid volunteering days each year?
• flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal?
• 4 x salary life assurance
• up to 10% pension contribution

This role will require a Basic DBS check. A Full UK driving licence is required.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.