Environmental Operative (Grounds Maintenance)
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- London
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 29 Jul 2022
- Closes
- 26 Aug 2022
- Sectors
- Agriculture & Outdoor
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Peabody has an exciting opportunity for an Environmental Operative (Grounds Maintenance) on a full time, permanent basis based in Thamesmead. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of GBP23,379 per annum.
About the Environmental Operative (Grounds Maintenance) role:
As our Environmental Operative, you will provide grounds maintenance services which are customer oriented, high quality responsive to the needs of the Association, including external clients, and in line with service standards.
What we're looking for in our Environmental Operative (Grounds Maintenance):
Proven experience of working in a grounds maintenance environment
Proven ability to work in all weathers in an outdoor environment
The ability to undertake physically demanding work
Experience of using a wide range of equipment and tools
Specialist technical knowledge of horticultural practices
Experience in using a wide range or equipment and tools.
Experience in supervision of a small site-based team
What you can expect to be doing as our Environmental Operative (Grounds Maintenance):
Carrying out shrub bed maintenance, including leaf removal, weeding and pruning with either hand tools or machines
Carrying out grass cutting, both with hand and ride on machines
Removing leaves from both hard and soft landscapes areas
Removing litter including drug debris from hard and soft landscape area, including bins
Carrying out weed and pest control
Maintaining water ways including rubbish removal and vegetation control
Providing a parks mobile patrol service, including pitch marking
Checking and maintaining play areas
Removing graffiti using a variety of methods
Ensuring that paths are salted where and when appropriate, and participate in snow clearance activity
Closing date: Thursday 25th August 2022
If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Environmental Operative (Grounds Maintenance), please click apply now!
At Peabody, where possible, we provide flexible working opportunities from day one to our employees, as we recognise the importance of a good work-life balance; and to improve our productivity and performance, we embrace agile working, which means if you are in a desk based role, that will be a hybrid of office and home working. If your role is in a client facing environment, appropriate base location will apply.
Our mission is to help people make the most of their lives and an important part of this is to ensure that our organisation reflects the wider communities we serve. We want to attract recruit and retain a diverse, inclusive and creative workforce to give us the best opportunity to meet the diverse needs of our residents and customers. We actively encourage applications from all groups and communities, as well as from BAME, LGBTQ+ and disabled people
About the Environmental Operative (Grounds Maintenance) role:
As our Environmental Operative, you will provide grounds maintenance services which are customer oriented, high quality responsive to the needs of the Association, including external clients, and in line with service standards.
What we're looking for in our Environmental Operative (Grounds Maintenance):
Proven experience of working in a grounds maintenance environment
Proven ability to work in all weathers in an outdoor environment
The ability to undertake physically demanding work
Experience of using a wide range of equipment and tools
Specialist technical knowledge of horticultural practices
Experience in using a wide range or equipment and tools.
Experience in supervision of a small site-based team
What you can expect to be doing as our Environmental Operative (Grounds Maintenance):
Carrying out shrub bed maintenance, including leaf removal, weeding and pruning with either hand tools or machines
Carrying out grass cutting, both with hand and ride on machines
Removing leaves from both hard and soft landscapes areas
Removing litter including drug debris from hard and soft landscape area, including bins
Carrying out weed and pest control
Maintaining water ways including rubbish removal and vegetation control
Providing a parks mobile patrol service, including pitch marking
Checking and maintaining play areas
Removing graffiti using a variety of methods
Ensuring that paths are salted where and when appropriate, and participate in snow clearance activity
Closing date: Thursday 25th August 2022
If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Environmental Operative (Grounds Maintenance), please click apply now!
At Peabody, where possible, we provide flexible working opportunities from day one to our employees, as we recognise the importance of a good work-life balance; and to improve our productivity and performance, we embrace agile working, which means if you are in a desk based role, that will be a hybrid of office and home working. If your role is in a client facing environment, appropriate base location will apply.
Our mission is to help people make the most of their lives and an important part of this is to ensure that our organisation reflects the wider communities we serve. We want to attract recruit and retain a diverse, inclusive and creative workforce to give us the best opportunity to meet the diverse needs of our residents and customers. We actively encourage applications from all groups and communities, as well as from BAME, LGBTQ+ and disabled people