Grounds Maintenance Operative

How you’ll make a difference

As a Grounds Maintenance Operative, you will help to create and care for the parks, green spaces, highways, cemeteries and conservation areas that our communities rely on and enjoy every day.

What you will be doing

• You will carry out a wide range of grounds maintenance activities across South Gloucestershire, including grass cutting, hedge trimming and reduction, shrub maintenance, litter picking and the upkeep of planting beds.
• You will carry out routine maintenance activities, including heavy cutbacks in public parks, open spaces, roadside verges and woodland areas.
• Using a range of commercial powered tools such as brush cutters, powered pruners, long‑reach pruners and pedestrian mowers, you will work safely and in line with all relevant health and safety regulations.
• Supporting horticultural and landscaping tasks, you will help maintain the council’s cycle route network using appropriate equipment, and assist with the safe removal of fly‑tipped waste, contributing to a clean, safe and well‑maintained environment for local communities.

What we need from you

• You have experience of working in a gardening or grounds maintenance role, with the ability to operate professional equipment such as strimmers, hedge trimmers and leaf blowers.
• You have a full, valid UK driving licence, preferably with experience of driving a long‑wheelbase transit‑style tipper.
• You are able to follow instructions, read maps and complete records accurately.
• You have a strong understanding of health and safety, and an awareness of the risks and hazards associated with working in this environment.

What you need to know

• Your uniform and equipment will be provided.
• Depending on your duties, weekend work may be involved for which the appropriate enhancement will be paid.

Interviews to be held week 6th July 2026.

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different

• As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.
• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.

• We’re building and shaping communities which people are proud of.
• We’re planning for the future; building and improving the roads, railways, schools, green spaces, and houses.
• We’re providing essential services across our communities to ensure they are safe and well maintained.

We’ve achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

We’re making a difference, be part of it!

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