Grounds Maintenance Operative

Job Title: Grounds Maintenance OperativeContract Type: Fixed Term Contract until 30th October 2026Salary: £24,507.16 Per AnnumWorking Hours: 35 hours per weekWorking Pattern: Monday to Friday, HybridLocation: Stoke on Trent

About You

• Environmental Services / grounds maintenance experience.
• Ability to undertake manual work.
• Customer focused with excellent communication skills.

Benefits

• Competitive pay & generous pension
• 28 days holidays plus bank holidays
• Flexible working options available
• Investment in your learning, personal development and technology
• A wide range of benefits

Diversity and Inclusion

Riverside is a Disability Confident Employer and operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicant who declares they have a disability. If the applicant meets the minimum requirements for the role they will be guaranteed an interview.

Role Profile

• Undertake general maintenance to hard and soft landscaped areas owned by the Group, including grass cutting, hedge trimming, litter picking, clearing leaves and shrub bed cultivations.
• Provide a rapid flexible response to the removal of fly tipping, rubbish removal and graffiti removal.
• Maintain safe working practices at all times when utilising appropriate hand tools and machinery.
• Report health, safety and environmental breaches and issues to the Grounds Maintenance Supervisor in line with the agreed escalation route.
• Apply ‘Our Riverside Way’ within the environmental offer by delivering excellent levels of customer service at all times.
• Provide community insight, reporting any environmental issues, community safety or resident feedback to the Environmental Supervisor as appropriate and in line with the agreed escalation route.
• Maintain effective relationships with colleagues on each of our contracts.
• Undertake personal development and training to keep up to date with all relevant legislation.
• Work collaboratively and flexibly across all teams within the organisation.

Additional Information

• The Group has offices across the UK and on this basis, there may be the requirement to travel to other locations to effectively perform this role, albeit that regular support will be required to teams in Camden and Dartford.
• The role will be exposed to sensitive information; therefore, the role holder is expected to maintain levels of confidentiality at all times.
• In order to fulfil the requirements of this role, you will be required to work flexibly during the hours of operation.
• The role holder is expected to be committed to equal opportunities and to promote non-discriminatory practices in all aspects of work undertaken.

Person Specification

Essential

• Environmental Services / grounds maintenance experience.
• Ability to undertake manual work.
• Customer focussed with excellent communication skills.
• Clean driving licence.
• Basic IT skills including Microsoft Office.
• Excellent team player who can work flexibly to meet business requirements.

Desirable

• Successful completion of a horticultural course.

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