Ground Maintenance Operative – Jobs Buckinghamshire Chelmsford

Overview

Position Title: Ground Maintenance Operative

Company: Buckinghamshire Council

Location: Chelmsford, UK

Job Description

The team sits within our Communities Directorate, which works across the county to deliver a number of the key customer facing services that our residents, businesses and visitors rely on every day. This includes collecting and disposing of waste, maintaining highways and managing country parks, leisure facilities and libraries. The customer is central to how we develop and deliver all of these services, which help to promote our rich and vibrant culture.

We are looking for enthusiastic, ambitious and committed individuals to join our team and help maintain Buckinghamshire as a great place to live, work and visit. This is an exciting time for us, as we bring together many of the services that have previously been run by different local authorities. We manage services through a combination of direct delivery, contract management and commissioning, as well as through our key partnerships. As part of the function, you will join us on our journey of continuous improvement. Whether that is through developing strategies and ways of working, or delivering services on the ground – every person in Communities is a valued member of the team.

Responsibilities:

• Shrub bed maintenance, both within formal and informal areas.
• Hedge cutting
• Weed management
• Operating, maintaining and cleaning grounds maintenance and horticultural equipment, including hand tools, strimmers, hedge-cutters, pedestrian and ride on mowers, and any other machinery required to undertake allocated tasks
• Compliance with all relevant legislation and in particular the control of Vibration at Works Regulations 2005 and PUWER Regulations 1998
• Maintaining and preparing sports pitches, i.e. grass cutting, line marking and erecting sports equipment when required
• Maintaining artificial sports pitches

Requirements:

• You will be required to have grounds maintenance experience, including use of relevant machinery and equipment such as ride on mowers, and hand operated equipment.
• Experience of working on a Local Authority contract, or in house service, is advantageous.