Grounds Maintenance Operative

The primary purpose of this post is to assist the team leader with the day to day running and development of the team accordance with the Council's Vision and Values, policy and other objectives, to achieve maximum effectiveness and efficiency. Key Duties:

• Planting, pruning, seeding
• Hedge trimming
• Grass cutting - parks, open spaces & verges
• Strimming, leaf blowing, raking
• Setting out and marking sports areas
• Upkeep of pitches (artificial and natural
• Propagation and nursery care of plants
• Site preparation
• Manual litter picking and sweeping
• Emptying litter & recycling bins, and replacing liners
• Using electronic mobile devices to record work & log any issues
• Resolving any complaints as directed by managers
We offer both temporary and seasonal roles and if there is a permanent role, we think you would be suitable for we'd be happy to discuss this with you. We now recruit our operational vacancies through the following recruitment agencies.

Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

At Bath & North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose - to improve people's lives.

Contract Type: Agency/Temporary (with potential for permanent if there are vacancies) This opportunity is for seasonal grounds staff - the work is generally from March to Oct and is weather dependant, so could be for a shorter or longer period. We are proud of the in-house services that we operate in keeping our neighbourhoods clean and our green spaces looking great. Our Environmental Services team work hard collecting recyclables & rubbish, cleaning our streets; they also tend to our beautiful parks, open spaces and our cemeteries and crematorium. If you'd like to join our passionate, enthusiastic team we'd love to hear from you. It's part of the job description that you're physically fit and prepared to work outdoors in all weather. We now recruit our operational vacancies through recruitment agencies. If you come to work for us and there is a suitable vacancy at the end, then you will have the opportunity to be considered for a permanent role with the Council. Based at Royal Victoria Park Bath, Station Road Keynsham or Radstock Road depot Enhancements are paid for weekend and Bank Holiday working