Grounds Maintenance Operative

£13.69 per hour

37 hours Monday-Friday

Rugby CV21 2QN

Contract until October 2024

Opus People Solutions are recruiting on behalf of Rugby Borough Council for Grounds Operatives to maintain the Parks, Open Spaces, grass verges working on the highways and other areas within the Borough of Rugby.

Full UK driving licence is required for this role.

Responsibilities:

• To mow grass using ride on and pedestrian mowing machinery, strimmer's, and blowers.

• Carry out grounds' maintenance operations on Parks, Open Spaces and other areasworking to a high standard of presentation.

• Carry out daily maintenance checks on vehicles and machinery.

• Use of pesticides for the control of weeds and moss.

• Undertake all duties in line with laid down specifications and service standards.

• Using your own initiative to rectify small grounds maintenance issues.

• Carry out the planting and maintenance of trees, and of tree and shrub plantations, and hedge laying.

• The use and care of the horticultural machinery.