Are you passionate about ground keeping, teamwork, and delivering exceptional service? Vertas is looking for a dedicated Grounds Team Leader to join our Facilities Team
Who are Vertas?
Vertas delivers trusted, integrated facilities management solutions across Great Britain. Our team of 5,000 colleagues provides a comprehensive range of facilities services, including cleaning, catering, property design, recruitment, transport, and environmental management. You'll find us putting the customer at the heart of everything we do, while prioritising our colleagues' health, safety and wellbeing
About the Role:
Based in the Norwich Region you will be working 37.5 hours a week for 52 weeks of the year on annualised hours. You'll play a key role in maintaining public spaces such as parks, office grounds, and local grass verges among other areas, ensuring that all are kept neat and tidy and to the highest standard.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supervisory role (for example, allocation of duties, work rotas)
- General maintenance of sites (for example, grass cutting, hedge trimming, clearing leaves, hoeing, pruning, strimming, planting, weed control using chemicals, seeding, etc)
- Setting out and overmarking of sports pitches and upkeep of artificial/synthetic surfaces
- Use of the usual range of tools and equipment and the use of powered hand tools and ride-on mowers
- Oversight of the correct usage and maintenance of equipment and vehicle
- Interpretation of plans, site preparation, soft and hard landscaping
Who are we looking for?
- Highly motivated
- Experience of commercial or amenity horticulture
- Good communication and liaison skills
- Clean current driving licence
- Enhanced DBS is required or willing to obtain one.
- Possession of PA1 and PA6 Pesticide Application Certificates
What You'll Bring
- Strong attention to detail with a passion for maintaining outdoor spaces.
- Physical stamina to perform manual labour in various weather conditions.
- Right to work in the uk
Apply Today
- If you're ready to bring your skills to a company that values people and places, apply now and start your journey with Vertas
