Grounds Maintenance Operative

Job Title: Grounds Maintenance Operatives Location: Reading Area Competitive rate of pay and excellent package of benefits UK Landscapes is a leading UK provider of highly professional services for the commercial retail and utilities sectors extending to grounds maintenance, winter services, landscaping and arboricultural works. With over 30 years’ experience UK Landscapes delivers high quality services utilising high tech. support to provide operational visibility to both the company and its clients. Due to ongoing growth with our existing client base and new work coming on line we are now looking to recruit 2 experienced Grounds Maintenance Team Operatives to cover sites around the Reading area. The role is offered initially on a seasonal basis working from home location and local depots. Duties will include working as part a 2/3 person team to deliver services to large nationally known clients including grass mowing, strimming, litter collection, leaf clearance, hedge and shrub pruning to an agreed customer specification. The role also includes requirement to log in and out of customer and head office systems using tablets - past experience of using iPads to do this is preferred. Paramount importance is placed of working safely at all times in accordance with Company and Customers safe systems of work and quality processes Candidates should have: ·Current or recent experience in leading a small team and supervising grounds maintenance, landscaping, gardening or outdoor work. ·Full and valid UK driving licence is essential. ·Qualified to tow trailers advantageous ·PA1/PA6 would be ideal - but consideration will be given to providing this In return UK Landscapes offers: ·Pension Scheme ·Participation in team incentive scheme ·Comprehensive training programme as an aid to development ·Employee assistance programme UK Landscapes aims not to discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, colour, gender or other minority factor To apply for this role please send details of your career, current role and present salary to Jonathan Sweasey at UK Landscapes. If you are ideally located to the roles we have and have the requisite skills and experience we will get back to you within a week.