Grounds Maintenance Operative - Market Harborough (Permanent) - Market Harborough, Rutland
| Posting date: | 17 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,530 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | Market Harborough, Rutland, LE16 7LT |
| Company: | Platform Housing Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 992026 |
Summary
Calling all Grounds Maintenance Operatives in Leicestershire!
Platform Property Care are hiring in our Grounds Maintenance Team based at our proposed Pod in Market Harborough and the surrounding area covering our Estates and communities. This is a permanent role that is ideal for someone who loves working outdoors and creating great looking environments for our customers.
This is an exciting time to join as we expand our Estates Services into a new locality covering our communities in Leicestershire. W
What could you be doing?
You will be responsible for looking after the green areas in and around our estates. Your duties will include tractor and pedestrian grass maintenance, brush cutting/ strimming, hedge cutting, shrub pruning, planting, weeding, and litter picking.
Some things we need from you:
You’ll be motivated and passionate about making a difference to our external landscape
You’ll have a full UK driving licence – this is essential as it is a mobile role
You will really enjoy working outdoors in all weather conditions
You’ll have a good Health & Safety knowledge
And have some relevant grounds maintenance/ gardening/horticultural skills, experience or qualifications
Initially you will be working in a small crew that will be considered mobile and covering Market Harborough and surrounding areas, but we intend that all operatives in this team will be based at a pod in this town in the long term.
The working pattern for this permanent role is a permanent annualised contract:
Summer (March – November) 42.5 hours a week Monday to Friday
Winter (December – February) 32.5 hours a week Monday to Friday
Early applications are encouraged.
Check out some of our core benefits
25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with opportunity to buy and sell leave
Family friendly policies including generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave plus 3 days paid Urgent Domestic Leave
Medicash membership for all employees which includes access to an employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership and exclusive discounts
Health Cash Plan worth up to £1700 p/a with cashback for dental, optical, physio and complementary therapies and more
Pension scheme with minimum employee contributions of up to 3% and Platform will contribute up to 8% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)
Learning and Development opportunities
Salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme
Employee reward and recognition scheme with wellbeing hub and discount from a wide range of retailers
Part of Platform Housing Group, Platform Property Care is a well-established property maintenance business. Working with us is more than just a job. We value the contribution that our colleagues make to our business; our vision is clear – we are growing fast and we aim to achieve our plan through an engaged and highly skilled team.
If this sounds like the ideal role and place for you then we’d love to hear from you! To find out more about these opportunities, please contact recruitment@platformhg.com.
We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV’s will be treated as a direct application.
Platform Property Care are hiring in our Grounds Maintenance Team based at our proposed Pod in Market Harborough and the surrounding area covering our Estates and communities. This is a permanent role that is ideal for someone who loves working outdoors and creating great looking environments for our customers.
This is an exciting time to join as we expand our Estates Services into a new locality covering our communities in Leicestershire. W
What could you be doing?
You will be responsible for looking after the green areas in and around our estates. Your duties will include tractor and pedestrian grass maintenance, brush cutting/ strimming, hedge cutting, shrub pruning, planting, weeding, and litter picking.
Some things we need from you:
You’ll be motivated and passionate about making a difference to our external landscape
You’ll have a full UK driving licence – this is essential as it is a mobile role
You will really enjoy working outdoors in all weather conditions
You’ll have a good Health & Safety knowledge
And have some relevant grounds maintenance/ gardening/horticultural skills, experience or qualifications
Initially you will be working in a small crew that will be considered mobile and covering Market Harborough and surrounding areas, but we intend that all operatives in this team will be based at a pod in this town in the long term.
The working pattern for this permanent role is a permanent annualised contract:
Summer (March – November) 42.5 hours a week Monday to Friday
Winter (December – February) 32.5 hours a week Monday to Friday
Early applications are encouraged.
Check out some of our core benefits
25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with opportunity to buy and sell leave
Family friendly policies including generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave plus 3 days paid Urgent Domestic Leave
Medicash membership for all employees which includes access to an employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership and exclusive discounts
Health Cash Plan worth up to £1700 p/a with cashback for dental, optical, physio and complementary therapies and more
Pension scheme with minimum employee contributions of up to 3% and Platform will contribute up to 8% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)
Learning and Development opportunities
Salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme
Employee reward and recognition scheme with wellbeing hub and discount from a wide range of retailers
Part of Platform Housing Group, Platform Property Care is a well-established property maintenance business. Working with us is more than just a job. We value the contribution that our colleagues make to our business; our vision is clear – we are growing fast and we aim to achieve our plan through an engaged and highly skilled team.
If this sounds like the ideal role and place for you then we’d love to hear from you! To find out more about these opportunities, please contact recruitment@platformhg.com.
We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV’s will be treated as a direct application.
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