Garden Technician - UOD1762
| Posting date: | 24 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £22,000 to £25,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 October 2024 |
| Location: | Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN |
| Company: | University of Dundee |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 4904_1727163468 |
Summary
We are currently looking to recruit a Gardens and Grounds Technician to join our team of gardeners and green keepers. The successful applicant will be involved in the daily maintenance of our Campus and Riverside Sports facilities. This is a full-time, fixed term post with weekend work on a rota basis. We are looking for a motivated individual who ideally has experience in large scale amenity gardens and/or turf management.
You will liaise with the Team Leader for Gardens and Grounds to help maintain our sites to a high standard that is beautiful and safe for all our staff and students to support their wellbeing.
- Routine maintenance of grass and artificial turf pitches such as:
- Mowing, aerating, feeding, seeding.
- Line marking and setting up playing surfaces.
- Use of tractor mounted brushes and collectors for maintenance of artificial pitches.
- Maintenance of grounds:
- General garden maintenance such as planting, pruning, mowing, leaf blowing, mulching, weeding.
- Winter gritting of campus and other sites to maintain staff and student safety.
- Routine driving and operation of tractors and other grounds maintenance machinery.
- Litter picking.
- Application of pesticides and herbicides.
- Routine maintenance of machinery and equipment, to include:
- Greasing and lubricating of machines.
- Basic mechanic work.
- Minimum of SQA level 2 Horticulture, greens keeping or a related course.
- Experience of grounds maintenance and or sports turf.
- Daily and annual tool and machinery maintenance.
- 35hrs per week.
- 42 days annual leave