Ground Maintenance - Building Services & Maintenance
| Posting date: | 01 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.85 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 October 2025 |
| Location: | Abergavenny, Monmouthshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Nations Recruitment |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
Job title: Ground Maintenance - Building Services & Maintenance
Job Category: Building Services & Maintenance
Job location: Llanfoist Household Waste Recycling Centre, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 9AQ, Monmouthshire County Council
Hours per week: 43
Start date: Immediate start
Salary: £12.85 per hour
This is to cover an employee on long term sickness. currently signed off for two months, it may turn out that it will be longer.
The Grounds and Cleansing Section forms part of the Neighbourhood Services Department which includes some of the most high profile services that the Council provides � Recycling & Waste, Street Cleaning, Cleansing and Grounds Maintenance.
Our Purpose:-
�To provide a safe, clean & sustainable environment�.
Specific to the Commercial and Operations section we want:
• Our residents to have an environment which is safe, clean and sustainable. Specifically we will undertake to keep streets and green spaces clean and tidy whilst ensuring we are able to maintain in the most sustainable manner available to us, creating a sense of pride and safety in our communities.
• To work and support our residents as they become more sustainable and reduce their impact on the environment. We will do this by depositing less into landfill and recycling as much as is possible.
• To promote the creation of our Pollinator Policy and to establish more environmentally sustainable habitats on land owned and maintained by us.
• To provide a high quality, after cost effective service on behalf of the council for our external clients, whilst ensuring financial benefit to the council.
• To have a more flexible and multi trained workforce.
• To provide all our staff with the level of training that would be expected from us in addition to help promote personal improvement and personal development.
Your responsibilities are to:-
• Grass cutting activities using both hand held and ride on equipment to open spaces, schools etc.
• Assist with grave digging and cemetery related tasks when suitable training has been prided, eg machine operator, manual handling.
• To maintain horticultural features inclusive of shrub bed and areas of annual bedding.
• To carry out the marking and maintenance of various sports facilities.
• To undertake landscaping of open spaces.
• Arboriculture work.
• To empty litter bins and to carry out litter picking to open spaces, verges and hard surfaces (reactive or proactive/scheduled).
• Respond to fly-tipping service requests ensuring the correct process is followed for evidence collation.
• To ensure that vehicles are kept clean and that daily safety inspections are carried out.
• To ensure that all plant and machinery is used in accordance with manufactures advice and instruction.
• To carry out other duties and works to provide services for the Authority and commensurate with the terms and conditions .
• Collect waste:-
• Bank holiday rota � but only when the operative has indicated a willingness to be included in the rota for Waste.
• Normal working day:- only when staff shortages are at such a level that there is no alternative and all other appropriate means to ensure cover have been exhausted.
• To abide by all Health and Safety legislation and codes of practice to ensure your own safety and that of your colleagues
• To abide by the principles and practice of equal opportunity as laid down in the Council�s Equal Opportunity Policy.
Job Category: Building Services & Maintenance
Job location: Llanfoist Household Waste Recycling Centre, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 9AQ, Monmouthshire County Council
Hours per week: 43
Start date: Immediate start
Salary: £12.85 per hour
This is to cover an employee on long term sickness. currently signed off for two months, it may turn out that it will be longer.
The Grounds and Cleansing Section forms part of the Neighbourhood Services Department which includes some of the most high profile services that the Council provides � Recycling & Waste, Street Cleaning, Cleansing and Grounds Maintenance.
Our Purpose:-
�To provide a safe, clean & sustainable environment�.
Specific to the Commercial and Operations section we want:
• Our residents to have an environment which is safe, clean and sustainable. Specifically we will undertake to keep streets and green spaces clean and tidy whilst ensuring we are able to maintain in the most sustainable manner available to us, creating a sense of pride and safety in our communities.
• To work and support our residents as they become more sustainable and reduce their impact on the environment. We will do this by depositing less into landfill and recycling as much as is possible.
• To promote the creation of our Pollinator Policy and to establish more environmentally sustainable habitats on land owned and maintained by us.
• To provide a high quality, after cost effective service on behalf of the council for our external clients, whilst ensuring financial benefit to the council.
• To have a more flexible and multi trained workforce.
• To provide all our staff with the level of training that would be expected from us in addition to help promote personal improvement and personal development.
Your responsibilities are to:-
• Grass cutting activities using both hand held and ride on equipment to open spaces, schools etc.
• Assist with grave digging and cemetery related tasks when suitable training has been prided, eg machine operator, manual handling.
• To maintain horticultural features inclusive of shrub bed and areas of annual bedding.
• To carry out the marking and maintenance of various sports facilities.
• To undertake landscaping of open spaces.
• Arboriculture work.
• To empty litter bins and to carry out litter picking to open spaces, verges and hard surfaces (reactive or proactive/scheduled).
• Respond to fly-tipping service requests ensuring the correct process is followed for evidence collation.
• To ensure that vehicles are kept clean and that daily safety inspections are carried out.
• To ensure that all plant and machinery is used in accordance with manufactures advice and instruction.
• To carry out other duties and works to provide services for the Authority and commensurate with the terms and conditions .
• Collect waste:-
• Bank holiday rota � but only when the operative has indicated a willingness to be included in the rota for Waste.
• Normal working day:- only when staff shortages are at such a level that there is no alternative and all other appropriate means to ensure cover have been exhausted.
• To abide by all Health and Safety legislation and codes of practice to ensure your own safety and that of your colleagues
• To abide by the principles and practice of equal opportunity as laid down in the Council�s Equal Opportunity Policy.