Operative Level 2 - Parks
| Posting date: | 09 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,583 to £25,989 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Pension contributions |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 March 2026 |
| Location: | Torbay |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | SWISCo Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | SWIS038 |
Summary
A vacancy has become available to join our Parks team as an Operative level 2 – Parks (Grounds Maintenance). This role is essential in helping keep Torbay’s parks, gardens, and green spaces attractive, safe, and inviting.
You will work within a team of up to five people, overseen by the Parks Team Manager, receiving daily instructions from a Team Leader.
Tasks will include:
• Strimming, mowing and leaf blowing.
• Cutting hedges, pruning, and maintaining flower beds.
This is a physical, outdoor role involving working in all weather conditions, manual handling and operating in environments with potential hazards such as uneven ground, traffic, dogs and insects.
You will receive training to enable you to do the role and given full PPE, you are also expected to be helpful, friendly and polite as a representative of SWISCo.
Key Duties
• Work collaboratively to maintain strong communication within and between teams.
• Follow planned work schedules and respond flexibly to operational needs.
• Maintain strong health and safety practices.
• Deliver services within agreed performance timeframes.
• Attend all required training.
• Highlight issues impacting performance to line managers.
• Uphold SWISCo’s “one team” ethos.
• Provide professional and courteous customer service.
• Maintain a clean, safe working environment.
• Drive and operate vans, plant, and small machinery safely.
Essential Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications:
Skills and Effectiveness
• Ability to work collaboratively and as part of a team, to include those from other teams and service areas.
• Effective organisational skills as well as being able to apply effective attention to detail.
• Ability to take direction and work in an inclusive manner
Essential Knowledge
• Effective knowledge of Health & Safety processes.
• Effective knowledge of how to operate plant and machinery such as mowers/hedge cutters.
Experience
• Experience of problem solving to successful outcomes.
• Able to demonstrate and in-still trust to staff members at all levels, clients/customers and the general public.
• Previous experience of operating plant and machinery
Qualifications
• Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent.
• Hold relevant plant and/or machinery operator licence, such as forklift truck.
About us
SWISCo Limited is responsible for the delivery of all functions and services associated with environmental and operational requirements:
1. Waste & Recycling
2. Highways
3. Parks & Amenities
4. Grounds Maintenance
5. Streetscene
6. Enforcement
7. Business Commercial and Fleet
The Company also carries out work for other public and private organisations to provide added value and improve the cost effectiveness of universal service provided to all residents on behalf of Torbay Council.
We have the ambitious mission of ‘Proud to Make Torbay the best place to live, work and play’. This is why we exist and why we do what we do.
Mission and Values
Our mission is backed by our personality and values:
‘Proudly delivering outstanding services for our customers’.
Our People Ethos as an employer of choice, ensures that we:
have robust HR systems and processes in place that support our workforce, recruit, retain and reward great people, recognise talent, and support organisational development and continuous improvement
Application
If this has piqued your interest and you want more information or want to apply for our role, you can email hrswisco@swisco.co.uk to request a copy of the application form and a full Job Description.
Please be aware that we short list applicants based on you meeting the essential/desirable criteria for the role, and we reserve the right to close the job advert early, so get your application in, if you want to be considered for our role.
We are a HM forces friendly employer as recognised by our bronze armed forces covenant award and as such any veteran who meets the essential criteria will be offered an interview.
SWISCo is a limited company wholly owned by, and providing services on behalf of, Torbay Council.
For an informal discussion, please contact Laura Gough 07436 098574
You will work within a team of up to five people, overseen by the Parks Team Manager, receiving daily instructions from a Team Leader.
Tasks will include:
• Strimming, mowing and leaf blowing.
• Cutting hedges, pruning, and maintaining flower beds.
This is a physical, outdoor role involving working in all weather conditions, manual handling and operating in environments with potential hazards such as uneven ground, traffic, dogs and insects.
You will receive training to enable you to do the role and given full PPE, you are also expected to be helpful, friendly and polite as a representative of SWISCo.
Key Duties
• Work collaboratively to maintain strong communication within and between teams.
• Follow planned work schedules and respond flexibly to operational needs.
• Maintain strong health and safety practices.
• Deliver services within agreed performance timeframes.
• Attend all required training.
• Highlight issues impacting performance to line managers.
• Uphold SWISCo’s “one team” ethos.
• Provide professional and courteous customer service.
• Maintain a clean, safe working environment.
• Drive and operate vans, plant, and small machinery safely.
Essential Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications:
Skills and Effectiveness
• Ability to work collaboratively and as part of a team, to include those from other teams and service areas.
• Effective organisational skills as well as being able to apply effective attention to detail.
• Ability to take direction and work in an inclusive manner
Essential Knowledge
• Effective knowledge of Health & Safety processes.
• Effective knowledge of how to operate plant and machinery such as mowers/hedge cutters.
Experience
• Experience of problem solving to successful outcomes.
• Able to demonstrate and in-still trust to staff members at all levels, clients/customers and the general public.
• Previous experience of operating plant and machinery
Qualifications
• Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent.
• Hold relevant plant and/or machinery operator licence, such as forklift truck.
About us
SWISCo Limited is responsible for the delivery of all functions and services associated with environmental and operational requirements:
1. Waste & Recycling
2. Highways
3. Parks & Amenities
4. Grounds Maintenance
5. Streetscene
6. Enforcement
7. Business Commercial and Fleet
The Company also carries out work for other public and private organisations to provide added value and improve the cost effectiveness of universal service provided to all residents on behalf of Torbay Council.
We have the ambitious mission of ‘Proud to Make Torbay the best place to live, work and play’. This is why we exist and why we do what we do.
Mission and Values
Our mission is backed by our personality and values:
‘Proudly delivering outstanding services for our customers’.
Our People Ethos as an employer of choice, ensures that we:
have robust HR systems and processes in place that support our workforce, recruit, retain and reward great people, recognise talent, and support organisational development and continuous improvement
Application
If this has piqued your interest and you want more information or want to apply for our role, you can email hrswisco@swisco.co.uk to request a copy of the application form and a full Job Description.
Please be aware that we short list applicants based on you meeting the essential/desirable criteria for the role, and we reserve the right to close the job advert early, so get your application in, if you want to be considered for our role.
We are a HM forces friendly employer as recognised by our bronze armed forces covenant award and as such any veteran who meets the essential criteria will be offered an interview.
SWISCo is a limited company wholly owned by, and providing services on behalf of, Torbay Council.
For an informal discussion, please contact Laura Gough 07436 098574
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