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Grounds Maintenance

Essential Employment
Posted 20 days ago, valid for 5 days
Location

Exeter, Devon EX4 2PL

Salary

£20,000 - £24,000 per annum

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Contract type

Part Time

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  • A Grounds Maintenance position is available in Exeter, offering a salary of £11.59 per hour PAYE.
  • The role requires responsibilities including grass cutting, hedge trimming, and general maintenance of outdoor sports facilities.
  • Candidates should be prepared to handle tasks like graffiti removal and litter management while working as part of a team.
  • This is a full-time temporary contract that may require flexible working hours, including evenings and weekends.
  • Previous experience in a similar role is preferred, although specific years of experience are not mentioned.

Grounds Maintenance needed in Exeter, £11.59ph PAYE - Reference: 5257424

  • To be responsible within an identified area and as part of a team for:
  • Grounds maintenance and vegetation management tasks such as grass cutting, hedge trimming, shrub bed maintenance including pruning, and weed spraying etc often using powered pedestrian and hand held equipment
  • Graffiti removal using chemicals or powered equipment
  • Mechanical sweeping
  • General maintenance of sports pitches, tennis courts and other outdoor sports facilities
  • As demand dictates, removing litter, emptying litter bins, removing small amounts of graffiti, trimming or removing weed growth and overhanging shrubs, cleaning public toilets etc
To respond to and resolve simple issues that arise on a day to day basis and to highlight other issues to the Public and Green Space Team LeaderTo report issues adversely affecting the look and feel of the public realm such as damaged streetscene or greenspace furniture, fly-tipping, stray dogs, dog fouling, abandoned cars, littering, illegal use of land, bins left on pavements etcTo inform members of the public and businesses about your work and help them with their queries and complaintsTo undertake training on the safe use of equipment and safe working practices and to achieve consistently good performanceTo take part in the exchange of ideas and participate in future improvements.To undertake work in a safe and effective manner at all times, following policies and procedures, and to be responsible for your safety and that of the publicTo use IT solutions that support mobile working and efficient responses to demand.To undertake basic recording of information e.g. play equipment checks or timesheets.To work flexibly at evenings and weekends when required to meet the demands of the service

This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis  

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to  quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please be prepared.

Due to high volumes of CVs received we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.