Grounds Maintenance Operator
United Utilities
Расположение работы
Ulverston
Статус занятости
на постоянной основе
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Grounds Maintenance Operator (19842)
Job ID: 19842
Location: Ulverston, UK
Salary: £21,030.00
Working Hours: 37.00 per week
Job Purpose
Responsible for the delivery of Grounds Maintenance activities in line with the grounds maintenance plan for each site. To ensure the site standards are upheld on our Waste Water Treatment Works and Network sites on all non-operational asset areas for the site and complying with the United Utilities standard. This will involve carrying out physically demanding tasks in an outdoor environment.
Job Accountabilities
You will be accountable for undertaking grounds maintenance activities on a variety of sites to a schedule provided and recording the work completed on a corporate system. You will also be accountable for:
• Operating and performing daily checks on a variety of powered and non-powered plant, tools and equipment including vehicles, ride on mowers and small hand held tools
• Carrying out minor remedial work on non-assets (e.g. paving flags), appropriate to the level of competence and training.
• Adhering to Health and Safety requirements and to complying with regulations and internal company policy.
• Identifying any site standards improvements and winter work during the scheduled visits.
• Working closely with the process and network teams while on their sites.
• Application and handling of pesticides.
Knowledge and Skills
In order to succeed in this role you will need to have the ability to demonstrate practical experience of Grounds Maintenance in an outdoor environment and be able to demonstrate practical experience in using grounds maintenance machinery such as ride on mowers, walk behind mowers, strimmers, blowers and hedge cutters. You will also have the following:
• A full driving license.
• Ability to plan activities on a variety of sites to a schedule provided.
• Excellent communication skills in order to liaise with a range of stakeholders.
• Ability to demonstrate excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to risk assess dynamically.
• Accredited Grounds Maintenance qualifications e.g. Lantra, City & Guilds, NPTC etc. and Pesticide Application PA1 & PA6 would be desirable.
Additional Information
• Main interaction will be with the Grounds Maintenance Team Leader and Grounds Maintenance Co-ordinator who will provide the daily plans and deal with any issues arising.
We need fantastic people to enable us to deliver a great service to the public. We are committed to reaching and recruiting from every community and then supporting employees to achieve their full potential ensuring they feel valued and included, regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, sexual orientation or social background
If you are offered a job with us, a number of pre-employment checks need to be carried out before your appointment can be confirmed. Any offer of employment with United Utilities will be subject to a satisfactory checking report from the Disclosure Scotland / the Disclosure and Barring Service
