Grounds Maintenance Operative (St Fergus)

Id Job: 316e7a4

🏢 On-site

💼 CHAP Group

📍 Peterhead, Scotland

🕒 1 day ago

💰 31141 – 55475 GBP ANNUAL

Main tasks:

Carry out all grounds maintenance and gardening requirements around site, including seasonally required tasks e.g cutting and strimming grass during summer months, as instructed.
Ensure machinery is kept in clean and working order and that routine checks and maintenance are undertaken.
Report any issues with machinery and ensure repairs are carried out in an acceptable timescale.
Winter call-outs to cover gritting and snow clearing from 1st November to 31st March on a rota basis.
To assist vermin control specialists during their visits (rabbit shoots & monthly vermin activity checks).
To assist Chap civil operatives at St Fergus. Also assist Chap civils personnel on other sites if required during the not so busy periods at St Fergus.
To always attempt to improve on existing standards of work.

Essential Criteria:

Knowledge and experience of grass cutting using commercial horticultural machinery.
Able to undertake manual handling tasks, including but not limited to: grass cutting with ride on mower and hand-held mower, strimming quite substantial areas of rough vegetation, operating horticultural and winter call-out machinery and equipment, general gardening and grounds maintenance tasks.
General civils operative duties to assist the maintenance team with general maintenance around the site, eg general labouring.
Able to use own initiative to undertake daily duties with minimal supervision.

Desirable Criteria:

Knowledge and experience of routine maintenance of horticultural grass cutting machinery and other related equipment/machinery.
Previous basic practical gardening experience eg maintaining flower beds and shrubs.

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule:

Ability to commute/relocate:

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 01/04/2023

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