Grounds Maintenance Operative Driver

Description:

The vacancy

What we’re looking for:

* Do you have basic knowledge and understanding of health and safety regulations in relation to estates services?

* Do you have a valid driving licence and able to drive company vehicles?

* Are you able to carry out general horticultural maintenance duties using hand tools and mechanical horticultural appliances?

If so, this role is perfect for you!

Here at Peabody, we have an opportunity for a Estate Services Gardener on a permanent basis in Aylesbury & Leighton Buzzard.

A bit about the role:

As an Estate Services Gardener, you will provide an effective, responsive and pro-active customer focused Gardening service that is of a consistently high standard .

Some of the key results for the role include:

* Carrying out a program of assigned grounds maintenance works in line with published schedules.

* Ensuring activity such as planting summer and winter beds, maintenance of hedges, turf maintenance, weed spraying/ weeding and leafing is carried out during the appropriate seasonal parameters

* Undertake all appropriate security checks and deal promptly with any hazards.

* Operating and maintaining powered and manual hand tools, specialised plant and other equipment in line with manufacturers’ guidelines.

* Ensuring green waste is removed and disposed of with company policy and waste management regulations.

This role will require a basic DBS check and a UK driver’s licence.

A bit about us:

It started over 160 years ago with one man’s desire to improve the lives of poverty-stricken Londoners.

Today, we have 107,000 homes and 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties and around 20,000 care and support customers. But the desire remains the same – to create homes and communities where people can flourish.

We are committed to delivering a responsive and easily accessible repairs service and investing in our existing homes so they are safe and well maintained. Our retrofit projects will make thousands of our homes more energy efficient.

We work with councils and communities to promote economic inclusion, tackle inequality and poverty, and prioritise wellbeing.

Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody:

* Up to 30 days’ annual holiday plus bank holidays

* Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates

* Two additional paid volunteering days each year

* Family friendly policies

* Flexible benefits scheme, including options for Healthcare, Dental care, Critical illness cover, vouchers, technology scheme and access to a discount portal

* 4 x Life Assurance

* Up to 10% pension contribution matched 1:1

Are you ready to apply?

Interview Date - Week commencing 10th May.

To be considered for the position of Estate Services Gardener, please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button and submit both your CV and a bit about why we should consider you for the role.

Contract type Permanent

Weekly hours Monday - Friday 7.30-3