Labourer

Description:

Job Title: Facilities Maintenance Labourer (Outdoor Grounds)

Location: Sittingbourne, Kent

Days: Monday to Friday, full-time

hours: 07.30am - 16.30pm

pay :12.71ph (47.5hr week )

About the Role

We are looking for a reliable and motivated Facilities Maintenance Labourer to join our team. You’ll work across approximately 9.5 acres of outdoor grounds, supporting the upkeep and maintenance of the site . The role includes working with machinery and equipment, dealing with external environment tasks, and operating in all weather conditions.

Key Responsibilities

General site repairs & maintenance (building fabric, hard surfaces, grounds infrastructure)

Landscaping & gardening support (beds, edges, planting, tidying)

Drainage & plumbing assistance (clearing gullies, verifying drainage flows)

Vacuum tankering, jet-washing, gulley-sucking operations

Road sweeping & litter picking throughout the site, including access roads and service areas

Industrial & confined space cleaning work (as required)

Emergency clean-ups & site housekeeping (clearance after weather events, spillages, debris removal)

Maintaining the moat and water-edge areas, ensuring cleanliness and safe condition

Handling recycling materials: segregation, transport, stacking as needed

Helping to build toward supervising outside grounds labourers: supporting the team, taking instruction, beginning to coordinate daily tasks

Requirements

Valid UK driver’s licence (essential)

Experience in maintenance or a related field (grounds, outdoor site work, machinery operations etc)

Physically able to work outdoors in all weather conditions

Comfortable working with machinery and equipment (jet-washers, vacuum tankers, sweepers) or willing to learn

Strong team player with a positive attitude and ambition to progress into a supervisory role

Good communication skills, able to report issues, work safely and follow procedures

Willingness to undergo training as required and to take on expanding responsibilities

What We Offer

Monday–Friday schedule, enabling a good work-life balance

Hands-on outdoor role across a large site (9.5 acres) with variety of tasks

Training and career progression: the role offers a path into supervision of outside grounds labourers

Opportunity to work at an established industrial site ( with diverse duties

Supportive working environment and development of new skills in machinery operations, outdoor maintenance and site management

How to Apply

If you are keen to get outdoors, operate machinery, maintain large grounds and grow into a supervisory role, we’d love to hear from you