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Grounds Operative

Salary/Hourly Rate – £26,544 per annum

Hours – 8am to 3.30pm Mon-Thu, 8am to 2.30pm, Friday STC depending on season.

Location & Postcode – Penrith, CA11 8GU

As a Grounds Operative at FCC Environment, you will be expected to carry out numerous gardening duties, requiring a minimum amount of supervision.

This vacancy is for a full-time position, working 5 days per week, however, we will consider requests for job shares to suit your lifestyle (working full days).

Our promise to you

- Competitive salary
- 20 days’ annual leave (full-time working) plus Bank Holidays
- Pension scheme
- Life insurance
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- On the job training and progression
- Recognition scheme
- Refer a friend
- Flexible benefits including high street savings, cycle to work scheme and many more

What will you be doing?

- Seasonal planting and flower bed maintenance
- Operating ride-on and pedestrian mowers
- Using and maintaining hand tools and basic light machinery
- Using strimmers and leaf blowers
- Ensuring all equipment, machinery and buildings are clean and safe to use
- Carrying out gritting, salt spreading, and snow clearing
- Preparing and planting rockeries, herbaceous borders and shrubberies
- Seasonal hedge cutting and clearance
- Assisting with the preparation of burial sites
- Reactionary minor tree surgery
- Operating a woodchipper
- Using herbicide and fertiliser treatments
- Leafing in November - March

What are we looking for?

- Previous experience in a similar role

About Us

We are FCC Environment, one of the nation’s leading waste and resource management companies. Committed to sustainability, we strive to minimise the amount of waste that ends up in landfill by transforming it into valuable resources wherever possible.

We operate over 200 facilities in England, Scotland and Wales and employ around 4,200 people.

The profile of the UK's recycling and waste management industry has never been higher. We need people who are up for the challenge to help us tackle climate change. We need people with ideas. We need you. Together, we will meet the UK’s waste management and energy recovery needs.

FCC Environment are equal opportunities employers, we value diversity, and we are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment.

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