- GMFJ Reference
258360
- Wages
£24,924 p/a
- Hours
37.00 per week
- Date Posted
07/03/2025
- Start Date
25/05/2025
- Duration
Not Specified
- Location
Penrith
- Status
Now Taking Applications
- Sector
Engineering
- Opportunity Type
Other Employment Opportunity
- Employer
FCC Environment
Description
Are you looking for the right role for you? Then look no further…
Grounds Operative
Salary/Hourly Rate – £24,924.12 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 Ground 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?
- Soil cultivation, digging, forking, mulching, watering, raking, weeding, edging, pruning, bed preparation and planting
- Lawn maintenance and cultivation
- Using and maintaining hand tools and basic light machinery
- Using cylinder and rotary mowers, strimmers, and leaf blowers
- Ensuring all equipment, machinery and buildings are secure
- Carrying out gritting, salt spreading, and snow clearing
- Assisting with the erection and dismantling of sports equipment
- Assisting with the initial marking and over marking of sports pitches, running tracks, and field events
- Preparing and planting rockeries, herbaceous borders and shrubberies
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.
How to apply
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