Grounds Maintenance Operative

Grounds Maintenance Operative

Calling all Grounds Maintenance Operatives in Malvern! Platform Property Care has a permanent position for an experienced Grounds Maintenance Operative to join our Grounds Maintenance Team based in Malvern providing high quality grounds maintenance and associated estates services services there.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for maintaining landscaped and communal green areas to a high standard in and around our estates. Your duties will include tractor and pedestrian grass maintenance, brush cutting/strimming, hedge cutting, shrub pruning, planting, weeding and weed control, and litter picking.

Benefits and Compensation

• Basic salary of £26,319 per annum
• Additional payment of £564 per annum*
• Permanent contract with work all year round
• 25 days holiday plus 8 paid bank holidays and option to buy up to5 days leave per year
• Pension contribution scheme with employer contributions of up to 12% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)
• Access to free healthcare and dental plan through Medicash

*The advertised salary of £26,883 is made up of your base salary of £26,319 per annum and an additional payment of £564 per annum, pro rata.

Requirements

A team player, you'll be hard working and keen to learn with a can‑do attitude. You'll be working in the community, so you'll need to be friendly and approachable with good communication skills.

• Motivated and passionate about making a difference to our external landscape; you will love working outdoors and creating great looking environments for our customers.
• Full UK driving licence – essential as it is a mobile role.
• Live within a reasonable commutable distance of our Malvern depot.
• Enjoy working outdoors in all weather conditions (suitable uniform provided).
• Good Health & Safety knowledge.
• Relevant and demonstrable grounds maintenance experience, including use of appropriate plant and machinery, ideally for a local authority or housing association.
• Gardening/horticultural skills or qualifications including PA1 and PA6 spraying certificates is an advantage.
• This role is mobile, so it is essential you have a current valid driving licence. Unfortunately, we cannot progress applications from applicants who do not hold this.

Working Pattern

The working pattern for this role is a permanent annualised contract:

• Summer (March – November) – 42.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday.
• Winter (December – February) – 32.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday.

Part of Platform Housing Group, Platform Property Care is a well‑established property maintenance business. Working with us is more than just a job. We value the contribution that our colleagues make to our business; our vision is clear – we are growing fast, and we aim to achieve our plan through an engaged and highly skilled team.

If you have grounds maintenance experience and this sounds like the ideal role for you then we'd love to hear from you! To find out more, please contact recruitment@platformhg.com.

We do not require recruitment agency support at this time – all speculative CVs will be treated as a direct application.