Grounds maintenance operative/Gardener - Yeovil

Reference: GMOPYEO24_1749205484

🌿 Grounds Maintenance Operative

πŸ“ Location: Yeovil - and surrounding areas
πŸ• Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
πŸ“… Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
⏰ Closing Date: 16th June (May close beforehand if enough applications received so try get in soon)


About the Role

Are you someone who enjoys working outdoors and takes pride in maintaining clean, green spaces? We're looking for a dependable and hardworking Grounds Maintenance Operative to help us care for communal areas across our estates in Yeovil.

You'll be part of a friendly and motivated team maintaining grass, hedges, shrubs, and landscaped areas, while also helping keep neighbourhoods tidy and hazard-free.

If you've worked as a gardener, outdoor labourer, caretaker, grounds worker or landscaper, this could be a great fit for you.


What You'll Be Doing

  • Mowing grass, cutting hedges, pruning shrubs, and weed control

  • Litter picking and maintaining external communal areas

  • Supporting soft landscaping or minor tree work when needed

  • Using a PDA to log tasks and site visits

  • Conducting daily maintenance checks on tools and vehicles

  • Responding to seasonal/reactive work, such as snow or debris clearance

  • Following Health & Safety and PPE guidelines


Who We're Looking For

  • Hands-on experience in gardening, landscaping or grounds maintenance

  • Familiarity with using tools like strimmers, mowers, hedge cutters

  • Basic digital skills to operate a PDA (training provided)

  • Full UK Driving Licence (towing category is desirable)

  • PA1 / PA6AW / NPTC qualifications (desirable but not essential)

  • A team player with good communication and a strong work ethic

  • Physically fit and happy to work outdoors in all weathers


What You'll Get (some benefits exclusive to being permanent)

  • πŸ’· Β£12.60 per hour + holiday pay (Β£14.12 total)

  • 🚐 Company van with racking, inverter & secure storage

  • β›½ Fuel card, uniform, PPE, company tablet and phone

  • πŸ–οΈ 28 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays)

  • πŸ’Ό Generous pension & life assurance

  • 🧠 Access to health and wellbeing services

  • πŸ› οΈ Monthly team briefings & training sessions

If interested please apply with your most up to date CV!

RG Setsquare is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Β£12.60 - Β£14.12
Per hour
GBP12.60 - GBP14.12 per hour

Yeovil

Contract

Added 06/06/2025
Reference: GMOPYEO24_1749205484

Grounds maintenance operative/Gardener - Yeovil

Yeovil
Contract

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