Grounds Maintenance Mentor and Driver

<p class="text-muted mb-3">JMB74 - Grounds Maintenance Mentor and Driver</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Salary: From £30,387 per annum, depending on experience</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Hours: 36.25 hours a week, Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Location: Mobile/field based across various sites in Manchester (Trafford), with occasional office attendance</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Contract: Permanent, full time</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Overview:</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">First Military Recruitment is recruiting on behalf of our client, one of the UK's leading housing associations and developers, for a Grounds Maintenance Mentor and Driver to join their Clean Start Team.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">We'd love to hear from ex-military candidates, especially former NCOs, section commanders, drivers and anyone who has led a small team.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">This is a permanent, supervisory role where you will lead and mentor a local grounds maintenance team on site, give clear, constructive feedback to help them develop, and make sure standards and targets are met and time on site is recorded. Alongside the operatives, you'll work across contracted sites on grass cutting, weed spraying, clearing leaf fall, removing unwanted growth from trees and tenancy clearance, and you'll act on customer feedback to keep improving the service.</p>

<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">About you</h5>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Ex-military preferred, with experience of leading, supervising or mentoring a team (junior or senior NCO experience is a strong fit)</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Relevant grounds maintenance experience, or practical, hands-on experience with tools and equipment</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Excellent customer service and communication skills</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Good understanding of health and safety regulations, and knowledge of COSHH legislation</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Full driving licence, as you will drive company fleet vans </p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">A positive, can-do attitude and a disciplined, reliable approach to the job</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Desirable: PA1 and PA6 City & Guilds, and chipping and chainsaw experience</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">An Enhanced DBS certificate, or willingness to apply for one</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">What's on offer</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">A salary from £30,387, in a role with real responsibility and the chance to develop others, just as you did in Service</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">A stable Monday to Friday day shift, finishing at 4:00pm, with weekends and evenings your own</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">An excellent pension, with the company doubling your contribution up to 6%</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">28 days' annual leave rising to 31 with length of service, plus bank holidays</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Westfield Health Cash Plan and non-contributory life assurance</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Up to 21 hours of paid volunteering time</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Lifestyle benefits and an Employee Assistance Programme</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">A team-based, outdoor role with a clear mission: creating clean, safe communities that residents are proud to call home</p>