Grounds Maintenance

Gardener / Grounds Maintenance

Rolling Temp contract to start 3 month minimum

£18.20 PAYE per hour or £24.22 per hour via Umbrella

Location: Avondale Square, London, SE1 5PDWe are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate, trustworthy and hardworking Gardener / Grounds Maintenance operative to join our team to deliver excellent gardening and grounds maintenance services.

The post holder's main duties will include watering communal green spaces, weeding, dead-heading, soft edging and leaf clearance. You must have gardening skills and experience and the ability to self-motivate, manage your workload and work in an established team. This role is physically demanding and will involve working outdoors in all weathers. It would be ideal if you have used a ride on Mower but not essential.

To contribute to the maintenance of amenity garden areas on public housing estates to a consistently high standard.

Departmental Responsibilities:

To carry out shrub bed maintenance, including leaf removal, weeding and pruning with either hand tools or machines.

To carry out grass cutting, both with hand and ride on machines.

To remove leaves from both hard and soft landscapes areas..

To carry out weed and pest control.

To maintain water ways including rubbish removal and vegetation control.

To ensure that paths are salted where and when appropriate, and participate in snow clearance activity