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Grounds Maintenance Operative
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Grounds Maintenance Operative - HMP Long Lartin
Location: HMP Long Lartin
Hours: 39 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm, finishing one hour earlier every Friday.
Salary: £27,426
At Amey, we support His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) by providing safe, clean, and efficient prisons. Our Grounds Maintenance Operatives play a crucial role in ensuring maintenance work is carried out safely, compliantly, and on time.
What You Will Do
- General maintenance: grass cutting, hedge trimming, clearing leaves and litter, verges, weed spraying, tree care, horticulture activities such as planting, pruning, and seeding.
- Erect and dismantle equipment, operating light plant and power tools, undertake cutting equipment checks.
- Setting out, making sports pitches including grass and tarmac with upkeep of artificial, synthetic pitches in recreational areas.
- Painting sundry equipment.
- Drainage works.
- General good housekeeping, including litter picking around the grounds if required.
- All other FM duties as required directed by team manager.
This role will also support both local and business zero carbon programmes, working towards zero carbon in a strategic and lean manner as and where it is appropriate. Responsible for ensuring H&S standards are achieved across the contract.
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- Full driving licence.
- Knowledge and experience of gardening, horticulture operations, and grounds maintenance type duties.
- Weed spraying certificate.
- Experience in operating light plant and equipment and wheeled tractors.
- Understanding of Health and Safety Legislation.
- Chainsaw Wind Blown Trees (CS 34) CS30/CS31
- Chainsaw maintenance and Cross Cut.
- Ladder use.
Why Join Amey?
- Stability: Work on long-term stable contracts with potential for career growth.
- Commitment to People: Awarded Platinum status by Investors in People.
- Benefits:
- Competitive annual salary with potential for yearly reviews.
- Training Opportunities: Comprehensive training, including fully funded leadership programs.
- At least 24 days of holiday plus bank holidays, and the opportunity to buy further days.
- Generous pension scheme, with extra contributions from Amey.
- Flexible benefits: Insurance benefits, Cycle2Work scheme, discounted gym membership, and more.
- Exclusive Discounts: Access to discounts from leading retailers and healthcare services.
- Two Social Impact Days each year for volunteering and fundraising opportunities.
- Family-friendly policies for new parents or those providing care for a dependant.
- Membership of our Affinity Networks.
About Amey
Who We Are: Amey is a global, integrated infrastructure consultancy and operations partner. We design, deliver, protect, and maintain critical assets and systems.
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At Amey, we evolve how we work to reflect the different needs and backgrounds of our employees. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.
Disability Confident Leader: We guarantee applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Contact: Please contact our recruitment team at peopleservices@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments, or additional support that you may require at any point during the recruitment process.
Apply Today: We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please apply as soon as possible.
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