Platform Housing Group
Grounds Maintenance Operative
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Calling all Grounds Maintenance Operatives in Matlock – 2 Vacancies Available!
Love working outdoors and take pride in creating great-looking spaces?
Platform Property Care are looking for an experienced Grounds Maintenance Operatives to join our friendly team based in Matlock.
This is a fantastic opportunity to enjoy permanent, year-round employment, excellent benefits, and a role where you can make a visible difference to local communities every day. If you enjoy working outdoors, take pride in maintaining high standards, and want to be part of a hardworking team, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Be Doing
You'll 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
- Litter picking
Working For Platform Property Care You Will Benefit From
- Basic salary of £28,512 per annum (£13.66 per hour)
- Permanent contract with work all year round
- 25 days holiday plus 8 paid bank holidays and option to buy up to 5 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
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What We're Looking For
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.
Some things we need from you:
- 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 – this is essential as it is a mobile role
- Live within a reasonable commutable distance of our Matlock depot
- Enjoy working outdoors in all weather conditions (suitable uniform provided)
- Good Health & Safety knowledge
- Relevant and demonstrable grounds maintenance experience, including the use of appropriate plant and machinery, ideally for a local authority or housing association
- Plus if you also have gardening/horticultural skills, or qualifications including PA1 and PA6 spraying certificates this would be an advantage.
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Working Pattern
Enjoy shorter working weeks during the winter months with our annualised hours contract:
- Summer (March – November) 42.5 hours a week Monday to Friday
- Winter (December – February) 32.5 hours a week Monday to Thursday
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.
How To Apply
If you have grounds maintenance experience and are looking for your next opportunity, we'd love to hear from you. Click Apply to submit your application and upload your CV. For more information, please contact recruitment@platformhg.com
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.
We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV's will be treated as a direct application.
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