Estate Services Operative (Grounds Maintenance)

Thirteen Housing Group

  • Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
  • £23,767 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 6 days ago
Join us as Estate Services Operatives (Grounds Maintenance) at Thirteen Group!Role Overview:Do you enjoy working outdoors? Do you have experience in gardening?Thirteen Group is on the lookout for 2 x Estate Services Operatives (Grounds Maintenance) to join our Estates team on a permanent basis to help us look after over a million square metres of open space across the Tees Valley.Thirteen Benefits:
  • Salary - £23,767 per annum (+5% uplift, pending implementation)
  • Annual leave - starting at 28 days and rising to 31 days after three years, a day off for your birthday, plus bank holidays.
  • Pension - up to 17% contributions (flexible contribution rates of up to 7% colleague and up to 10% employer).
  • Simply Health - save money on common health expenses and get access to health and wellbeing support services.
  • T'dar - our Discount and Reward platform giving you huge savings on everyday brands.
  • Opportunities to buy and sell annual leave
Key Responsibilities:
  • Carrying out all aspects of Estate Services work such as: grass cutting, fly tipping removal, jet washing, litter picking, hedge trimming, and spraying/weed killing.
  • Operating tools and machinery, such as walk behind and ride on lawnmowers, strimmers and backpack blowers.
  • Working within a large, friendly team, you'll ensuring that our estates are well maintained and kept to a high standard.
About You:
  • A team player who takes pride in their work.
  • An awareness of the safe use of equipment and vehicle use in a variety of tasks (e.g. such as jet washing, fly tipping removal, hedge trimming, herbicide treatment and grass cutting).
  • Comfortable using digital devices or be willing to learn. We use mobile and hand-held devices to allocate jobs and for you to record your completion of work.
  • You don't necessarily need to have experience in a Grounds Maintenance role. If you've got some great transferrable skills and a first-rate work ethic, we'd be interested in hearing from you!
  • If you're looking to progress within the team, you'll be supported with a clear development pathway.
Why Thirteen Group?We're more than just a housing association - we're a community builder. As the largest housing association in the North East and among the top 25 nationally, we manage over 34,000 properties.- Join a team that's local at heart but welcomes talent from everywhere.- Be part of an organisation that values diversity and inclusivity.- Be a part of a company that offers tailored support services, going beyond just housing solutions.Interested?For more details, please refer to the attached documents.If you'd like to talk more about the role please contact Jason Hughff, Estates Services Area Lead on 07772 543978 for an informal discussion.NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES, please.Are You Ready for a Rewarding Challenge?Join us at Thirteen Group and be a part of our vision to improve lives every day. APPLY NOW and start your journey towards making a meaningful impact in our community!As part of our hiring process, if you're successful we'll need to verify your right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not a Skilled Worker Sponsoring Employer at this time.

Thirteen Housing Group