Grounds Maintenance (Gardener)

Base: Newcastle
Servicing: Northeast region ( Edinburgh, York, Newcastle ) with occasional overnight stays
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 40 hours per week
Salary: £**,****

the role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a professional, experienced and passionate gardener to join our maintenance team. We are looking for a candidate that shares our aims and ambitions, an individual with talent and commitment. The new candidate will  work in mobile teams within the specified locations with occasional overnight stays. We are looking for Gardeners to join us from Monday 25th of March until Friday 25th October 2024. If you have what it takes to excel, then we would like to hear from you.

your responsibilities

For maintenance roles, you will visit commercial sites delivering a high-quality grounds maintenance service including grass cutting, hedge/shrub pruning and weed removal/treatment.

All members of the team will be required to operate the company online Service Delivery Platform to complete a range of health and safety checks and timesheets via mobile telephone device.

what you’ll need

  • A full clean driving licence
  • Comfortable driving a long wheelbase vehicle
  • Comfortable driving regular long distances within allocated regions
  • Sound knowledge of Health and Safety relevant to the industry is preferred but not essential
  • Experience operating grounds maintenance machinery including hedgecutters, strimmers, blowers, ride-on/pedestrian mowers is preferred but not essential
  • PA1/PA6 qualification, CITB HSE test or CSCS cards are preferred but not essential

company benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Paid travel and break time
  • 20 Days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Excellent opportunities for promotion
  • Training and development
  • Pensions are available in line with prevailing legislation
  • Discretionary Christmas Bonus Scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme (wellbeing support programme)

about us

Benchmark is a multi-award-winning national service provider, dedicated to providing the full range of exceptional grounds maintenance services. We are one team working towards one vision. We take pride in delivering exceptional standards of work – adding value, being flexible, proactive and going that extra mile.

our people

We are committed to working in ways that are good for people and good for the natural environment – this is our mission and we are dedicated to delivering it. We are pleased to have received the Investors in People Platinum Accreditaion and fully endorse the philosophy that good people make a great business. People are the engine of success for responsible, sustainable and profitable businesses.

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