Grounds Assistant at Seaview Holiday Home Park in Greenfield

Location: Gwespyr

Role: As part of a team, to assist in maintaining the park to a five star standard.

Main Tasks:

• Plant, prune, cultivate and maintain the horticulture of the park both indoor and outdoor, its rockeries, water features and woodland areas, where applicable.
• Ensure the repair and maintenance of all caravans, lodges and all other company buildings, to implement any remedial repair work where authorised to do so, reporting any defects requiring outside contracts to your manager.
• Ensure maintenance of all vehicles within your area of control.
• Ensure grass cutting, strimming, edging, turfing to include, where applicable, golf course, bowling green and other areas to a five star standard.
• Ensure gardens are weeded, sprayed, watered and properly slated or barked.
• Ensure all park grounds, bins, bin bays and public areas are free from litter and loose debris.
• Ensure planting, pruning and maintenance of all plants, hedges, shrubs and trees to seasonal schedules.
• Ensure all roadsides, car parks and public areas are swept and blown clean at all times.
• Ensure and check that all plant and equipment maintenance schedules are complete, to implement any remedial repair work to plant and equipment by competent mechanics to bring that equipment back into operation.
• Ensure that all watering systems are operational and that hanging baskets, hayracks and summer bedding are watered regularly.
• Ensure all sewers, soakaways, pumping systems and drains are free from debris and blockage, and are fully operational.
• Ensure all fencing, trellis work, walls and signage are maintained and repaired, where necessary.
• Ensure all fireboxes and fire appliances are checked and maintained, in accordance with standard operating procedures.
• Ensure planted bases are prepared prior to siting, where applicable.
• Ensure that all workshops, canteens and compounds are in a clean and orderly state.
• Driving of tractors and other maintenance vehicles, where qualified, and when required to do so.
• Monitor and record water and gas meter readings regularly in compliance with standard operating procedures.
• Undergo/deliver training as required.
• Ensure that all roads and car parks are repaired and line painted.
• Deal with all customer enquiries appertaining to grounds and maintenance.
• Always behave in a polite and courteous manner so as to be an ambassador for the company.
• Personal appearance at all times to be in accordance with company standards.
• To have an understanding and awareness of all products and facilities offered by the company.
• To be aware of and apply the provisions of the employee handbook.
• To be familiar with health and safety requirements applicable to your role.

About The Role:

• To ensure and provide maintenance support for all buildings and grounds to the highest standards, with due regard to budgetary controls.
• To ensure the maintenance of grounds, buildings, vehicles and equipment to the highest standards, and with due regard to budgetary controls.
• To ensure that you are fully conversant with and are able to apply the emergency evacuation procedure for your department.
• Ensure key holder availability in accordance with standard operating procedures.
• Identify opportunities to improve the standards of both service and presentation of the park.
• To ensure that any complaints are dealt with immediately.
• Negotiating monitoring and controlling expenditure against budgets ensuring the effective management of resources.
• To ensure the highest possible standard of customer care.
• Not to bring the company into disrepute.
• To be dressed and presented appropriately to your role at all times.
• To deal effectively with customer enquiries as to products and services.
• To act at all times in accordance with company procedures and standards.
• To carry out your duties in a manner that ensures the safest environment for colleagues and guests alike.
• To assist the personnel and payroll departments by the provision of full, timely and accurate information and records.
• Ensure attendance and punctuality.

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.