At a Glance
- Tasks: Maintain beautiful grounds and support customers with essential home services.
- Company: Join a community-focused organisation dedicated to quality service.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible working, and generous leave.
- Other info: Great opportunities for learning and career growth in a supportive environment.
- Why this job: Make a difference in your community while developing valuable skills.
- Qualifications: Full driving licence and a passion for horticulture and customer service.
- Grounds Maintenance and DMC Operative
- £29,645 per annum
- Chelmsford
- Permanent
- Full-Time
We are looking for a Grounds Maintenance/ DMC Support Operative to provide flexible, seasonal support across the Grounds Maintenance (March to October) and DMC (October to March) services, delivering a high-quality, customer-focused service across all Delta properties and partnership agreements.
Ensure land, communal areas and individual homes are maintained to a high standard, meeting agreed timescales, budgets and performance targets.
Adopt a flexible approach to undertake a wide range of tasks across service areas, enabling the efficient, right-first-time delivery of a cost-effective service.
- What you'll be doing
- Deliver high-quality grounds maintenance services, including grass cutting, hedge trimming, weed control, litter picking, planting and minor tree works.
- Undertake mould treatments and washing using appropriate equipment and technology to mitigate damp risks.
- Carry out a range of enabling works to support customers in living safely in their homes.
- Complete minor repairs and maintenance, including basic plumbing, window and door checks, glazing measurements, insulation, decoration, and fencing/gate repairs.
- Operate, record and report in line with health and safety requirements, including manual handling, working at height and asbestos awareness, ensuring risk assessments are followed and unsafe practices reported.
- What we are looking for
- Full, current manual driving licence.
- Ability to undertake general horticultural work such as shrub beds and hedge trimming.
- Knowledge of manual handling and health and safety requirements.
- Ability to use own initiative to organise work to ensure delivery of efficient service whilst working safely at all times.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to be able to communicate effectively with a wide range of customers.
- Ability to learn and undertake new skills when required.
Benefits
- The salary for this post will be £29,645 Per Annum.
- Learning and development opportunities
- Healthcare cash plan
- Robust employee reward and recognition programme
- Free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- Volunteering programme
- Competitive pension scheme
- 25 days annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays, 3 extra days between Christmas and New Year and 1 wellbeing day per annum.
- 37 hours per week - employees may be able to work flexibly by agreement with their line manager, taking account of business need.
We operate a hybrid working policy at Delta Housing Ltd.
Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications or successfully appoint a candidate before the closing date.
We encourage early applications to avoid disappointment
Locations
Grounds Maintenance and DMC Operative in Essex, Springfield employer: Delta Housing
Join a dynamic team in Chelmsford as a Responsive Repairs Coordinator, where you will play a crucial role in ensuring efficient service delivery and excellent customer satisfaction. Our supportive work culture prioritises employee growth through learning and development opportunities, alongside a robust rewards programme that recognises your contributions. Enjoy a competitive salary, generous annual leave, and the flexibility of hybrid working after training, making this an ideal place for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment.
