Grounds Operative in Watton

Location: Serco Transport Depot, Watton, IP25 6JB

Salary: £29,376.38 plus excellent benefits

Schedule: Permanent, Full-time, Monday to Friday, 7am to 3.30pm

As a Grounds Operative in our Breckland Grounds Maintenance team, you’ll help maintain parks, green spaces and public areas to a high standard throughout the year. Your work will help create safe, attractive and welcoming environments that communities can take pride in. From maintaining landscaped areas to operating specialist machinery, you’ll play an important role in delivering services that have a positive impact on local communities.

What You’ll Do As a Grounds Operative:

• Carry out planned grounds maintenance activities on a daily, weekly and monthly basis using a range of machinery and equipment.
• Undertake work across a variety of service areas including horticulture, grass cutting and landscaping.
• Follow contract specifications and understand the differing requirements and ground conditions across the contract area.
• Inspect, operate and report on the condition of machinery and vehicles before and after use.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness for equipment, machinery and vehicles.
• Work safely at all times and ensure all health and safety requirements are met.

Does this sound like you?

• Experience in a Grounds maintenance or horticulture role.
• Experience of towing plant machinery.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build positive relationships with colleagues and members of the public.
• Self‑motivated with a willingness to learn new skills and undertake further training.
• Clean UK driving licence and flexibility to work across different grounds maintenance activities.
• NVQ Level 2 in Horticulture is desirable.

What We Offer:

• 20 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year).
• Up to 6% contributory pension scheme.
• Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
• Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco‑managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual General Practitioner (GP) service.
• Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel.
• Paid volunteering day, tax‑free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme.
• Our employee networks support connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging.

Vetting And Checks:

As well as checking eligibility to work in the UK, you will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire to help us identify and provide any support you may need to undertake the role effectively.

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

A Little Bit About Us:

At Serco, everyone plays a vital part in delivering essential public services that make a real difference. As a global team of 50,000 people across Defence, Transport, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare, Leisure and Citizen Services, we’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the services that communities rely on.

Our Inclusive Recruitment Commitment:

• Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview.
• Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge.

For support with your application, please contact recruitmentuk@serco.com.