Grounds Maintenance Operative (St Fergus)

Role Overview & Responsibilities

Main tasks:

• Carry out all grounds maintenance and gardening requirements around site, including seasonally required tasks e.g cutting and strimming grass during summer months, as instructed.
• Ensure machinery is kept in clean and working order and that routine checks and maintenance are undertaken.
• Report any issues with machinery and ensure repairs are carried out in an acceptable timescale.
• Winter call-outs to cover gritting and snow clearing from 1st November to 31st March on a rota basis.
• To assist vermin control specialists during their visits (rabbit shoots & monthly vermin activity checks).
• To assist Chap civil operatives at St Fergus. Also assist Chap civils personnel on other sites if required during the not so busy periods at St Fergus.
• To always attempt to improve on existing standards of work.

Essential Criteria:

• Knowledge and experience of grass cutting using commercial horticultural machinery.
• Able to undertake manual handling tasks, including but not limited to: grass cutting with ride on mower and hand-held mower, strimming quite substantial areas of rough vegetation, operating horticultural and winter call-out machinery and equipment, general gardening and grounds maintenance tasks.
• General civils operative duties to assist the maintenance team with general maintenance around the site, eg general labouring.
• Able to use own initiative to undertake daily duties with minimal supervision.

Desirable Criteria:

• Knowledge and experience of routine maintenance of horticultural grass cutting machinery and other related equipment/machinery.
• Previous basic practical gardening experience eg maintaining flower beds and shrubs.

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Peterhead: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 01/04/2023