Grounds Maintenance, Southwark

Gardener / Grounds Maintenance

• Rolling Temp contract to start 3 month minimum
• 17.98 PAYE per hour or 23.83 per hour via Umbrella
• Location: Avondale Square, London, SE1 5PD

We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate, trustworthy and hardworking Gardener / Grounds Maintenance operative to join our team to deliver excellent gardening and grounds maintenance services.

The post holder's main duties will include watering communal green spaces, weeding, dead-heading, soft edging and leaf clearance. You must have gardening skills and experience and the ability to self-motivate, manage your workload and work in an established team. This role is physically demanding and will involve working outdoors in all weathers. It would be ideal if you have used a ride on Mower but not essential.

To contribute to the maintenance of amenity garden areas on public housing estates to a consistently high standard.

Departmental Responsibilities:

• To carry out shrub bed maintenance, including leaf removal, weeding and pruning with either hand tools or machines.
• To carry out grass cutting, both with hand and ride on machines.
• To remove leaves from both hard and soft landscapes areas..
• To carry out weed and pest control.
• To maintain water ways including rubbish removal and vegetation control.
• To ensure that paths are salted where and when appropriate, and participate in snow clearance activity.