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Grounds Maintenance Operator

Posted 26 Mar 2024
Work experience
0 to 2 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required language
English (Fluent)

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Job Purpose

Responsible for the delivery of Grounds Maintenance activities in line with the grounds maintenance plan for each site.

To ensure the site standards are upheld on our Water Treatment Works and Network sites on all non-operational asset areas for the site and complying with the United Utilities standard. This will involve carrying out physically demanding tasks in an outdoor environment.

Job Accountabilities

You will be accountable for undertaking grounds maintenance activities on a variety of sites to a schedule provided and recording the work completed on a corporate system. You will also be accountable for:

  • Operating and performing daily checks on a variety of powered and non-powered plant, tools and equipment including vehicles, ride on mowers and small hand held tools
  • Carrying out minor remedial work on non-assets (e.g. paving flags), appropriate to the level of competence and training.
  • Adhering to Health and Safety requirements and to complying with regulations and internal company policy.
  • Identifying any site standards improvements and winter work during the scheduled visits.
  • Working closely with the process and network teams while on their sites.
  • Application and handling of pesticides.

Knowledge and Skills

In order to succeed in this role you will need to have the ability to demonstrate practical experience of Grounds Maintenance in an outdoor environment and be able to demonstrate practical experience in using grounds maintenance machinery such as ride on mowers, walk behind mowers, strimmers, blowers and hedge cutters. You will also have the following:

  • A full UK driving license.
  • Ability to plan activities on a variety of sites to a schedule provided.
  • Excellent communication skills in order to liaise with a range of stakeholders.
  • Ability to demonstrate excellent customer service skills.
  • Ability to risk assess dynamically.

Desirable Criteria

  • Hold accredited Grounds Maintenance qualifications e.g. Lantra, City & Guilds, NPTC etc.
  • Pesticide Application PA1 & PA6.

Additional Information

  • Main interaction will be with the Grounds Maintenance Team Leader and Grounds Maintenance Co-ordinator who will provide the daily plans and deal with any issues arising.

United Utilities provides water and wastewater services to around seven million people in the North West of England supplying 3million households and 200,000 business premises. We manage the catchment land around our reservoirs to safeguard the quality of the raw water we collect and store.
We then treat and deliver it to our customer's taps - nearly 2,000 million litres a…


United Utilities provides water and wastewater services to around seven million people in the North West of England supplying 3million households and 200,000 business premises. We manage the catchment land around our reservoirs to safeguard the quality of the raw water we collect and store.

We then treat and deliver it to our customer's taps - nearly 2,000 million litres a day

We also collect wastewater from our customers and surface water from roads and highways, treat it at our wastewater treatment works before returning it back safely to the environment.

Water Processing
Chorley
5,001 employees