Lead a team of employees carrying out a range of landscaping and/or grounds maintenance work on a daily basis. Identify workloads and allocate tasks, interpret plans and relay information to team members, ensuring health and safety and quality standards are maintained.
Carry out a range of grounds maintenance and landscaping tasks e.g. grass cutting, raking, edging, weeding, sweeping, litter picking, chemical application, planting & laying turf etc.
Carry out line marking to football/rugby parks and athletic tracks.
Drive and operate a wide range of vehicles, plant and equipment including vehicle attached machinery, pedestrian and ride-on machinery and hand held equipment.
Undertake daily routine safety and maintenance checks ensuring that vehicles, machinery and equipment used is well maintained, kept clean and not exposed to the risk of damage or theft.
Use approved equipment and follow manufacturer's recommended guidelines and application rates, when undertaking the application of Herbicides/Pesticides, ensuring that all defined areas are maintained to the required standards.
Complete documents relating to the role of the post e.g. daily work records, vehicle/equipment defect reporting and client PPM schedules.
Liaise with Client Representatives and Contract Managers ensuring positive constructive relationships based on good service delivery.
In the absence of the Grounds Maintenance Manager, liaise with the Grounds Team to ensure required standards are achieved. Ensure that all equipment and work areas are left secure and barriers locked.
Undertake visual inspections of all work areas prior to commencement of maintenance tasks ensuring compliance with approved safety standards.
To operate at all times with safe working practices with due regard to Health & Safety Regulations, COSHH, Environmental issues and Waste Disposal etc in accordance with legislative requirements and policies and procedures of RFM.
Maintain an awareness of RFM's Policies, Procedures and objectives related to the successful delivery of the Grounds Maintenance service.
Candidate may be required to carry out some hard landscaping tasks i.e slabbing, fencing etc.
Work flexibly within the wider RFM team undertaking any other duties assigned by the Grounds Maintenance Manager in connection with RFM's operational requirements.

The post holder may hold a professional vocational qualification in a Grounds Maintenance discipline or have equivalent experience, and preferably from a commercial contracting background.
The post holder will hold a full driving license including and certificates of competence in ride-on and self-propelled pedestrian mowers, strimmers, brush cutters and hedge cutters.
Desirable candidate would hold a certificate of competence for pesticides spraying (PA1 & PA6) or be willing towards the desired qualification.
The post holder will have experience of undertaking landscaping and grounds maintenance duties including grass cutting within a professional environment.
Desirable experience in soft landscaping, hard landscaping experience would be an advantage.
The post holder should have good knowledge of Zero Turns, Commercial stand-on, walk behind mowers, self-propelled pedestrian machines, powered hand tools and equipment, line marking equipment and their attachments, mowing equipment and associated plant and their maintenance requirements
Valid UK Driving Licence for at least 12 months

Company van and all tools (for business use only)
33 days annual leave
Private pension
Life assurance
Cycle to Work scheme
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Annual flu vaccine
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