Grounds Maintenance Operative

Grounds Maintenance Operative

Location: Knutsford, WA16 9EU

Hours of work: 40

Contract Type: Permanent

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Grounds Maintenance Operative to join the team at Radbroke Hall, a prestigious technology campus near Knutsford.​

The site supports over 2,000 colleagues daily and includes landscaped gardens, woodlands, lawns, sports turf, ponds, and biodiversity-focused green spaces.

Job Description

Working under the Grounds Manager and Grounds Supervisor, you’ll help maintain and enhance the estate to the highest standards while supporting a safe, professional, and visually outstanding environment.​

This role would suit somebody with experience in grounds maintenance, horticulture, landscaping, or estate maintenance who enjoys working outdoors and takes pride in delivering high-quality work.

Key Responsibilities

Lawn mowing and turf maintenance

Hedge cutting, pruning, and shrub maintenance

Flowerbed, woodland, and wildflower area upkeep

Weed control and herbicide application

Basic landscaping works

Leaf clearance, litter picking, and gritting duties

Operating and maintaining grounds machinery and tools

Supporting biodiversity and estate presentation standards

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

Previous experience within grounds maintenance, horticulture, landscaping, or estate maintenance

RHS/NVQ Horticulture qualification or equivalent practical experience preferred

PA1 & PA6a desirable

Physically challenging position.

Confident using mowers, strimmers, hedge cutters, and grounds equipment

Positive attitude with willingness to learn and develop

Full UK driving licence (no more than 6 points)

In return, you’ll join a well-established team within a unique and prestigious environment offering ongoing training, development, and long-term progression opportunities.

The Company

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.

Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.

We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #Becomewhoyouwant, #Bepartofsomethingbigger,

#aplacetobeyou,

#facilitiesmanagement

ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.

ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.

We are proud to be a Gold Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award holder and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, recognising our commitment to supporting veterans, reservists, and military families. Through our Joint Forces Programme, we provide mentoring and support to members of the Armed Forces community and their spouses as they transition into civilian careers.

We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.

Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.

If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team by emailing View email address on findajob.dwp.gov.uk

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