Grounds Assistants

Job description

ENGIE are recruiting for 2 Grounds Assistants to be based at Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospitals, Wakefield WF1 4DG. These are  permanent full time roles working 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm. On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package.


General Overview:   

The role of the Grounds Assistants is to assist the grounds and gardens team providing an essential ground, and gardens maintenance service.  The ideal candidate will have a broad range of practical skills including hard landscaping and paving. Reports to the Grounds and Gardens Supervisor

The post holders will assist the Estates Dept in the delivery of a professional grounds maintenance service, within the grounds and properties of the Client, and under the terms of relevant ‘Service Level agreements’, upon those of its external clients, with duties to be inclusive of the following:
Main Responsibilities/Duties Include:

·  Participate in a wide variety of grounds maintenance tasks, including maintaining paving, fence repairs, general maintenance of ornamental features and furniture, maintaining shrubs and planted areas, grass cutting, tree pruning, sweeping and litter collection.
·  Investigate and carry out and general ground maintenance works
·  Regularly check and carry out minor repairs, cleaning and servicing of gardening machinery. 
·  To undertake the clearance of frost, ice, snow accumulations from all highways, car parks, footpaths, access ramps / stairways, employing rock salt, together with a range of ice dispersants, which are applied manually, and with the aid of mechanically propelled gritting equipment.
·  To assist with the planned maintenance of all Commemorative Gardens / areas of special significance
·  To participate in the continuous improvement of the grounds and gardens department.
·  To carry out any other task as directed by the Grounds and Gardens supervisor that is within your capability
Health, Safety and Security:   

·  All employees have a duty to report any accidents, complaints, defects in equipment, near misses and untoward incidents, following ENGIE procedure.
·  To ensure that Health and Safety legislation is complied with at all times, including COSHH, Workplace Risk Assessment and Control of Infection For more information about ENGIE please visit:http://www.engie.com/en/candidates-area/

Qualifications or Required Experience:  

·  General ground Works experience
·  Fence Installations experience
·  General Horticultural experience 
·  Driving licence
This role requires an enhanced disclosure

An enhanced disclosure contains the following information:

·  All convictions both current and past,
·  Cautions, reprimands and warnings help on the police national computer for England and Wales,
·  Relevant convictions in Scotland and Northern Ireland may be included,
·  Checks against the Children’s and Vulnerable adults barring list,
·  Additional checks for relevant information held by the local police forces for the position being applied for. For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. There is no re-location package with this job role. ENGIE do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

This job advert is supported by the ENGIE Resourcing Team. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to ENGIE Managers.