Grounds & Gardens Maintenance Operative
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job overview
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to recruit a grounds and gardens operative to join our estates department. The successful candidate will support the Head Gardener in delivering an efficient, cost-effective and quality grounds maintenance service across all Trust premises and any premises that the Trust has responsibility for. The role requires multi-site working, as well as working with and supporting other trades and contractors where required.
This is an exciting time to join the estates team, with new systems being implemented, there is real opportunity to help shape our service delivery, in-line with Trust values, to provide an outstanding healthcare environment for our patients.
You will join and dynamic multidiscipline team, operating in a busy, fast-paced environment that provides a diverse workload, you will have the support and opportunities through training to develop new skills to enhance your personal development.
Main duties of the job
To undertake reactive and planned preventative maintenance works across the Trusts premises, including mowing, strimming, weedkilling, planting, pruning, litter collection, landscaping, maintaining courtyards and enhanced garden areas, general site tidy and removal tasks, minor groundwork tasks and general upkeep of the sites external grounds and gardens.
The role supports multi-skilled trades on a range of maintenance works and is expected to carry out a limited range of unsupervised skilled tasks and utilise the Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) system and other specialist software to ensure a joined up quality service is delivered.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The main tasks and responsibilities are contained within the job description and personal specification attached.
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This advert is for Grounds & Gardens Maintenance Operative with Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Warrington, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 14 Jun 2026.
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