Location
Rockhall Lane Bath, Banes, predominantly working in the Yeovil area. You will ideally be based within a 30 minute commute of these areas.

Hours
Full Time - 40 hours per week

Salary
£27,976 per year

About the Role
Are you passionate about outdoor work and making a visible difference in your community? Do you take pride in high standards and enjoy leading by example? As a Grounds Maintenance Operative at LiveWest, you will play an important role in keeping our neighbourhoods looking their best. You will deliver high-quality grounds maintenance services across our estates, ensuring open spaces are safe, tidy, and attractive places for our customers and communities to enjoy.

Working as part of the Estates team, you will maintain a variety of outdoor spaces to a professional standard, taking pride in your work and representing LiveWest's values every day. You will help keep our communities looking great while ensuring health and safety standards are upheld at all times.

Key responsibilities include:
- Carrying out general grounds maintenance such as grass cutting, hedge trimming, weeding, leaf clearance, and shrub bed maintenance
- Operating and maintaining horticultural machinery safely and correctly, including mowers, brushcutters, hedge cutters, and blowers
- Undertaking inspections of communal areas and proactively reporting issues like defects, fly-tipping, vandalism, or health and safety concerns
- Maintaining tools and equipment in safe working order and reporting faults promptly
- Following LiveWest's health and safety procedures and promoting a safe working culture
- Engaging positively with customers, responding politely to queries and referring issues appropriately
- Recording completed work accurately using handheld digital technology
- Supporting the wider Estates team with seasonal and emergency tasks such as gritting or reactive response work

This is a mobile role with shared van use, so a full UK manual driving licence is essential. The role is subject to a satisfactory basic DBS check.

Join LiveWest and be part of a team that makes a real difference to the look and feel of our communities, with access to training, tools, and support to help you succeed.

Experience
Previous experience in grounds maintenance or a similar outdoor, manual role is essential. Experience operating and maintaining horticultural equipment safely is required.

About you
Good physical fitness with the ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions. Knowledge of basic horticultural practices such as weeding, planting, and pruning. Understanding of health and safety requirements including COSHH and PUWER. Ability to plan and prioritise work, use initiative, and work independently. Good communication skills and a customer-focused approach. Good level of literacy and numeracy. Full UK manual driving licence (essential).

Qualifications
Desirable qualifications include a Level 1 Horticulture qualification, PA1 and PA6 pesticide certificates, and LANTRA certified training.