Estates Assistant / Grounds Maintenance

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    Estates Assistant (Grounds Maintenance) required for a social housing company across Crewe, Nantwich & Chester

    Your new company

    Your new job role is working for a social housing provider who aim to improve people’s lives and create possibilities for them. They provide as many high quality houses as possible and the housing and care services that their customers need. This specific contract will be working on their properties across the Crewe, Nantwich, Chester and Windsford areas.
    Your new role

    You will provide a high-quality grounds maintenance, gardening and cleaning service, ensuring compliance with agreed standards, specifications, and timescales. This will include maintenance of a variety of sites and garden types, lawn, shrub and plant care, refuse removal and an element of cleaning internal communal areas. You will represent the company on site, fostering positive working relationships working with customers, contractors, and colleagues to provide access, report any responsive repairs, fly tipping, graffiti, and safeguarding alerts.What you’ll need to succeed

    We are a customer-focussed organisation, so we know that how we do things is just as important as what we do.
    You will not only be an experienced Estate Assistant with previous grounds maintenance skills, but you will also have great customer service skills and a willingness to go the extra mile. You will also be able to demonstrate the below essential skills:

  • Proven professional experience of delivering grounds maintenance across a variety of sites and garden types.
  • Experience and knowledge of lawn, shrub, and plant care.
  • Proven experience of achieving high levels of customer satisfaction
  • Ability to carry out physical tasks within Health & Safety guidelines.
  • Ability to work effectively within a team and without high levels of supervision.
  • Able to demonstrate to company Behaviours
  • Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation, including COSHH and PPE
  • Full UK driving license.

    • Desirable Qualifications;

  • NVQ 2 in Horticulture or of RHS/City and Guilds/HND equivalent
  • PA1 and PA6 NPTC Certificates

    • What you’ll get in return

    – 6 – 10 months of work- Full Time- Working Hours: 35 per week usually 8AM – 4PMReason for role: Additional work load for the team- Possible extension on contract
    – Company van and fuel card (work purposes only)
    What you need to do now

    If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
    If this job isn’t quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
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