Grounds Person / Grounds Maintenance Operative
Job Title: Grounds Person / Grounds Maintenance Operative
The Role...
We are seeking a hardworking, reliable, and detail-oriented Grounds Person to join our outdoor operations team. In this role, you will be essential to maintaining the beauty, health, and safety of our clients’ outdoor spaces, estates, and green infrastructures.
Working as part of a close-knit, professional crew, you will handle everything from turf management and estate presentation to vital ground support for our aerial teams. If you take immense pride in transforming and maintaining outdoor environments, enjoy physical, hands-on work in all weathers, and want to build a career in professional grounds maintenance, we want to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities...
Estate & Amenity Maintenance
Horticultural Care: Perform precise hedge cutting, pruning, weeding, and planting to ensure flowerbeds, shrubs, and borders look immaculate.
Turf Management: Handle routine lawn care including mowing, strimming, aerating, and edging of commercial and residential green spaces.
Site Presentation: Clear leaves, litter, and debris across sites, ensuring pathways, driveways, and lawns are left pristine and safe for public use.
Team & Arboricultural Support
Ground Crew Operations: Provide vital assistance to climbing teams by managing drop zones, dragging brash, and feeding woodchippers efficiently.
Site Preparation: Assist in loading and unloading vehicles with tools, timber, and machinery before and after daily assignments.
Machinery & Safety
Equipment Operation: Safely operate a variety of hand tools and powered machinery, including commercial mowers, strimmers, leaf blowers, and hedge cutters.
Routine Maintenance: Conduct basic daily checks and cleaning of machinery to ensure everything remains in safe, optimal working order.
Health & Safety: Follow all site risk assessments, use correct PPE, and maintain a safe working environment for yourself, your team, and the public.
What We Need from You...
Practical Experience: Previous experience in grounds maintenance, landscaping, or agricultural labor is highly desirable.
Machinery Competency: Familiarity with or certifications in using powered garden machinery (e.g., LANTRA or NPTC certificates for strimmers, mowers, or chainsaws are a massive plus).
Work Ethic & Physical Fitness: Excellent stamina and physical fitness to handle heavy lifting and active outdoor work throughout the changing seasons.
Team Player: A positive attitude, reliability, and the ability to communicate effectively within a fast-moving team environment.
Driving License: A valid driving license (ideally with towing capability) to transport team vehicles and trailers between sites is preferred.
Salary and Benefits...
– Salary: £22,000 – £27,000 per annum (depending on experience)
– Holidays: 28 days annual leave (inc Bank holidays)
– Pension Scheme: Automatic enrolment into our company pension scheme
– Target led PAID team days out
– Continuous Professional development & support within your role
– Work with a fun, passionate, energised & award winning team!
– Enhanced Holiday Allowance for Loyalty
How to Apply...
If you’re looking for a role where you can grow, thrive, and be a key player in an evolving business, we would love to hear from you. Apply today by sending your CV and a cover letter explaining why you’re the perfect fit for the role! Thor’s Trees is an equal opportunities employer and we value diversity in our workplace. Please Note: In addition to the administrative duties, this role includes responsibilities related to sales, such as generating leads and communicating with prospective clients.
We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about taking on a sales-support role who is passionate about providing unrivalled value to our clients and helping us grow the business. Please send your CV to [email protected] or call 0208 292 8992