Grounds Maintenance Operative

Join Our Housing Grounds Maintenance Team!

Are you ready for a new challenge where you can make a visible difference every day?

An exciting opportunity has opened up to join our in-house Housing Grounds Maintenance Team as an Operative — and we’re looking for motivated, hands-on people to help shape the future of our green spaces.

• Do you thrive outdoors, whatever the weather?
• Love seeing a job through from start to finish?
• Pride yourself on great customer service and quality results?
• Excited to be part of a team delivering a fresh, in-house service?

If you answered yes, we want to hear from you!

About the Role

This is a truly exciting time to join us. Following a major restructure, all grounds maintenance activities are now being delivered fully in-house, giving us greater flexibility, quality, and pride in what we do.

You’ll join one of three dedicated teams, each led by a Chargehand, working alongside seven skilled operatives across the District. Together, you’ll carry out a wide range of grounds maintenance tasks — helping to keep our communities’ outdoor spaces clean, safe, and looking their best.

Every day brings something new, and as one of the most visible and valued services we provide to tenants, your work will have a real and positive impact on the local environment.

About You

We’d love to hear from you if you:

Have hands-on experience in grounds maintenance or a similar role e.g. labouring

Understand health & safety and safe working practices,

Take pride in delivering excellent customer service, and

Are motivated by making a difference in your community.

This is a full-time role, and applicants must demonstrate how they meet the criteria outlined in the Role Specification.

Ready to grow your career — and our green spaces?

Apply today and help us deliver a service we can all be proud of!

What we offer

When you join us your expertise, skills and experience will be valued, and your career development will be our priority.

We are committed to creating a collaborative and innovative environment which empowers you to thrive. You will be part of a friendly, supportive One Team culture with the chance to make a real difference.

We believe in balancing hard work with fun. Our active social team organises two to three events a year, ranging from Staff Awards, quiz nights to rounders in the park, helping the workplace to be productive and enjoyable.

We use Viva Engage to keep you connected and engaged and we hold regular face to face meetings, such as Chief Executive briefings to keep you in the loop.

We are conveniently located close to Oxted Station and have some on-site parking.

In addition to the stated pay, we offer membership and contributions towards the Local Government Pension Scheme, flexible working (giving you the opportunity to work from home for up to three days a week), flexi-time, payment of a relevant professional subscription and access to a discounted health scheme.

Please visit our website for more information about working for us www.tandridge.gov.uk/jobs and download our Working for Tandridge guide.

Diversity statement

At Tandridge District Councill, we pride ourselves on maintaining an inclusive workplace, ensuring that equality, fairness, and inclusion is at the heart of everything we do, and good practice is embedded in the council’s culture and services.

We welcome, applications from all sectors of our community, including BAME, LGBTQ+ and all groups protected under the Equality Act.

Tandridge is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Want to know more?

If this sounds like your kind of challenge and you want to be part of our friendly and supportive team, we’d love to hear from you.

If you’d like to find out more, please read our role profile and specification, or for an informal discussion about the role, please e-mail Lee White, lwhite@tandridge.gov.uk

Local Government Reorganisation

Surrey is part of the government’s plans for local government reorganisation. This means the current two tier system, where services are split between Surrey County Council and district and borough councils like Tandridge, will be replaced with larger councils, which handle all local services.

Although this may lead to some uncertainty for anyone considering a role with us, we need to continue to provide services.

When local government is reorganised, most staff will transfer to the new council on their current terms and conditions. Being part of a larger organisation may offer additional opportunities for career development and variety. The majority of the roles we currently have will still be needed whether that is for planning, housing, recycling and waste, finance, IT, HR etc.

Find out more about what local government reorganisation means for us.