Grounds Maintenance Operative

Grounds Maintenance Operative

£27,424.56 - £29,056.08 per annum (Grade 4)

37 hours per week

7.30 am - 3.30 pm

Romsey

If you enjoy working in a customer-focused environment, can work under your own initiative or as part of a team and are looking for a secure, challenging, and worthwhile job, we may have the position you are looking for.

The position is manually challenging but equally rewarding for enthusiastic and hardworking team players. The ideal candidate will have a range of relevant qualifications and/or experience of grounds maintenance. This role will involve all aspects of grounds maintenance. In this role you could be helping maintain our sport provision sites giving support to our fine turf operatives, or you could be cutting grass on verges and open spaces and completing shrub and hedge maintenance. You may support other teams, and this could be in our parks and cemeteries. There will be many other tasks associated with providing services to the public that you could get involved with. Experience of working outdoors in all weathers and dealing with the public are essential. Knowledge of the Test Valley area would be an advantage but not essential.

To be suitable for the post of Grounds Maintenance Operative it is essential that you have an appropriate driving licence, with entitlement to drive vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes, and tow a trailer over 750kg.

We are a friendly and progressive employer, with strong leadership values and behaviours. If you are someone who shares our values, we want to hear from you. We promote inclusive thinking, and ways of working and encourage applications from people from all diversity groups and backgrounds. We offer successful applicants a great place to work with enthusiastic and supportive colleagues. We actively promote a good work/life balance as well as encouraging continuous learning and development and have a programme of events designed to support employee wellbeing. Other benefits include local government pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement, free on-site parking and discounted leisure facilities. Further details of all our benefits can be found here: Employee Benefits | Test Valley Borough Council

Our Vision and Values | Test Valley Borough Council

If you’d like an informal chat about our Grounds Maintenance operative vacancy, please contact Pete Legg, Head of Environmental Services – Operations (South) on 01264 368136. For more information about working for Test Valley visit www.testvalley.gov.uk/jobs.

Closing date for return of application forms: 15 September 2026