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Job Title: Groundsman
Hourly Rate of Pay: Upto £15.00
Contract Type: Permanent
Type of Employment: Full Time
Total Weekly Contractual Hours: 40
Location: DVSA, Ashford Civic Centre, Ashford , Kent, England, TN23 1PL
Requirement: Full Driving License
The role involves maintaining playing surfaces and landscapes to a high standard as part of a three-person team.
Responsibilities include daily upkeep of sports surfaces, creating and marking playing areas, and operating maintenance equipment safely. Adherence to health and safety regulations is essential, ensuring personal and public safety.
Candidates should possess general grounds maintenance knowledge, relevant experience, and qualifications such as at least two GCSEs at grade C/4 or above, along with specific certificates in tractor driving and pesticide application. The ideal candidate will also demonstrate practical skills in line marking for various sports.
Early application is encouraged due to potential early closure of the job listing.
Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.
Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10,000 - giving peace of mind for your dependants. We also offer a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .
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