Are you ready to maintain and enhance the green spaces that matter to our community? Rushcliffe Borough Council has an exciting Grounds Maintenance Operative opportunity!

Location: Bingham Depot, Nottingham, NG13 8GG

Salary: £27,111 per annum (pay award pending)

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Closing Date: Sunday 10th May 2026

About Us:

Rushcliffe Borough Council is a modern forward-thinking authority providing high quality services to over 119,000 people across the borough. Its modern purpose-built office and leisure centre facility at Rushcliffe Arena and Bingham Arena is the perfect place to progress your career.

We are an award-winning and innovative council with a reputation for delivering high quality value for money services and exceeding our residents’ expectations. Rushcliffe is a great place for sport and home to a number of facilities such as Nottingham Forest football ground, Trent Bridge Cricket ground and Holme Pierrepoint water sports centre.

Grounds Maintenance Operative - The Role:

You will join the Grounds Maintenance Team, undertaking gardening, grass cutting, hedging and various grounds maintenance tasks across the borough. You will maintain our floral displays and green spaces to the highest standard, using a variety of tools and equipment. This role involves working both as part of a team and independently, with direct responsibility for the areas you maintain and reporting any issues that arise.

Grounds Maintenance Operative - Key Responsibilities:

- Undertake gardening, grass cutting, hedging and grounds maintenance tasks to the highest standard

- Maintain equipment and vehicles to expected standards and drive work vehicles to and from sites

- Take ownership of assigned areas, including reporting problems and maintaining professional standards

- Adhere to Health and Safety standards set by Rushcliffe Borough Council

- Assist team leaders and embrace council values in all duties

Grounds Maintenance Operative - You:

- Experience in grounds maintenance works, sports pitch maintenance, and hedge cutting

- Able to operate ride-on mowers, handheld machinery, and tractors; full driving licence required

- Knowledge of manual handling, pesticides application, and basic maintenance and groundwork skills

- Ability to work flexibly in a team or independently, with strong communication and problem-solving skills

- Physically capable of manual work in demanding environments; able to use step ladders and lift heavy equipment

Benefits of working for Rushcliffe Borough Council include:

- Working in purpose-built offices and reduced membership of the onsite leisure centre

- Free car parking

- Rushcliffe Rewards- save money across a range of retailers and leisure providers

- Generous annual leave, opportunities to buy and sell leave.

- An opportunity to further your career with a high performing forward looking Authority with training to support CPD and personal development

- Local Government pension scheme

- A range of salary sacrifice schemes

- Rushcliffe Borough Council supports flexible and part-time working in line with the needs of the public that we serve and the business needs of the Council

Closing Date: Sunday 10th May 2026

To submit your CV for this Grounds Maintenance Operative opportunity click ‘Apply’ now.

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