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Join Our Team as an Environmental Operative!
Are you passionate about making a difference in the community? Do you want to contribute to a cleaner, greener environment? We're looking for an enthusiastic Environmental Operative to join our team in Leicester! This is a temporary position that offers an exciting opportunity to work in the housing industry while promoting sustainability.
What You'll Do:
- Undertake general maintenance to hard and soft landscaped areas owned by the Group, including grass cutting, hedge trimming, litter picking, clearing leaves and shrub bed cultivations.
- Provide a rapid flexible response to the removal of fly tipping, rubbish removal and graffiti removal.
- Maintain safe working practices at all times when utilising appropriate hand tools and machinery.
- Report health, safety and environmental breaches and issues to the Grounds Maintenance Supervisor in line with the agreed escalation route.
- Apply 'Our Riverside Way' within the environmental offer by delivering excellent levels of customer service at all times.
- Provide community insight, reporting any environmental issues, community safety or resident feedback to the Environmental Supervisor as appropriate and in line with the agreed escalation route.
- Maintain effective relationships with colleagues on each of our contracts.
- Undertake personal development and training to keep up to date with all relevant legislation.
- Work collaboratively and flexibly across all teams within the organisation.
- Ensure work activities are compliant with the organisation's policies and procedures as well as external statutory and regulatory obligations.
- Respond flexibly to any necessary changes in work priorities and undertake other duties when required to support the effective operation of the service.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes and procedures.
What We're Looking For:
- Environmental Services/grounds maintenance experience.
- Ability to undertake manual work.
- Customer-focused with excellent communication skills.
- Clean driving licence.
- Basic IT skills, including Microsoft Office.
- Excellent team player who can work flexibly to meet business requirements
- It is a requirement that the role holder holds a current, valid UK driving license.
If you're ready to roll up your sleeves and make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you!
Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity - your journey towards a sustainable career starts here!
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