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General Operative Grounds Maintenance
| Posting date: | 14 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | £27,680 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 June 2026 |
| Location: | NN11 8PB |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Futures Housing Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
MAINTAINING FUTURES
At Futures, we’re committed to providing our customers with the best service possible. If you’d like to help us deliver our vision of “Providing quality homes and services for better futures”, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re looking for a General Operative to join our friendly Grounds Maintenance Team on an 8 month Fixed Term Contract, helping to keep our communities looking their best, whatever the season.
What you’ll need
Grass cutting and shrub bed management skills.
Confidence using grounds maintenance plant and equipment and following safe working practices.
A practical, can-do attitude and enjoyment of outdoor work in all types of UK weather.
A full UK driving licence.
What you’ll be doing
Grounds maintenance duties, including grass cutting and shrub bed management.
Operating and maintaining equipment safely, including ride-on and pedestrian mowers, brush cutter, hedge trimmer, powered blowers (backpack/handheld) and rotavator.
Using specialist equipment where trained/competent, such as chainsaw, brushwood chipper, stump grinder and tractor (plus attachments).
Supporting projects to convert previously maintained land to wildflowers.
Sounds like me, so what are you offering?
A welcoming organisation with a supportive culture and a big focus on health and wellbeing.
Competitive benefits, including private healthcare options and discount schemes.
Great opportunities to grow and develop both personally and professionally.
The satisfaction of helping people and communities across our region to thrive.
Hours and holidays
37 hours per week, paid monthly.
Working pattern: Mon–Thu 8:00am–4:00pm and Fri 8:00am–3:30pm.
30-minute lunch break
25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, plus concessionary days at Christmas.
We’re proud to hold the Investors in People Platinum award, the highest level of IiP accreditation recognising organisations that are committed to giving people a great experience at work.
We welcome applications from everyone, particularly encouraging applications from people who are underrepresented in the trades. If you need any reasonable adjustments to support you through the application process, please let us know when you apply.
Take a look at our full role profile and please note, we may contact suitable candidates as applications come in and may close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of interest.
Who we are
Futures is a great place to work with a fantastic, positive and 'can do' culture supporting our people to deliver fantastic results. Every one of our team members is helping us achieve our vision of 'Great places, great services and great tomorrows' for people and communities across the East Midlands. We don't just provide homes - we support our customers, helping them to thrive and to achieve this we all need to thrive in our jobs too. So, we invest in our people to give them the skills, the tools and the flexibility to do a great job.
At Futures, we’re committed to providing our customers with the best service possible. If you’d like to help us deliver our vision of “Providing quality homes and services for better futures”, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re looking for a General Operative to join our friendly Grounds Maintenance Team on an 8 month Fixed Term Contract, helping to keep our communities looking their best, whatever the season.
What you’ll need
Grass cutting and shrub bed management skills.
Confidence using grounds maintenance plant and equipment and following safe working practices.
A practical, can-do attitude and enjoyment of outdoor work in all types of UK weather.
A full UK driving licence.
What you’ll be doing
Grounds maintenance duties, including grass cutting and shrub bed management.
Operating and maintaining equipment safely, including ride-on and pedestrian mowers, brush cutter, hedge trimmer, powered blowers (backpack/handheld) and rotavator.
Using specialist equipment where trained/competent, such as chainsaw, brushwood chipper, stump grinder and tractor (plus attachments).
Supporting projects to convert previously maintained land to wildflowers.
Sounds like me, so what are you offering?
A welcoming organisation with a supportive culture and a big focus on health and wellbeing.
Competitive benefits, including private healthcare options and discount schemes.
Great opportunities to grow and develop both personally and professionally.
The satisfaction of helping people and communities across our region to thrive.
Hours and holidays
37 hours per week, paid monthly.
Working pattern: Mon–Thu 8:00am–4:00pm and Fri 8:00am–3:30pm.
30-minute lunch break
25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, plus concessionary days at Christmas.
We’re proud to hold the Investors in People Platinum award, the highest level of IiP accreditation recognising organisations that are committed to giving people a great experience at work.
We welcome applications from everyone, particularly encouraging applications from people who are underrepresented in the trades. If you need any reasonable adjustments to support you through the application process, please let us know when you apply.
Take a look at our full role profile and please note, we may contact suitable candidates as applications come in and may close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of interest.
Who we are
Futures is a great place to work with a fantastic, positive and 'can do' culture supporting our people to deliver fantastic results. Every one of our team members is helping us achieve our vision of 'Great places, great services and great tomorrows' for people and communities across the East Midlands. We don't just provide homes - we support our customers, helping them to thrive and to achieve this we all need to thrive in our jobs too. So, we invest in our people to give them the skills, the tools and the flexibility to do a great job.