Riada Resourcing

Phone Number: 02870326600
Email: info@riadaresourcing.com
Web: www.riadaresourcing.com

Job description

Groundsperson - Armagh Join a dedicated team maintaining parks, playing fields, landscaped areas, and public open spaces across the Borough. As a key member of the Outdoor Spaces Maintenance Team, you’ll carry out a range of both basic and skilled horticultural tasks, either individually or as part of a team. You'll help ensure our green spaces, sports facilities, play areas, and amenity buildings are kept to a high standard. About the role: £13.26 per hour Location: Will be required to work across Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon areas Hours of Work: 37 hours per week (can be flexible) Holiday pay (pro rata) Duration: Fixed Term Contract for 6 months, may be extended Please note closing date for this vacancy is Wednesday 16th July 2025

Responsibilities

• Carry out horticultural operations, including planting trees, shrubs and plants.
• Carry out grass cutting, hedge cutting and pruning.
• Carry out labour associated with soil cultivation, fertiliser spreading, site preparation and constructional labouring.
• Carry out sports facility maintenance as and when required to include preparation and constructional labouring.
• Maintain games facilities and areas including spiking, aeration, scarifying, top-dressing, fertilising and also marking of games areas and erection/dismantling of posts.
• Load, unload and move equipment and materials such as mowers, barrows, plants, soil, fertilisers, horticultural and sundries.
• Assist the higher graded gardeners with their work.
• Responsible for opening and closing parks facilities as and when required to include the setting of alarms etc.
• Maintain the orderly condition of grounds, i.e. sweeping, hoeing, ranking, mowing, edging, removal of litter/rubbish/illegal dumping etc.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• 12 months’ experience in two or more of the following areas: Operating a variety of commercial grass cutting machinery; Amenity horticulture skills; Sports ground maintenance.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Good communication skills.
• Excellent customer care skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work to deadlines.
• Hold a full current driving licence (valid in the UK) including category B.