Lead Ground Operative

About The Role

Are you passionate about outdoor work and making a visible difference in your community? Do you take pride in high standards and enjoy leading by example? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

We are looking for two Lead Grounds Operatives who will play an important role in keeping our neighbourhoods looking their best. You'll deliver a high‑quality grounds maintenance service across our estates, ensuring that our open spaces are safe, tidy, and attractive places for our customers and communities to enjoy.

Working as part of our Estates team, you will maintain a variety of outdoor spaces to a professional standard, taking pride in your work and representing Live West's values every day. You will help to keep our communities looking great, while ensuring that health and safety standards are upheld at all times.

• Lead the delivery of grounds maintenance tasks, including grass cutting, hedge trimming, weeding, leaf clearance, and shrub bed care to professional standards.
• Operate and maintain horticultural machinery safely, including mowers, hedge cutters, brush cutters, and leaf blowers.
• Conduct routine inspections of communal areas, reporting defects, fly‑tipping, vandalism, and safeguarding concerns.
• Promote and adhere to health and safety procedures, ensuring safe working practices at all times.
• Engage positively with customers, responding to queries and escalating concerns appropriately.
• Record completed work using handheld digital technology (training provided).
• Support seasonal and emergency tasks such as gritting and urgent estate responses.
• Lead higher‑risk activities such as weed spraying and operating specialist machinery.

At Live West, we believe in creating better places to live, work and grow.

As a Lead Grounds Operative, you'll be part of a team that makes a real difference to the look and feel of our communities. You'll take pride in keeping our outdoor space clean, green, and welcoming for our customers, and you'll receive the training, tools, and support you need to do your best work.

If you enjoy working outdoors, take pride in high standards, and want to be part of a supportive team that values your contribution, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

This role is being offered on a full‑time basis working 40 hours per week. This is a mobile role, working predominantly in the Bath area. You will ideally be based within a 30 minute commute of this area.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups. Appointment to this role is subject to a satisfactory basic DBS check.

To be successful in your application for the role of Lead Grounds Operative, you will have the essential skills and experience for a level 1 role (please see candidate information pack) and the following role specific skills and experience:

• Previous experience in grounds maintenance, with basic horticultural knowledge including weeding, planting, and pruning.
• Familiarity with safe operation and maintenance of horticultural tools, machinery, and pesticides.
• Qualified in Horticulture Level 1 and PA1 and PA6 – safe pesticide use.
• Good physical fitness to work outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Understanding of health and safety regulations – COSHH and PUWER.
• Basic digital literacy (training provided).
• Full, UK, manual driving licence.

• LANTRA certified training.
• Experience in customer facing roles.
• Ability to supervise and plan work effectively, using own initiative.

Please note:
This role is not eligible for CoS. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the role without requiring a CoS.

Our Reward and Benefits:

• Working Style: Hybrid working with 2‑3 days in the office to support your work/life balance.
• Generous Annual Leave: Start with 26 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with length of service – and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days (pro‑rated for part‑time roles).
• Pension Contributions: Enjoy up to 9% employer contributions with our Defined Contribution scheme.
• Health Benefits and Perks: Access to a health care…