Labourer, Maintenance​/Cleaning, Groundskeeper

Job Title:

Facilities Maintenance Labourer (Outdoor Grounds)

Location:

Sittingbourne, Kent
Days:
Monday to Friday, full-time
hours: 07.30am - 16.30pm
pay :
12.71ph (47.5hr week )
About the Role
We are looking for a reliable and motivated Facilities Maintenance Labourer to join our team. You’ll work across approximately 9.5 acres of outdoor grounds, supporting the upkeep and maintenance of the site . The role includes working with machinery and equipment, dealing with external environment tasks, and operating in all weather conditions.

Key Responsibilities
General site repairs & maintenance (building fabric, hard surfaces, grounds infrastructure)
Landscaping & gardening support (beds, edges, planting, tidying)
Drainage & plumbing assistance (clearing gullies, verifying drainage flows)
Vacuum tankering, jet-washing, gulley-sucking operations
Road sweeping & litter picking throughout the site, including access roads and service areas
Industrial & confined space cleaning work (as required)
Emergency clean-ups & site housekeeping (clearance after weather events, spillages, debris removal)
Maintaining the moat and water-edge areas, ensuring cleanliness and safe condition
Handling recycling materials: segregation, transport, stacking as needed
Helping to build toward supervising outside grounds labourers: supporting the team, taking instruction, beginning to coordinate daily tasks
Requirements
Valid UK driver’s licence (essential)
Experience in maintenance or a related field (grounds, outdoor site work, machinery operations etc)
Physically able to work outdoors in all weather conditions
Comfortable working with machinery and equipment (jet-washers, vacuum tankers, sweepers) or willing to learn
Strong team player with a positive attitude and ambition to progress into a supervisory role
Good communication skills, able to report issues, work safely and follow procedures
Willingness to undergo training as required and to take on expanding responsibilities

What We Offer
Monday–Friday schedule, enabling a good work-life balance
Hands-on outdoor role across a large site (9.5 acres) with variety of tasks
Training and career progression: the role offers a path into supervision of outside grounds labourers
Opportunity to work at an established industrial site ( with diverse duties
Supportive working environment and development of new skills in machinery operations, outdoor maintenance and site management

How to Apply

If you are keen to get outdoors, operate machinery, maintain large grounds and grow into a supervisory role, we’d love to hear from you