Grounds Maintenance & Cleaning Team Leader

Grounds Maintenance & Cleaning Team Leader
Location: Chichester, West Sussex
Salary: 28,000 per annum
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Barker Ross is currently recruiting for a Grounds Maintenance & Cleaning Team Leader on behalf of our client based in Chichester.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and hands-on individual with experience in grounds maintenance, cleaning, and team leadership. You'll be responsible for leading a team delivering high-quality grounds maintenance and cleaning services across a range of residential housing sites, including general needs estates, sheltered accommodation, and extra care facilities throughout Sussex and Hampshire.

• Lead and supervise a team carrying out grounds maintenance and cleaning duties across multiple sites.
• Organise daily workloads and ensure work is completed safely and to a high standard.
• Carry out regular site inspections and quality checks.
• Undertake grounds maintenance duties including mowing, strimming, weeding, hedge maintenance, and litter picking.
• Complete cleaning duties including mopping, sweeping, dusting, and maintaining communal areas.
• Quote for additional works and arrange completion where required.
• Report repairs and maintenance issues within communal areas.
• Monitor equipment and materials, ensuring machinery is safe to use and advise management when equipment or supplies need replacing.
• Ensure all health and safety procedures are followed.

• Previous experience in grounds maintenance and/or commercial cleaning.
• Previous experience in a Team Leader or Supervisory role.
• Full UK manual driving licence (essential).
• Good organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to motivate a team and maintain high standards.
• A proactive, reliable, and customer-focused approach.

• Permanent, full-time position.
• 28,000 per annum.
• 37.5 hours per week.
• Varied role covering sites across Sussex and Hampshire.
• Opportunity to join a well-established organisation with opportunities for training and career progression.

If you have the skills and experience required and are looking for your next permanent opportunity, apply today with your up-to-date CV.

Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

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