Grounds Maintenance Operative-Seasonal

Rotherham Cemeteries

37 hours/ £13.45 P/H

Closing date 16/03/26

Who are we?

Glendale, a family owned company since 1989,  is a market-leading, technology-focused, respected, environmental services provider. At the forefront of green service provision in the UK Glendale has revenues of over £65m and is proud to say we have been awarded the 2025 Pro Landscape Business Awards Supreme Winner and the BALI Employer Excellence Award Winner for 2025.

Activities throughout the UK include grounds management, arboriculture, landscaping, estate management, vegetation control, woodland management, supply and relocation of plants and semi-mature trees, winter services and the management of sports facilities.

Committed to the environment, Glendale is a Carbon Neutral business that seeks to improve the environment through our activities and go above and beyond to ensure that the planet is not adversely affected by our business. From ensuring local parks and open spaces are maintained to a high standard, to tree safety through our arboricultural teams, to saving mature trees through our Civic Tree business and ensuring sustainable design through our landscape architecture practice. Glendale offered the full range of landscape services from one unique source of professionals.

For more information visit www.glendale-services.co.uk.

For more information visit www.glendale-services.co.uk.

The Opportunity 

The main purpose of this role is to provide an effective grounds maintenance/cemetery operations service. The Grounds maintenance Operative will be required to have an understanding in grounds maintenance/cemetery operations and have an understanding of the machinery used to carry out grounds maintenance tasks.

Key responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• General maintenance of areas to include both cut and collect and cut and drop using both ride-on and pedestrian machinery.

• Undertake horticultural operations; hedge trimming, shrub bed maintenance and planting, strimming and blowing, hard surface maintenance, tree maintenance, chemical application, garden clearance and general landscape works,

• Removing litter, emptying waste baskets / dog bins and clearing leaves.

• Carryout Grounds maintenance duties in accordance with best practice.

• Preparation and dressing of graves including covering of excavated soil,placing of setting out boards and making sure you have all required equipment to carry out the internments.

• To be familiar with cemetery rules and regulations.

• You may be required to carry out burial or other services on occasions out of hours or at weekends as and when the service requires due to religious or legal considerations.

What can Glendale offer you?

• Generous annual leave

• Free gym membership for you and a nominated person

• Employee health cash plan

• Employee discount portal - discounts on travel bookings, high street vouchers, gift cards, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending

• Pension scheme

• Company sick pay

• Genuine career progression

• Continuous professional development

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We are proud to be Equal Opportunity employers and are committed to inclusion and diversity

If you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as interviews will be held throughout the process. Please note that if you have not received correspondence within 21 days then please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.