Grounds Maintenance Operative

Make a Difference in Lancaster
Join us as a Grounds Maintenance Operative and play a vital role in keeping the districts public spaces clean, green, and welcoming. Your work will directly support the council’s ambitions for safe, attractive neighbourhoods, helping to create a positive environment for residents and visitors alike.

What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll be hands-on with a variety of tasks including grass cutting, litter and graffiti management, leaf clearance, and landscaping. Operating fleet vehicles and power tools, you’ll maintain parks, streets, beaches, and playgrounds to the highest standard. Your role also involves supporting community events, working alongside volunteers, and ensuring health and safety standards are met at all times.

You’ll Fit Right In If…
You have Level 2 horticulture knowledge or equivalent experience, a full UK driving licence with trailer entitlement (or ability to obtain), and confidence using grounds maintenance equipment. You’re physically fit, reliable, and take pride in your work. You value teamwork, communicate well, and share our commitment to working together with ambition, ownership, and pride to serve the community.

Ready to Join Us?
If you’re passionate about making a tangible difference in Lancaster’s outdoor spaces, we’d love to hear from you. Find out more about what it’s like working with us, our benefits, values and culture, by visiting lancaster.gov.uk/sites/recruitment.

Why Work With Us
Our Benefits
• Generous annual leave
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Car purchase scheme
• Lifestyle savings
• Health Care Cash Plan
• Volunteering days
• Wellbeing support

Flexible working friendly
We welcome discussions about flexible working and may be able to offer hybrid working, a generous flexi-time scheme, and agreed working hours to support work–life balance.

Inclusive employer
We welcome applications from all parts of the community and are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
We guarantee interviews for applicants with a disability and armed forces veterans who meet the essential criteria.