PARKS TRACTOR DRIVER

Salary: Band: 4, £25,201 - £26,473 p.a.
37 hours per week Monday - Friday but will be required to work some weekends.

The In-House Grounds Maintenance Operations Service covers parks and open space areas of the city and is responsible for the 760 hectares of publicly accessible green space in Portsmouth. The main priority is to maintain a consistent standard across all grounds maintenance areas and develop its service centred around community engagement and interaction of Portsmouth’s Parks and Open Spaces.
Within this role you will be required to undertake tractor driving duties throughout the city. Particular reference to the use of large tractor and mowing equipment and any other type of tractor mounted equipment (ie gang mowers including setting up and maintenance, tractor mounted equipment associated to winter sports renovations). As well as being able to maintain and understand the combinations of fuel appropriate to equipment, identifying and understanding when equipment is failing, you will be able to determine tractor implements required for each individual task. You will be responsible for carrying out plant and machinery inspections reporting any concerns or issues and will communicate directly with machine suppliers/service technicians to explain any machine faults. Working as part of a team you will advise inexperienced team members of good horticultural practices and the correct use of machinery and PPE. Full training and uniform will be provided.