Seasonal General Operative

Wages: £12.00 per hour – paid on a monthly basis

Main Purpose of Job:

To work individually, or as part of a team, in undertaking a range of general environmental work including grass cutting/grounds maintenance/horticulture, refuse collection including wheelie bins and food caddies, waste disposal and litter collection.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Undertake work in public parks, playing fields, landscaped areas and similar open spaces i.e. general maintenance such as grass cutting, hedge trimming, sweeping, hoeing, raking, edging, and removal of litter and rubbish.

• Assist in all areas of grounds maintenance and horticultural service and undertake horticultural operations e.g. planting, pruning and seeding.

• Removal of weeds from channels and footpaths and salting and gritting of footpaths, as required.

• Operate machinery as required including grass and hedge cutting equipment.

• Take responsibility for tools and equipment and ensure safe use to protect self, other employees and general public at all times.

• Inspect and clean playgrounds, clean and open public toilets and report any defects.

• Collect litter on roads, footpaths, verges and public areas including manual handling of heavy items, emptying of litter bins and the removal of posters and graffiti as required.

• Place filled litter sacks on grass verge, or village/town footpath either bringing to central locations or place as instructed.

• Assist as required, with refuse collection including loading wheeled bins, and food caddies on to vehicles and returning bins to where they were found without blocking entrances or inhibiting site lines.

• Assist the driver in safe manoeuvring, acting as a reversing assistant at all times on the round, or at the transfer station or landfill site. Assist driver where requested to upload data unto incab devices and inform office of any changes.

• Operating the bin lifting mechanism and ensuring any defects to either the lifting gear or wheelie bins are reported to the driver and office.

• Reporting any damaged lost or bins not collected to the driver and office.

• Removal and return of bins where back door collections are required.

• Assist with the communication of any alterations to normal service via direct communications with the public.

• Inform office staff of problem areas along the route to enable the office to address queries from the public e.g. roads closed, non-collection of bins for any reason or illegal dumping.

• Provide accurate advice to the public regarding the Council services in particular relating to recycling and promoting the Council’s Recycling initiative by the delivery of stickers/flyers, inspect bins to ensure that materials are compliant, report any non-compliance / stickering bins, and report any issues to driver and office.

• Carry out dynamic risk assessments on new situations which may arise in the daily delivery of the service.

• Tidy up and assist with the segregation of waste at civic amenity sites; open and close as appropriate.

• Erection and dismantling of sports equipment, marquees and any other Council equipment, as required.

• Working overtime when necessary.

• Assist and co-operate with members of the public.

• Report any accidents or dangerous occurrences and near misses.
• Comply with health and safety regulations and instructions and follow all safe systems of work in operation, including the wearing of protective clothing and reflective waistcoats, and follow health and safety procedures, at all times.

• Be aware of the working environment, traffic, cyclists, pedestrians, heavy plant and equipment, etc whilst complying with the safe systems and procedures in operations.

·       Ensure attendance at all necessary training related to customer care development, health and safety, risk assessments, manual handling, reversing assistant (banksman) etc.

·       Drive a Council vehicle if required, as appropriate to the task and undertake associated vehicle checks as required.

General

·         Ensure full compliance with all Health and Safety at Work legislation in accordance with the Council’s Health and Safety at Work policy and all associated procedures and guidance and to be an advocate for high standards of Health and Safety performance.

·         Implement the Council’s Human Resources policies and procedures.

·         Comply with all the Council’s policies and procedures including the Employee Code of Conduct and the Employee and Councillor Working Relationship Protocol.

·         Promote the Council’s equal opportunities policies and avoid all forms of discrimination as an employer and a service provider.

·         Implement all Financial and Procurement policies and procedures.

·         Comply with employee responsibility in relation to all records held, created or used as part of the Council’s business. All records, paper or electronic, are public records and accessible by the general public, with limited exceptions, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environment Regulations 2004 and the Data Protection Act 1998.

·         Undertake the duties of the post at all times in a manner that enhances and promotes the positive image of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

·         The postholder will be expected to be flexible and adaptable to meet the changing needs and requirements of the organisation. The above list should not be seen as an exhaustive list of duties, and the postholder will be expected to undertake other relevant duties, as required.

Essential Criteria:

Please provide evidence of any skills, qualities or experience relevant to any of the below: -

a)    Refuse collection

b)    Litter collection and responsibility for keeping an outdoor area clean and tidy

c)     Grass cutting, horticultural and grounds maintenance experience, in a medium to large scale setting, including the use of strimmer’s and ride on grounds machinery.

d)    General maintenance of buildings or outdoor areas e.g. paths, parks etc.

e)    Cleaning/maintenance of toilets used by the public

Effective communication skills and experience of dealing with members of the public

Available to work weekends and public holidays

Desirable Criteria

Hold a valid UK Driving Licence, Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) Licence or other machine operator licence with any experience.