Full job description

Estate Assistant (Grounds Maintenance)
Location: Southend
Salary: £24,479


We are looking for an Estate Assistant to deliver high-quality grounds maintenance and estate services across our communities, ensuring the environments around our customers’ homes remain clean, safe and well maintained.


What you’ll be doing


*Build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, acting as a brand ambassador for our client and delivering first-class customer service within the community.
*Deliver scheduled and responsive grounds-maintenance services, including maintaining lawns, hedges and shrubs, controlling weeds and responding to seasonal service demands.
*Maintain external communal areas—including pathways, roadways, car parks and refuse areas—by removing litter, leaves, dog fouling and other debris, and by changing and emptying litter and dog-waste bins.
*Remove bulk waste and fly-tipped materials, carry out waste inspections and investigations where appropriate, and dispose of waste at authorised transfer stations in accordance with site regulations.
*Clean and disinfect refuse areas and address pest-related environmental hazards, including pigeon guano, ensuring all discarded or hazardous waste is handled and disposed of correctly.


What we are looking for


*Demonstratable knowledge of COSHH
*Knowledge of Health and safety Legislation and PPE
*Ability to demonstrate practical experience in the use of a wide range of powered equipment with the ability to train as and when required.
*Full Clean UK Driving licence, and experience of driving a 3.5T tipper
*PA1 -PA6 Desirable


Please note the office expectancy of this role is as follows: full time on site


Benefits


*The salary for this post will be £24,479 Per Annum.
*Learning and development opportunities
*Healthcare cash plan
*Robust employee reward and recognition programme
*Free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme
*Volunteering programme
*Competitive pension scheme
*25 days annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays, 3 extra days between Christmas and New Year and 1 wellbeing day per annum.
*35 hours per week - employees may be able to work flexibly by agreement with their line manager, taking account of business need. We operate a hybrid working policy at our client.


Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications or successfully appoint a candidate before the closing date. We encourage early applications to avoid disappointment.


Closing date: 18th November 2026
Shortlist date: TBC
Interview date: TBC