Grounds Person

We're not just hiring - we're looking for people who take pride in creating places that make people stop and smile!

• Do you love the great outdoors?
• Do you take pride in seeing a job well done?
• Do you have an eye for detail and enjoy keeping beautiful spaces looking their best?
• Can you turn a patch of ground into somewhere people want to spend time?
• Are you someone who gets satisfaction from making a real difference, whatever the weather?
  
  

We believe the best grounds teams are made up of people who care, people who take pride in their work, look after their surroundings and enjoy being part of a team.

Whether you're an experienced grounds person, gardener or landscaper, or simply someone who loves working outdoors and wants to develop their skills, we want to hear from you.

We're looking for enthusiastic, hardworking and positive people who take pride in creating and maintaining beautiful outdoor spaces that our guests can enjoy.

Job Summary

To be responsible for key areas of the gardens and grounds either around the hotel or holiday park, to ensure high standards are met at all times by themselves and team members and to provide a safe working environment for other team members, guests and the general public.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out and oversee work done by self and team members around the Hotel and Holiday Park.
• Ensure a safe working environment for team members, guests and the general public.
• Maintenance and care of hand tools.
• Maintenance and care of machinery used by the gardens team.
• Notifying the head gardener or senior gardener immediately on any maintenance issues.
• Liaising with the Head Gardener and Senior Grounds Person on work plans and future work requirements.
• Ensuring irrigation is working as required.
• Ensuring areas around the holiday park, hotel and wider estate are mown and strimmed in a timely manner.
• Pruning plants at the correct time of year.
• Weeding and tidying beds and borders to a high standard.
• Ensuring a high level of customer service for guests by self and team members.
• Assisting with induction of new team members as required.
• To promote self-development horticulturally to ensure a high quality of work in the gardens and holiday park.
• Assisting with replenishing logs for the hotel when required.
• Carry out any other reasonable duties that may be required by the Head Gardener and Directors
  
  

About You

• Experience using machinery including RTV's, tractors, ride-on mowers, lawn mowers, brush cutters, strimmers, chainsaws. Relevant qualifications are desirable
• Experience maintaining machines
• Experience of turf area care (seeding, turfing, mowing, scarifying etc)
• Hedge cutting experience
• PA1 and PA6 desirable
• Possess a full, clean driving license
• Ability to work on own initiative
• High standards of work
• Happy working outdoors and in all weathers!
  
  

General

• Be responsible for Health and Safety as an individual and also to work colleagues, customers and the business, reporting concerns through the Health and Safety processes and procedures.
• Ensure continuous professional development of self, including attending required training courses and seeking means of developing within the business
• Promote continuous improvement in the level of quality and customer care provided by the business and make proposals/suggestions where applicable
• Respect colleagues and the working environment at all times.
• Ensure high standard of dress and self-presentation within the working environment
• Undertake any other duties commensurate within the position for which you are qualified.
  
  

In return for your hard work and commitment we offer:

• Enhanced pay - 50p per hour for evening work after 7pm (Sunday - Thursday), £1 per hour for weekend day work until 7pm (Saturdays and Sundays), £1.50 per hour for evenings from 7pm (Friday and Saturdays)
• Service Charge (Tronc) earn up to an additional £5,000 per year
• Company sick pay for up to 4 weeks
• A range of discounts including 50% off spa days and dining, not to mention preferential room rates for employees and family (subject to availability of course)
• Annual party, family fun days, and award dinners - we love to celebrate!
• Up to 30 days annual leave, increasing with length of service
• Complimentary overnight stay for you and a guest (including dinner, bed and breakfast with spa) when you complete a three month probation
• FREE food and drink; The Green Room is our team's dedicated space to chill out, when not 'on stage' looking after our guests. You'll find a range of hot and cold food options with different areas to relax, catch up with your 'co-stars' or watch TV.
• Investment in personal growth through Apprenticeship, Training Courses and Development Programmes.
• Can't wait until pay day? Wage Stream allows you to pay yourself when you need it!
• Hospitality Rewards include FREE Employee Assistance Programme from Day 1
• Local discounts on gym memberships
• Complimentary counselling sessions to support mental health
• Wellbeing App with a range of support such as podcasts, fitness videos, recipes
• AND MUCH MORE...........
  
  

About Rudding Park

A privately-owned luxury hotel, Rudding Park has 90 bedrooms and suites, a destination spa, three restaurants and a kitchen garden, private cinema, two golf courses and meetings and events venue. Set in 300 acres of landscaped gardens and woodland, Rudding Park is one of the most beautiful Harrogate hotels.

Rudding Park features the first Roof Top Spa in the UK and offers an extensive range hydrotherapy and thermal experiences. We offer an extensive range of treatments and guests can discover the Escape Zone - a peaceful and serene space to relax following a treatment. The Spa also offers an indoor swimming pool using natural waters from the grounds of Rudding Park, a Juniper Log Sauna, Rasul for traditional Moorish mud treatments, Retail Therapy, Hair Studio, Nail and Beauty Studio.