Facilities Maintenance Labourer

Job Title: Facilities Maintenance Labourer (Outdoor Grounds)
Location: Sittingbourne, Kent
Hours: Monday to Friday, full-time
About the Role
We are looking for reliable and motivated Facilities Maintenance Labourers to join our team. You’ll work across approximately 9.5 acres of outdoor grounds, supporting the upkeep and maintenance of the site and helping to build a career path toward a supervisory position. The role includes working with machinery and equipment, dealing with external environment tasks, and operating in all weather conditions.
Key Responsibilities as a Facilities Maintenance Labourer:

Drainage & plumbing assistance (clearing gullies, verifying drainage flows)

Vacuum tankering, jet-washing, gulley-sucking operations

Road sweeping & litter picking throughout the site, including access roads and service areas

Industrial & confined space cleaning work (as required) no ticket required

Emergency clean-ups & site housekeeping (clearance after weather events, spillages, debris removal)

Maintaining the moat and water-edge areas, ensuring cleanliness and safe condition

Handling recycling materials: segregation, transport, stacking as needed

Helping to build toward supervising outside grounds labourers: supporting the team, taking instruction, beginning to coordinate daily tasks
Requirements as a Facilities Maintenance Labourer:

Valid UK driver’s licence (essential)

Experience in maintenance or a related field (grounds, outdoor site work, machinery operations etc)

Physically able to work outdoors in all weather conditions

Comfortable working with machinery and equipment (jet-washers, vacuum tankers, sweepers) or willing to learn

Strong team player with a positive attitude and ambition to progress into a supervisory role

Good communication skills, able to report issues, work safely and follow procedures

Willingness to undergo training as required and to take on expanding responsibilities
What We Offer you as a Facilities Maintenance Labourer:

Monday–Friday schedule, enabling a good work-life balance

Hands-on outdoor role across a large site (9.5 acres) with variety of tasks

Training and career progression: the role offers a path into supervision of outside grounds labourers

Opportunity to work at an established industrial site with diverse duties

Supportive working environment and development of new skills in machinery operations, outdoor maintenance and site management
How to Apply
If you are keen to get outdoors, operate machinery, maintain large grounds and grow into a supervisory role, we’d love to hear from you. Please send:

Your CV or a brief summary of your experience

We will be reviewing applications as they arrive and aim to interview suitable candidates promptly

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