Facilities maintenance labourer

ob 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.