Job Description

A vacancy has become available to join our Grounds Maintenance Highways team in the role of an Operative Level 2. This is a permanent, 37 hour/week post.

Are you friendly, polite and willing to carry out a range of tasks, ensuring the Highways shrub beds and Grass areas of Torbay look attractive and well maintained, and are safe and clean, providing an enjoyable experience for all visitors?

Working within a team of up to three, managed by the Grounds Maintenance Team Manager, you will be directed daily by a Team Leader. Tasks will include:

Strimming, mowing, and leaf blowing using handheld power tools.

Cutting hedges and shrubs.

Planting, weeding, and maintaining shrub beds.

Occasionally, you may be expected to work in other areas of Torbay or undertake different tasks to what you would normally do. This role involves outdoor work in all weather conditions, lifting and carrying, and operating in environments with potential hazards.

You will be provided with Personal Protective Clothing to wear at all times and a range of training in methods of safe working practices.

You will also be responsible for tasks which require a greater level of knowledge and experience such as:

Ride on grass cutting machines

Use of robotic mowers

You should be proud of the work you do in this role as it will help make Torbay a great place to live and work in.

We are a HM forces friendly employer as recognised by our bronze armed forces covenant award and as such any veteran who meets the essential criteria will be offered an interview.

Key Duties :

Work closely with managers and team members to ensure efficient communication and collaboration.

Deliver operational tasks according to planned schedules and respond to changing needs.

Maintain health and safety standards and safe working practices.

Ensure high-quality service delivery within agreed timeframes.

Attend all required training sessions.

Communicate effectively with line managers to report issues impacting service delivery.

Foster positive relationships and uphold SWISCo's "one team" ethos.

Provide professional and courteous customer service.

Maintain a clean and hazard-free work area.

Safely operate vans, tractors, and small plant machinery.

Essential Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications:

Skills and Effectiveness

Ability to work collaboratively and as part of a team, to include those from other teams and service areas.

Effective ability to meet targets and demand, to include conflicting deadlines.

Effective manual handling skills.

Ability to take direction and work in an inclusive manner.

Knowledge

Effective knowledge of Health & Safety processes.

Effective knowledge of how to operate plant and machinery such as forklift truck/mowers.

Experience

Experience of problem solving to successful outcomes.

Able to demonstrate in-still trust to staff members at all levels, clients/customers and the general public.

Qualifications

Full UK driving licence.

Hold relevant plant and/or machinery operator licence,

About us

Co Limited is responsible for the delivery of all functions and services associated with environmental and operational requirements:

Waste & Recycling

Highways

Parks & Amenities

Grounds Maintenance

Streetscene

Enforcement

Business Commercial and Fleet

The Company also carries out work for other public and private organisations to provide added value and improve the cost effectiveness of universal service provided to all residents on behalf of Torbay Council.

We have the ambitious mission of 'Proud to Make Torbay the best place to live, work and play'. This is why we exist and why we do what we do.

Mission and Values

Our mission is backed by our personality and values:

'Proudly delivering outstanding services for our customers'.

Our People Ethos as an employer of choice, ensures that we:

have robust HR systems and processes in place that support our workforce, recruit, retain and reward great people, recognise talent, and support organisational development and continuous improvement

Application

If this has piqued your interest and you want more information or want to apply for our role, you can email hrswisco@swisco.co.uk to request a copy of the application form and a full .

Please be aware that we short list applicants based on you meeting the essential/desirable criteria for the role, and we reserve the right to close the job advert early, so get your application in, if you want to be considered for our role.

SWISCo is a limited company wholly owned by, and providing services on behalf of, Torbay Council.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 25,583.00-25,989.00 per year

Benefits:

Cycle to work scheme Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 28/01/2026
Reference ID: SWIS038