Grounds Maintenance Gravedigger gardener  

Permanent – Full Time 37 hours 

Band D - £28,580 – £30,768 per annum 

Closing Date for accepting applications: 27 February 2026 

No DBS required 

(Starting salary dependent upon skills and qualifications, progression subject to satisfactory performance) 

Key duties and responsibilities. 

Working within the street scene department on the ground’s maintenance section, based at the Warley Depot. 

To work in designated areas throughout the borough and will assist in the ground’s maintenance and cleansing of a wide range of council’s public spaces, open spaces, cemeteries, and parks. 

Key skills required 

• Current driving licence. 

• Basic literacy and numeracy skills. 

• High level of flexibility, positive can-do attitude. 

• Working knowledge of cemetery operations including grave digging and gravedigging  equipment . 

• Knowledge and experience of grave digging procedures . 

• Working knowledge of sophisticated mowing equipment and handheld equipment such as strimmer’s, hedge cutters and other horticultural equipment. 

• Experience in grounds maintenance works, such as pruning weeding, planting. 

• Training in the use of ride on mowers desirable. 

• High level of people skills ,  

• Experience of team working, and lone working where required. 

For an informal discussion please contact Tracey Lynch on 01277312701. 

Brentwood Council is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. People with disabilities will be offered an interview where they meet the Essential Criteria on the Person Specification.

If you are not invited to attend an interview within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion you have not been successful. Please refer to the job application guidance for more details.