Location: Ilkeston
Pay: £13.26 per hour
Hours: Monday to Thursday: 7:30am - 4:00pm; Friday: 7:30am - 12:30pm
Contract: Long‑Term Temporary Positions
Blue Arrow is recruiting for five long‑term temporary Maintenance roles to support essential grounds, environmental and public space maintenance across local sites in Ilkeston. These opportunities offer regular hours and ongoing work for dependable, physically fit candidates who enjoy working outdoors.
Vacancy 1 - Cemetery Grave Digging Operative
This role supports burial services and requires sensitivity, resilience, and experience in physically demanding outdoor work.
Responsibilities:
Manual grave digging and preparation
Operating a 360° mini excavator (certification required)
Supporting burial services in a respectful manner
Working in muddy, outdoor conditionsRequirements:
Previous grave digging experience
360° mini excavator qualification
Ability to manage emotional demands of the role
Good level of physical fitness
Vacancy 2 - Play Area Maintenance / Groundworker
Supporting the inspection, repair and installation of play areas and public infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
Inspecting and repairing children's play equipment
Installing street furniture
Mixing and laying concrete and tarmac
General groundworks and maintenance tasksRequirements:
Experience in play area maintenance or groundworks
Street Works and Abrasive Wheels tickets preferred
Confident using hand tools
Groundworks experience desirable
Vacancy 3 - Sports Groundsman
Maintaining high‑standard sports pitches and fine turf areas.
Responsibilities:
Fine turf maintenance (cricket, bowls, croquet, golf)
Pitch preparation and line marking
Ongoing sports grounds maintenanceRequirements:
Experience maintaining fine turf
Sports pitch marking experience
PA1/PA6 certification
Pedestrian or ride‑on rotary/cylinder mower certification
Vacancy 4 & Vacancy 5 - Grounds Maintenance Operatives (2 roles)
General grounds maintenance across highways, open spaces and cemeteries.
Responsibilities:
Grass cutting and vegetation control
Strimming, hedge cutting and general grounds duties
Supporting seasonal maintenance activitiesRequirements:
Experience using grounds maintenance equipment
PA1/PA6 certification
Pedestrian or ride‑on mower experience
Strimmer, hedge cutter and chainsaw experience (certificates desirable)
After submission of your application you will hear within 24-48 working hours
Blue Arrow is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to helping find great work opportunities for great people
Salary description
£13.26 - £13.26 per hour