Join Our Team as a Grounds Maintenance Technician
Are you passionate about the outdoors, take pride in keeping spaces clean, green, and inspiring, and want your work to positively impact students every single day?
Bridgwater College Academy is looking for a dedicated Grounds Maintenance Technician to join our friendly Premises team on an ad hoc basis during their busy periods. If you have a green thumb, a great work ethic, and enjoy working in beautiful surroundings that support young people’s education, we’d love to hear from you.
This role is casual, so hours will vary depending on when you are needed as an extra pair of hands. The hourly rate of pay is £13.26 – paid on the Support Staff Pay Scale 4, band 5.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Maintaining school grounds to a high standard: mowing, hedge cutting, pruning, planting, and general upkeep.
- Working within an existing team and in a variety of weather conditions.
- Using a range of grounds maintenance equipment safely and effectively.
- Keeping storage areas tidy and tools well maintained by Lubricating and cleaning the grounds equipment after use..
- Supporting the delivery of safe, accessible, and beautiful outdoor spaces for students and staff.
- Following environmental and health & safety policies while performing all duties.
What We’re Looking For:
- Experience in grounds maintenance, horticulture or landscaping.
- A team player with a positive, can-do attitude.
- Physically fit and comfortable working outdoors in all weathers.
- Enthusiasm for maintaining green spaces and sports pitches.
- Understanding of health & safety procedures and willingness to learn.
It’d Be Great If You Also Have:
- Horticulture or technical qualifications.
- Experience working in an educational or public setting.
- Familiarity with artificial turf maintenance or pesticide use (PA1/PA6).
- Full UK driving licence.
What we offer:
- Generous local government pension scheme with employer contributions of over 23%
- Employee Reward Scheme, including high-street discounts & Staff Wellbeing Centre.
- Access to join the national Blue Light Card Scheme
- Free on-site parking
Closing date: Midnight, Friday 20th March 2026
For further queries about the role, please contact Andy Smith on 07733000573
We believe in hiring for potential and this means that we value individuals for the knowledge skills and experience that they have developed in every aspect of their lives. If you don’t feel that you meet all of the criteria listed in the person specification, we would still encourage you to apply.
We care about our staff and provide a number of benefits in addition to salary including a positive and supportive working environment, employer pension contribution of at least 23%, generous annual leave entitlement for all-year round staff, on-site gyms, free parking, access to a retail discounts platform and Employee Assistance Programme. Helping you achieve a good work life balance is important to us. Lots of our colleagues work flexibly including part time hours and/or job shares and we are happy to discuss these opportunities with you.
We truly believe that diversity of thought, culture, background and perspective secure the best outcomes for our students. We strive to build teams that represent our local communities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Bridgwater & Taunton College Trust is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share its commitment. Our mission is that all children achieve. A criminal disclosure check will be requested for any applicant who is offered a position.