General maintenance assistant Work, Jobs in Essex (with Salaries)

Nursery Assistant
Perrywood Garden Centre & Nurseries Ltd —Colchester
- £12.91 - £13.42 an hour
- Full-time
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Annual leave
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9h
Petting Farm - Farm Assistant - Weekends
White Elm Garden Centre —Chelmsford
- Part-time
- Basic maths
- In-person
- Hand tools
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10d
Assistant Planner
Balfour Beatty —Colchester
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Project management
- Organisational skills
- Annual leave
Garden Centre Assistant - Full Time
White Elm Garden Centre —Chelmsford
- Weekend availability
- Customer service
- In-person
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Maintenance - Maintenance Assistant - MA1
Parkdean Resorts —Colchester
- Weekend availability
- Maintenance
- Hand tools
- Resort
- Store discount
- Employee assistance programme
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12d
Maintenance Person
Brook Red Lion Hotel —Colchester
- £14 an hour
- Part-time
- Customer service
- Maintenance
- Hotel
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12d
Building Surveyor
Braintree District Council —Braintree
- £48,945 - £53,082 a year
- Full-time
- Project management
- No degree
- Organisational skills
- Employee discount
11d
Driver and Warehouse Assistant - Flexible hours
City Plumbing —Clacton-on-Sea
- £12.71 - £13.93 an hour
- Part-time
- Driving
- Warehouse experience
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Assistant Property Manager
Gilbert & Rose —Rochford
- £27,500 a year
- Full-time
- Customer service
- Microsoft Office
- Administrative experience
- Free parking
- Employee discount
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12d
Retail Assistant
Animall Littlebury —Saffron Walden
- From £12.71 an hour
- Part-time
- English
- Organisational skills
- Time management
- Free parking
- Employee discount
Quick apply
4d
Caretaker & Fleet Assistant
East Anglian DriveAbility —Colchester
- From £12.71 an hour
- Full-time
- Customer service
- Driving
- In-person
- Sick pay
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Geographical Facilities (Colchester)
Essex Police and Kent Police —Colchester
- From £25,242 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
11d
Domestic Assistant
Farleigh Hospice —Chelmsford
- £24,853 a year
- Call to connect
- Hospice
- Computer skills
- Communication skills
5d
Leisure Assistant
Clearstone Facilities Group Limited —Thurrock
- £14.00 - £14.80 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Hospitality
- Customer service
- English
Quick apply
10d
Driver / Branch Assistant
Williams Trade Supplies —Harlow
- £27,000 a year
- Full-time
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
11d
School Cleaner
Pinnacle Group —Harlow
- £6,482.10 a year
- Part-time
- School
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
Volunteer Maintenance Assistant
St Helena Hospice —Colchester
- Customer service
- Maintenance
- Programmable logic controllers
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
Quick apply
4d
Plant Operator
Biogen (UK) Ltd —Colchester
- Up to £34,000 a year
- Overtime
- IT
- Mechanical knowledge
- Annual leave
Quick apply
Front of House
Clearstone Facilities Group Limited —Thurrock
- £14.00 - £14.80 an hour
- Full-time
- English
- Hotel
- Administrative experience
Quick apply
10d
Fitness Manager - Braintree
The Gym Group —Braintree
- Full-time
- Employee discount
- Sick pay

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Nursery Assistant

Perrywood Garden Centre & Nurseries Ltd -
Colchester

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Job details

Full-time
£12.91 - £13.42 an hour
9 hours ago

Benefits

Free parking
Annual leave
Company pension
Employee discount
Sick pay

Qualifications

Growing experience
Communication skills

Full job description

Full-time Nursery Assistant – 40 hours per week

8am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday

Our nursery grows over 1 million plants annually and they are grown exclusively for our three Perrywood stores. The nursery includes a propagation house and a modern warehouse housing a potting machine, transplanter and seeder.

Key duties

Carrying out roles as required to produce plants in our nursery.
Operating nursery machinery such as potting machine, seeder and transplanting machine
Moving stock around – manually and with machinery
General maintenance and plant care – could include watering and irrigation, weeding, pruning, propagation, cleaning etc.
Labeling of products, grading and sorting plants as required
Pest and disease control in greenhouses, and across wider garden centre. Could include spraying, biological pest control and rodent control
Assisting in retail areas e.g. moving plants and stocking up, labelling, cleaning

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation.

Your capabilities

Ability to work both inside and outside in varied weather conditions
You must be able to bend, lift and pull/push trolleys and barrows
Ability to work as a member of a team, and able to operate in a fast paced commercial facility
A keen interest in plants and related products, and current experience of growing within a commercial environment

Requirements

Experience of working in a production nursery, Garden Centre or similar environment is essential
Good communication skills essential
As part of this role when assisting in bedding plant department you will be required to weargloves (Personal Protective Equipment, or PPE) when handling certain crops which may be for large parts of the day
1 day a month at the weekend on a rota basis

Working with

Report to Nursery Production Manager
Work closely with Nursery Assistants and Plant Area Assistants
Occasionally work with other supervisors and office staff

Rewards and Benefits

In addition to your hourly rate, you will receive the following benefits:

Discount – From the start of your employment you will receive 10% discount on specific items. Following a successful probation period, the discount increases up to 20% discount on specific items and after one year’s service up to 40% discount on specific items. (some exceptions apply)
Paid holiday – holiday entitlement is 22 days per year, plus bank holidays. Restrictions apply
Annual Christmas bonus
Part-uniform provided
Employee Assistant Programme - a confidential personal and professional support service available to all employees and their immediate families 24/7, 365 days a year.
Training & development, as required. We have an e-learning scheme called GROW, and also take part in other training with product suppliers and external trainers
Company sick pay – following a successful probation period employees are entitled to 10 days paid sickness (part-time pro rata and subject to restrictions)
Access to our Retail Discount Scheme – savings on retailers including Tesco, Pizza Express,M&S, Waitrose, Argos, Apple, Currys PC World, Thomas Cook and 100’s more
Workplace pension
Free parking

If this full time Nursery Assistant position sounds like the ideal opportunity for you, please apply directly to us. We’d love to hear from you!

For further information and a full job description, please visit the Perrywood website https://www.perrywood.co.uk/careers/

Perrywood is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please inform us as soon as you are able so that we can make the appropriate adjustments.

Pay: £12.91-£13.42 per hour

Work Location: In person

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general maintenance assistant jobs in essex

Nursery Assistant

Petting Farm - Farm Assistant - Weekends

Assistant Planner

Garden Centre Assistant - Full Time

Maintenance - Maintenance Assistant - MA1

Maintenance Person

Building Surveyor

Driver and Warehouse Assistant - Flexible hours

Assistant Property Manager

Retail Assistant

Caretaker & Fleet Assistant

Geographical Facilities (Colchester)

Domestic Assistant

Leisure Assistant

Driver / Branch Assistant

School Cleaner

Volunteer Maintenance Assistant

Plant Operator

Front of House

Fitness Manager - Braintree

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