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Horticultural Operative (CONTRACT)

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Job Description

Horticultural Operative (CONTRACT)

Application Deadline: 20 July 2026

Department: Technical Services

Employment Type: Contract

Location: Saltend Chemicals Park

Our Business

px PEOPLE, their commitment to excellence, innovation and teamwork, are the reason for px Group’s continuing growth and success story. We aim to be the elite provider of operations management, engineering services and energy management solutions in high hazard, highly regulated industries nationally and as we grow, across Europe and globally. For more information visit www.pxlimited.com

In the UK, we own, operate and are significantly developing the 370 acre top tier COMAH site Saltend Chemicals Park (SCP.) With a cluster of world-class chemicals and renewable energy businesses, it’s strategically positioned on the UK’s busiest ports complex and at the forefront of our energy transition plans.
The Opportunity

We are now recruiting a Horticultural Groundsman on a 12 month contract basis.

It is the responsibility of the Horticulture Operative to work Working as part of an efficient, effective multi-disciplinary technical service team to complete building maintenance activities, breakdown support, installation works and engineering support for activities on SCP equipment and work for customers and clients at SCP.

Key Responsibilities

  • Complete all assigned tasks within own competence to required SHEQ and business standards & times including but not limited to investigation, troubleshooting, planned repair scopes, preventative and predictive maintenance, equipment installation and projects.
  • When required seek appropriate technical or safety guidance from competent persons. Whenever necessary, stop the job if unsafe or unsure.
  • Assist maintenance planners and supervisors in the identification, specification and purchase requisition of materials necessary to carry out the job.
  • Complete all aspects of horticulture SCPL scope document & work schedule to include; chemical weed spraying regime, grass cutting & strimming.
  • Pruning & trimming of all shrub beds, hedges, bushes and trees.
  • Support deep clean of gullies, removing drain covers and clearing debris
  • Raise horticultural issues & areas of persistent grow to facilities supervisor, so the schedule can be modified to suit.
  • Weekly collection & disposal of waste from SCP litter bins
  • Provide gritting service for SCPL & site partners during winter season.
  • Dispensing grit/salt via gritting truck, by mechanical aid & by hand.
  • Complete workplace safety and condition audits prior, during & post job completion

Please note this role may close early or be extended depending on the volume of applications.

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.



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About px Group

px Group is a fully integrated infrastructure solutions business which delivers net zero and stakeholder success through elite performance in the safety, availability, reliability and efficiency of energy infrastructure, industrial processes and related commercial activities - unlocking value for our customers as a trusted partner. Part of the Ara Partners portfolio of companies, Ara Partners is a private equity firm specialising in industrial decarbonisation investments.

Operating on a 24/7 basis, providing services at this level requires professionalism and competence coupled with a safety and environmentally conscious mind set to deliver operational excellence.

This capability has been shaped by a 25 year history in managing, operating and maintaining some of Europe’s most significant industrial infrastructure including two of the UK’s largest and most strategic gas processing facilities.

px Group also owns Saltend Chemicals Park at the heart of the UK’s Energy Estuary in the Humber, home to several world-leading manufacturing businesses such as Mitsubishi Chemicals, INEOS, and Vivergo Fuels and the location for Equinor’s hydrogen production plant with carbon capture, the anchor project for Zero Carbon Humber. This introduction of hydrogen at our Saltend Park, and our continuous search with all current and new industrial users for further synergies in energy and resource use will help to transform the park into a future proof Green Energy Park.

We are committed to the Energy Transition, and reducing emissions across all our operations, including the sites we manage and operate on behalf of our clients. We are growing internationally and are involved in some of the newest flagship waste-to-fuels projects including ReNew’s plastic recycling plant in Teesside and GIDARA Energy’s advanced biofuels facility in Amsterdam which will convert non-recyclable waste into bio-methanol.

Industry
Oil, Gas & Mining
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Stockton On Tees, GB
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
pxlimited.com
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