Groundworker – Local Council

South West Recruitment • Bournemouth, England • Posted June 20, 2026

About the Role

We are recruiting for permanent Groundworkers for the local council in Bournemouth, Dorset. 

Areas covered are Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.


Salary: £17.29 per hour (£35, 076 per annum)

Hours: 39 hrs per week - 8am to 4:30 Monday to Thursday and 8am to 3:30 on Friday.

DBS check and Driving Licence are essential.

Duties:


  • Digging by hand, requiring, bending, turning, stretching, twisting and Lifting
  • Post holes, approx. 2ft deep
  • Foundations, approx. 2ft deep.
  • Excavation for concrete approx. 1ft deep.
  • Levelling by hand soil, concrete, hardcore.
  • Process to lay concrete includes, bending, shovelling, levelling of concrete, leaning.
  • Loading of materials on to vehicle.
  • Manual Lifting, including dead lifting, and high level or unloading, including manual transport from location to vehicle, bending, turning, twisting.
  • Fence panels 4ft 5ft 6ft
  • Remo...