Groundworker – Local Council

South West Recruitment

📍 Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom

Permanent Construction Trades Workers

Job Description

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 
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Job Details

Location Bournemouth, England

Job Type Permanent

Category Construction Trades Workers

Posted July 09, 2026

Deadline August 18, 2026