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Make a Home at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we don’t just build houses; we build futures. Not just for the people who live in our homes, but for our own people too. When we bring our collective skills together, we make amazing things happen - for ourselves, for each other and for our customers. There are incredible opportunities on your doorstep, and we want you to discover them all. 

With 22 regional offices across the UK and operations in Spain, we bring our vision to life locally. Here, you’ll be given the tools to develop your skills and the freedom to explore new avenues. Share your ideas, experience a no-blame culture, and shape your work around your life.

Every single one of us plays a vital role in bringing to life incredible places and spaces, where anyone can thrive. We believe in making a positive difference to our planet, as well as to people. 

Home to work that matters, and you can be a part of it.

Job Summary

The Labourer is responsible for day to day housekeeping of our development sites and will give assistance to the site production team.

Primary Responsibilities

• Opening and securing storage containers and plots.
• Preparing job site and general site housekeeping.
• Site welfare cleaning.
• Unloading and storing deliveries.
• Aid the site team and specialised trades.
• Keep walk ways clear/traffic management

Experience, Qualifications, Technical Requirements

• CSCS Card holder
• Self-motivated and have good communication skills
• High standard of workmanship
• Full, clean driving license – will need to travel to various construction sites
• Safety Awareness
• Ability to work as part of a tea

What we offer at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we are committed to enabling you to make a home with us. Our work is not just about building homes; it's about doing work that matters, making a positive impact on the lives of our customers and the communities we serve.

We enjoy many benefits as standard, including excellent retail discounts, company funded life insurance and private healthcare, and access to a quality pension scheme with company contributions.  We also offer our discounted house purchase scheme, car leasing scheme and share plans, as well as the opportunity to tailor your benefit package to suit your needs with options such as buying extra annual leave or adding dependants to your benefit cover.  Our total reward offer works perfectly with our culture, we are a welcoming community where everyone can feel at home.    

We create a home to your future by providing opportunities for growth and development. We offer industry leading professional training and development, which supports you to unlock your potential and fulfil your career and personal goals in a variety of opportunities and environments. We look to develop our people in the skills and areas they are most interested in, leveraging your qualities and appreciating your unique competencies, skills and expertise that, when we come together, make this a great place to work.

If you want to do work that matters and build a career that lasts, make a home at Taylor Wimpey. 

Inclusivity Statement

As a proud Disability Confident Employer, Taylor Wimpey is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively collaborate with individuals who have disabilities and long-term health conditions which have an effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, ensuring that barriers are eliminated when it comes to employment opportunities. In line with our commitment, we guarantee an interview to applicants who declare to us during the application process that they have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role. Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.

Internal Applicants:

Please inform your line manager if you wish to apply for this role.

• Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils
• Address: Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 5AT
• Salary: £37,280 - £44,075 per annum
• Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week
• Contract: Permanent

This role is open to full time, part time, and job share applications, all of which will be assessed equally.

Join our team

We are looking for an Operations Team Leader to join our Public Realm team.

If you share our values and are motivated to make a difference for our residents, clients, and communities, whilst ensuring that the Operations Team delivers a first-class service, we would love to hear from you.

About the role

Working mainly from our depot in Stowmarket, you will carry out daily supervision of the Grounds Maintenance and Street Cleansing teams to ensure that our districts are maintained to a high standard, are clean and welcoming and meet the needs and expectations of the local community, stakeholders, and visitors.

Working with the Operations Officer you will plan, organise and distribute the work of the operational teams to ensure that due consideration is given to health and safety during all grounds and streets operations.

Not only will you support the provision of and maintaining of grounds and open spaces, playing fields, shrub beds, trees, hedges, ditching and grassland, you will be crucial in ensuring an efficient street cleansing service is delivered across the districts. This includes street sweeping, litter picking and bin emptying.

You will monitor and provide quality control for all operations ensuring they achieve high standards.

You will also carry out health and safety, uniform, and vehicle spot checks amongst the team to ensure satisfactory standards are maintained.

This is an exciting and diverse role requiring you to work closely with other Public Realm Officers across Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils to provide a seamless service, sharing resources to optimise the skills and experience of the team to deliver project outcomes.

A Full UK driving licence with C1 +E entitlement is essential for this role.

About you

Organised, efficient and an effective communicator you will play an integral part in delivering a Public Realm Operations service to exceed expectations.

You will need vocational experience in an environmental field such as cleansing, grounds maintenance or horticulture. With a background in supervising a team of manual workers in a comparable operational environment, you will demonstrate experience of training others, ensuring a safety-first mind-set and using technology and equipment to continue improving our standards and efficiency.

Able to build rapport quickly, you will have the knowledge to supervise a diverse operational team.

You will be competent in the use of IT and have a proven ability to problem solve and make day-to-day decisions about your own workload, and that of others.

These skills, combined with real attention to detail and a communicative nature, will see the team deliver a friendly, user-focused service.

Some weekend working and out of hours emergency response handling will be a feature of this role.

About us

At Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils we are passionate about building communities that people want to live, work, visit and invest in.

We serve around 200,000 residents across our two districts and are well known for our collaboration and partnership working across public, private and voluntary sectors.

We believe that the heart of Suffolk is an incredibly special place to live and work, with:

• 60 conservation areas
• two National Landscapes
• many picturesque market towns

It is no surprise we are ranked among the top 50 places to live in the UK.

Employee Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Generous leave entitlement (26 days a year, rising to 31 days after 5 years).
• Competitive Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Wellbeing Support and Employee Assistance Programs.
• Private Health Care Options.
• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
• Paid volunteering days.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements (Business needs permitting).
• Great learning and development opportunities.

For more information, visit our Employee Benefits page .

Our working culture

We believe work is what we do, not just where we go.

We work in a hybrid way, with a mix of office, home, and remote based working (Business need permitting). Our hybrid working arrangements support flexibility and collaboration, helping our teams to thrive.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, providing opportunity and ambition for all, supporting and enabling our people to deliver the best possible services for our residents.

For more information

For an informal discussion or to learn more about hybrid working for this role, please contact Matthew Chittock by either calling or emailing .

Please read the Job Description and Person Specification (pdf) before applying for this job opportunity.

Closing date: 5pm, 17 September 2025.

How to apply

please ensure:

• your application form is fully completed, including employment and education history
• your supporting statement clearly addresses how you meet the criteria in the Person Specification

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.