Job description
Senior/Skilled Grounds Staff
Salary: £26,000 – £30,000pa depending on experience
Closing Date: Friday March 21, 5pm
An exciting opportunity has become available within the ground’s maintenance department at this club.
We are looking to recruit a Senior/Skilled Grounds Staff member to be a part of a forward-thinking team, responsible for providing a pitch maintenance programme and to ensure delivery of excellent playing surfaces at our training ground based in London.
The role will be based on a 40-hour week which will include evening, weekend and matchday hours, with potential requirement at times to work at our stadium.
The successful candidate will enjoy working as part of a team, be enthusiastic and hardworking and be flexible to the requirements of the position and the business.
Applicants should ideally live local to London or the surrounding areas, and be a UK resident or non-UK resident with a valid UK work permit.
Ideally, they will have experience working within a similar role.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will work as an integral part of the training ground’s maintenance team, primarily responsible for carrying out the following duties:
- Pitch maintenance – procedures to include but not limited to: mowing, marking, aeration, fertilising, scarifying, frost cover application, top dressing, seeding and pitch light maneuvering/maintenance
- Equipment maintenance – goals, ball stopping nets, advertising boards etc
- Machinery – greasing, cleaning, setting up, oil checks and visual checks before use
- Liaising with coaching staff
- Ensuring the safety of all playing surfaces
- Adhere to the club’s health and safety procedures
Manual lifting above 25kg
Ideally, they will have experience working within a similar role.
Requirements
- NVQ level two in sports turf or equivalent
- Spraying certificates (or working towards)
- Experience of people management
- Excellent time keeping and organisational skills
- Willing to work unsociable hours, which will include evenings and weekends, and have a flexible approach to tasks
- Understanding of the club’s commitment to EDI & safeguarding
- Full UK driving licence or ability to travel to various locations due to the demands of the role
You would ideally have, but not vital:
- NVQ level three in sports turf or equivalent
- Experience of working in winter sports surfaces
- Experience of pitch renovations
- Experience using SGL pitch lights
- Adhere to the club’s health and safety procedures
- Manual lifting above 25kg