Campus Groundskeeper & Field Maintenance Lead

Brisbane Catholic Education; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 68,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Flexible work arrangements

Salary packaging

Wellness programs

Fitness Passport

Job summary

Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) is seeking an experienced Groundskeeper for Clairvaux Mackillop College in Upper Mt Gravatt. You will maintain gardens, lawns, and playing fields, prepare ovals for events, and oversee irrigation and drainage systems to ensure safe, high-quality playing surfaces.

You will supervise grounds staff, manage stores and facilities, and uphold WHS standards while delivering reliable, well-maintained grounds across the campus.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintaining gardens, lawns, and playing surfaces.
• Knowledge of operating and maintaining pumps, irrigation equipment, and drainage systems.
• Ability to safely distribute and apply pesticides, sprays, and fertilisers, with proficiency in operating and maintaining specialised machinery and equipment.
• Strong organisational skills for managing stores and facilities, including stock control and record keeping.
• Experience in supervising and training grounds people, trades people, and apprentices.
• Commitment to WHS requirements.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications at Certificate III level, or completion of an apprenticeship would be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Maintain gardens, grounds, lawns, and playing surfaces, including top dressing, seeding, turfing, coring, planting, trimming, mulching and fertilising.
• Prepare ovals for sporting events and carnivals, including laying out and line marking playing fields.
• Supervise, maintain and participate in the installation, operation, and maintenance of pumps, irrigation equipment, and drainage systems.
• Manage the safe distribution and application of organic and chemical pesticides, sprays, and fertilisers, including correct storage and recording.
• Operate and maintain a wide range of specialised machinery and equipment for lawns, turf, and playing fields, and routinely undertake maintenance of machinery and equipment.
• Supervise and train grounds people, trades people and apprentices
• Manage and maintain stores and facilities, including stock control and record keeping.
• Maintain a safe working environment for staff, students and visitors

Skills

Grounds maintenance

Irrigation systems

Pesticide application

Machinery operation

Supervision & training

WH&S compliance

Stock control

Education

Certificate III level

Job description

Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) is seeking an experienced Groundskeeper for Clairvaux Mackillop College in Upper Mt Gravatt. You will maintain gardens, lawns, and playing fields, prepare ovals for events, and oversee irrigation and drainage systems to ensure safe, high-quality playing surfaces.

You will supervise grounds staff, manage stores and facilities, and uphold WHS standards while delivering reliable, well-maintained grounds across the campus.