Senior Grounds & Facilities Supervisor

Brisbane Catholic Education; Ipswich City; Híbrido; AUD 39.000 - 55.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Career development opportunities

Flexible work arrangements

Salary packaging and salary-sacrificed

Wellbeing programs

Employee assistance program

Fitness Passport access

Descripción de la vacante

Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) invites applications for a Senior Ground Service Officer at St Ann’s Primary School, Redbank Plains. The role focuses on developing and implementing improvements to gardens, grounds, playing fields and external surfaces, ensuring a safe, well-kept school environment.

You will maintain lawns and gardens, prepare ovals, operate irrigation systems and manage stores and equipment, while supervising grounds staff and apprentices.

Formación

• 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.

Responsabilidades

• 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

Conocimientos

Gardens maintenance

Irrigation systems

Pesticide application

Stores management

Supervision & training

WHS compliance

Educación

Certificate III level

Herramientas

Pumps

Irrigation equipment

Drainage systems

Descripción del empleo

Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) invites applications for a Senior Ground Service Officer at St Ann’s Primary School, Redbank Plains. The role focuses on developing and implementing improvements to gardens, grounds, playing fields and external surfaces, ensuring a safe, well-kept school environment.

You will maintain lawns and gardens, prepare ovals, operate irrigation systems and manage stores and equipment, while supervising grounds staff and apprentices.