Sports Turf Team Member

City of Charles Sturt; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 71,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9 day fortnight

Annual leave loading

Training and development

Uniform and PPE

Income protection

Salary progression

Job summary

The City of Charles Sturt is seeking a hands-on Sports Turf Technician to maintain sporting grounds and reserves. You’ll operate a range of machinery, assist with irrigation, line mark fields and prepare cricket wickets, supporting seasonal changeovers and delivering high-quality grounds for community use.

Applicants should have experience in sports turf maintenance, irrigation, and turf management, plus a current MR Licence and White Card.

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining sports turf, irrigation systems and landscaped environments.
• Skills to prepare and present sportsgrounds to a high standard, including line marking, cricket wicket preparation and seasonal changeovers.
• Experience operating a range of turf maintenance equipment and machinery.
• Knowledge of fertilisers, chemicals, soil health and turf management practices.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to adapt and assist across different work areas when needed.
• Confidence using technology and maintaining accurate records.
• Current MR Driver's Licence and White Card.

Responsibilities

• Maintain sports turf and reserves to a high standard.
• Assist with irrigation and turf activities.
• Line mark fields to sporting standards and prepare cricket wickets.
• Operate a range of turf maintenance machinery.
• Support seasonal changeovers and maintain safe, presentable facilities.

Skills

Sports turf maintenance

Irrigation systems

Line marking

Cricket wicket prep

Operation of turf machinery

Fertiliser/chemicals knowledge

Soil health knowledge

Teamwork & communication

Record keeping with tech

MR Driver's Licence & White Card

Tools

Turf maintenance equipment

Job description

Love working outdoors and seeing the results of your efforts firsthand? Join our Sports Turf team and help maintain the sporting grounds and reserves that bring our community together.

In this hands-on role, you'll be part of a collaborative team responsible for delivering high quality turf and sportsground maintenance. You'll operate a range of machinery and equipment, assist with irrigation and sports turf activities, line mark fields to sporting standards, prepare cricket wickets, and support sporting season changeovers.

Every day, you'll help create safe, welcoming and well presented facilities for local clubs, schools and community members. If you're passionate about outdoor work, enjoy working as part of a team, and take pride in maintaining great spaces, we'd love to hear from you.

About You:

You’re passionate about maintaining quality sporting facilities and enjoy working in a hands‑on outdoor environment. You take pride in a job well done, work safely and efficiently, and enjoy being part of a team that delivers great outcomes for the community.

You'll also have:

• Experience maintaining sports turf, irrigation systems and landscaped environments
• The skills to prepare and present sportsgrounds to a high standard, including line marking, cricket wicket preparation and seasonal changeovers
• Experience operating a range of turf maintenance equipment and machinery
• Knowledge of fertilisers, chemicals, soil health and turf management practices
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• The ability to adapt and assist across different work areas when needed
• Confidence using technology and maintaining accurate records
• A current MR Driver's Licence and White Card.

About Our Organisation:

The City of Charles Sturt is a vibrant community home to around 130,000 people across 105 different cultures. We champion unity in diversity and strive to reflect our community within our workforce. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and identities. Wherever you're from, you're home in the City of Charles Sturt.

We prioritise customer and employee experience and foster a supportive environment where everyone belongs. With over 500 employees, our people and our community "Means the World" to us, highlighting the importance of our places, our people and our service to the community.

We work flexibly and support one another. Visit our Careers Page to learn more about our employee benefits and explore what flexibility could work for you.

About Our Team:

City Maintenance are equipped to care for open spaces across our beaches, reserves and parks, ensuring they are maintained and up to standard. This diverse portfolio is passionate and skilled in areas including property management and repair, irrigation, biodiversity, arboriculture, trees and sports turf, as well as program scheduling.

The Trees and Irrigation team is responsible for the development, enhancement and maintenance of trees and streetscapes, recreational reserves and sporting grounds. The team manage programmed and reactive work that involves detailed street tree pruning and care, and quality irrigation systems for attractive landscapes.

The Detail:

The position is offered on a full-time, permanent basis and is classified at Grade ME5, with a starting salary of $78,594 per annum + Super. The benefits of joining the City of Charles Sturt also include:

• Employment security with guaranteed salary increases as part of our Enterprise Agreement
• Income protection
• 9 day fortnight
• Annual leave loading
• Training and professional development
• Uniform and PPE.

To be considered for this opportunity, you must have current and ongoing work rights in Australia. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

The application deadline is 9.00am, Tuesday 17 November 2026.

Please note that we review applications as they are received.

Enquiries about this position may be made to the following: Mick Davey, Coordinator Trees and Irrigation