At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage sports fields and maintain high-quality playing surfaces for AFL and NRL.
- Company: Join Macquarie University and be part of a vibrant sports turf team.
- Benefits: Tool-of-trade vehicle, career development, and outdoor work environment.
- Other info: Great opportunity for growth and mentoring an apprentice.
- Why this job: Lead a team while doing what you love in sports turf management.
- Qualifications: Certificate III in Greenkeeping or Sports Turf Management preferred.
The predicted salary is between 37800 - 46200 $ per year.
Bring your sports turf expertise to one of our key university sites and help deliver playing surfaces to AFL and NRL-quality standards.
This is a great opportunity for a qualified Greenkeeper or Sports Turf professional ready to step into a leadership role while staying connected to the work they enjoy.
You'll oversee the sports fields and surrounding grounds, plan maintenance activities and guide an apprentice or groundsperson.
With a strong focus on turf health, presentation and playability, you'll help ensure the fields consistently perform at a high standard.
Sports Turf Site Manager | Macquarie University
Bring your sports turf expertise to one of our key university sites and help deliver playing surfaces to AFL and NRL-quality standards.
This is a great opportunity for a qualified Greenkeeper or Sports Turf professional ready to step into a leadership role while staying connected to the work they enjoy.
You'll oversee the sports fields and surrounding grounds, plan maintenance activities and guide an apprentice or groundsperson.
With a strong focus on turf health, presentation and playability, you'll help ensure the fields consistently perform at a high standard.
What you'll do
- Manage the day-to-day maintenance and presentation of the sports fields and surrounding grounds
- Prepare and maintain playing surfaces to AFL and NRL-quality standards
- Plan and deliver seasonal turf maintenance and renovation programmes
- Monitor turf health, playability and presentation
- Lead, support and develop an apprentice or groundsperson
- Coordinate maintenance around sporting fixtures and university activities
- Operate and maintain specialist sports turf machinery and equipment
- Maintain strong safety and environmental standards
- Build positive relationships with Macquarie University stakeholders
What we're looking for
Ideally, you'll be a Certificate III qualified Greenkeeper or Sports Turf Management professional with experience maintaining sporting surfaces.
You'll bring
- Practical experience maintaining sports fields or high-performance turf
- Strong knowledge of turf preparation, renovation and maintenance practices
- Experience leading, supervising or mentoring others
- Confidence operating sports turf machinery and equipment
- Good planning and organisational skills
- A proactive approach to turf health and presentation
- A strong commitment to safe work practices
- Good communication and stakeholder management skills
You'll be someone who takes pride in producing great playing surfaces, enjoys working outdoors and can balance the technical side of turf management with leading a small team.
What's in it for you?
- Tool‐of‐trade vehicle included in the package
- Work at our Macquarie University site
- A role combining specialist turf expertise with team leadership
- Help develop an apprentice or emerging turf professional
- Opportunity to continue building your career in sports turf management
If you're an experienced Greenkeeper or Sports Turf professional ready to take the next step, we'd love to hear from you.
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