Grounds Maintenance Attendant

Do you enjoy working outdoors and take pride in maintaining beautiful gardens and well-presented facilities? We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Grounds Person to help keep our gardens and sites looking their best. Enjoy a Monday to Friday schedule with flexible working arrangements and the chance to make a visible impact every day.

Your Contribution

The Grounds Maintenance Attendant is responsible for performing a wide range of general site maintenance tasks across various TAIHS locations. This includes upkeep and care of yard spaces, ensuring the grounds are clean, safe, and well-maintained. The role involves tasks such as landscaping, lawn care, litter collection, minor repairs, and ensuring that all outdoor areas are in excellent condition. The Grounds Maintenance Attendant plays a key role in maintaining the overall appearance and functionality of TAIHS sites, contributing to a safe and pleasant environment for staff, visitors, and community members.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintain the gardens on TAIHS sites by routinely mowing, weeding, leaf clearing, spraying of chemicals, trimming trees and edges.
• Manual watering, hand-watering plants, shrubs, and trees, ensuring they receive adequate hydration.
• Irrigation Systems, setting up and maintaining drip irrigation, sprinklers, or soaker hoses.
• Maintain service equipment - Repairing gardening tools and machinery such as lawnmowers, hedge trimmers, and sprayers.
• Safely operate mowers, basic hand and power tools.
• Maintain gutters, walkways, ensuring safe access for clients, staff and visitors.
• Remove all rubbish from the area, ensuring that bins are ready for collection and rubbish is stored in a sanitary manner.
• Perform routine maintenance on facilities and carry out repairs as needed in consultation with the Asset, Facilities & Infrastructure Manager.
• Prepare facilities for changing weather events.
• Complete and submit maintenance requests/reports as required.
• Assist Maintenance Officer – Moving of furniture/storage items, dropping off and picking up fleet vehicles, meeting contractors on site.

Please note that the duties outlined in this position description are not exhaustive and only provide an indication of the work involved. To achieve business needs TAIHS can direct you to perform duties which it considers are within your level of skill, competence and training.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Previous experience in grounds maintenance and required level of expertise and experience to undertake the range of activities required.
• Ability to work autonomously and display initiative, self-motivation and time management skills.
• Sound communication skills.

Required Licenses and Checks

• Ability to pass a National Police Check – no Serious/Criminal/Court Records.
• Current Paid Blue Card (Queensland's Working with Children Check).
• Current C Class Drivers Licence (Qld).
• Proof of qualifications and current registration (as appropriate) are to be provided prior to commencement of employment.

Offer of the position will be subject to a pre-employment medical and physical assessment to support the selection process. It is a recommendation of this position to be immunised against Tetanus, Hepatitis A and B and Q-Fever.

At TAIHS we are committed to empowering our people through meaningful careers, providing them the support and opportunity to grow, succeed and thrive. Join us and make a real difference to the lives of individuals, families and communities.

Benefits of being a TAIHS team member:

• Weekly Pay & Access to Salary Packaging Benefits.
• Training & Development Opportunities – Your success is our goal!
• Free Access to Employee Assistance Program - Supporting you to be your best.
• Wellbeing Program that includes 10 Wellbeing Days + Wellness Facilities.

TAIHS is committed to building an inclusive culture that respects and promotes human rights and diversity. The position involves working with a multicultural organisation where the majority of employees, clients and stakeholders identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Employees demonstrate an understanding of the issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, communicate effectively and empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. TAIHS acknowledges that we respectfully journey together to aspire to be a culturally capable organisation. We are an inclusive, equal employment opportunity employer and place value on our diverse workforce. We encourage applicants representing all genders, ethnicities, ages, languages, sexual orientations, people with a disability, and those with family responsibilities to apply.

Applications Close – Wednesday 4th November 2026.