Team Leader Grounds Maintenance

Team Leader Grounds Maintenance
Warwick
Permanent
£27000- £30000
Are you a Team leader/Supervisor in the Grounds Maintenance sector and do you hold NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Sports Turf Management.
Your new role
To lead a team of Groundspersons to develop and maintain the outdoor sporting surfaces and facilities (natural turf, synthetic pitches/courts, athletics track facility) in a designated zone of the University campus to the highest standards, including to international competition level standards. You will be part of a growing educational establishment that supports students from around the globe. This is an on-site role based in Coventry. You will be required to go to other sites around the Coventry area.
Operational management

• To implement grounds plans and maintain sporting surfaces and facilities in a designated zone of the university campus, ensuring that all work is completed safely and effectively, to programme, and to the highest standard. This includes:
• Carrying out a range of sport amenity duties, using specialised equipment, to develop and maintain the university's various sports pitches, including fertilising, mowing, strimming, brushing, rolling, aerating, line painting and seasonal pitch renovation work including scarifying, seeding and top dressing
• Planning work schedules for maintenance
• Liaising with the Sports Centre regarding bookings and tournaments, and planning activity accordingly
• Identifying opportunities to improve the outdoor sporting surfaces and facilities in the designated zone
• Being the first point of escalation for resolving any ground-related issues or hazards that are identified in the designated zone and escalating to the Operations Manager (Grounds) as appropriate
• Recognising threats to sports turf/grounds, and putting in place correct control processes including use of fertilisers
• Keeping weekly records of chemical applications, and machinery, tools and equipment uses

People Management

• To line manage a team of Grounds persons in the designated zone in accordance with university policies and guidance for staff management, including recruitment, staff rotas and deployment, absence and performance monitoring, training and developing staff.
• To deploy Grounds persons and coordinate all tasks to be carried out in the designated zone.
• To share expertise and play a coaching role for the team.
• To liaise with and supervise contractors from time to time, and monitor their standards of work e.g. pitch renovation projects.

What you\'ll need to succeed

• Experience of maintaining outdoor sporting surfaces and facilities gained in a residential or commercial setting or a public/multi game sports facility, ideally with a diverse range of features including artificial and natural sports surfaces.
• Experience of coaching others, and supervising and/or leading a team, along with a willingness and ability to follow policies and guidance for staff management
• Significant and up-to-date sports turf/pitch knowledge
• An up-to-date and working knowledge of Health and Safety legislation relevant to developing and maintaining outdoor sporting surfaces and facilities.
• Ability to plan and coordinate work schedules and priorities for both themselves and others, ensuring the right people are in the right place at the right time
• Well-developed interpersonal and relationships skills, with ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of people.
• Full, clean UK or EU equivalent driving licence
• Aptitude for outside manual work, and ability to work in all weather conditions throughout the year

What you\'ll get in return

• Competitive of up to £30,759
• Competitive pension
• Excellent holiday allowance
• The candidate will be taught how to manage the broadest range of sports surfaces including football, rugby, hockey, tennis, cricket, La Crosse for example. They will also be supported to drive a small team forward to deliver world-class sport pitches used by the FA, Rugby Union and Commonwealth Games etc.
• Work-Life Balance
• Progression and Development

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