Grounds & Amenities Supervisor; sports grounds keeping

We are currently recruiting for a Grounds & Amenities Supervisor for our Swansea based client.

The Role

• Deliver all elements of qualifications completed to the necessary standards.
• Lead briefings and allocate all jobs fairly and evenly, if staff are trained and competent.
• Prepare, maintain and repair all playing surfaces; natural and synthetic.
• Be part of the future planning and initiative working group, looking into renos, landscaping, biodiversity, sustainability and pitch programming.
• Deputise in the absence of the head of grounds for all staffing, planning, machinery procurement of your specific site and work in conjunction with site leads to maintain delivery across the board.
• Help plan, implement and monitor weekly, monthly and annual maintenance programmes, including completion of renovations.
• Cary out daily maintenance duties including mowing, aerating, line marking, divoting, spraying and fertilising.
• Ensure the standard of surface, amenities and all working areas are presented to the highest level.
• Contribute to the estimated progress for the sources required for work projects.
• Maintaining machinery and equipment ensuring it is cleaned and serviced to the highest standard and reacting to any issues or faults.
• Irrigation maintenance and repairs to be carried out as and when.
• Support the efficient use of resources.
• To work with and support all m embers of the team to enable and efficient and effective service.
• Encourage and be inclusive to ideas given by any member of the team.
• Promote and by example have safe working practices.
• liaise with the team daily, pre and during training sessions.
• Liaise with team pre setup of all fixtures.
• Completion of daily paperwork.

Skills and Qualifications

• Level 3 diploma in Work Based Sports Turf Management (or working towards).
• PA1 spraying licence.
• Sound understanding of lighting rigs and under soil heating.
• Have a developed awareness of H&S regulations in their area of responsibility.
• Previous experience of working with hybrid and fibre sand pitches.
• Have a sound understanding of legislation in relation to chemicals and dangerous substances.