Godalming
Groundsperson Location: Godalming Salary: circa £31,000 depending on qualifications, skills and experience of the successful candidate Vacancy Type: Full-time, all-year round role, 40 hours per week. Normal days are Monday to Friday, 07.00 – 16.00 hours (with an unpaid lunch hour). Charterhouse is a beautiful school in a 250-acre campus – a wonderful setting for the whole community to live and work together and a splendid backdrop for teaching and learning. Charterhouse seeks to appoint a Groundsperson to undertake the maintenance of sports surfaces including artificial playing surface, amenity areas and woodland areas to a high standard. Overall Purpose and Responsibilities • To undertake routine preparation and maintenance work on a range of sports facilities and surfaces (this will include football, cricket, golf, artificial surfaces etc.), • To set up sports pitches and amenity surfaces and undertake minor construction and landscaping work., • To operate a range of modern turf machinery, ensuring vehicles and equipment used by yourself and others are regularly maintained, in accordance with routine operating requirements., • To operate a range of powered hand tools such as strimmers, hedge cutters and flymo., • To undertake a range of horticultural operations such as spreading of fertilisers (granular or liquid), • To maintain hedges around the estate., • In autumn/winter ensure leaves are cleared., • To clear snow and apply salt in icy conditions during the winter months., • To undertake a range of tree and woodland maintenance operations., • To maintain and repair boundary and internal fencing as and when required. Relevant Experience/Knowledge & Technical Competencies Essential: • A can-do attitude and a readiness to work, • Experience in sports turf maintenance Desirable: Essential: • Qualifications and/or training in the use of powered machinery, COSHH, manual handling although training can be given in these areas if required, • Physically fit as this role requires extensive manual handling, • Able to understand and follow instructions, • Able to work on own initiative and unsupervised, • Thrives on attention to detail and a completer-finisher, • Reliable and trustworthy If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Charterhouse School, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.