Grounds and Facilities Manager

2 weeks ago


Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Education Full time

About the Role:

This opportunity supports the ongoing maintenance needs for the beautiful campus of Craigslea State High School.

Working alongside the Business Manager you will supervise other team members, assist with day to day maintenance and operations of facilities and grounds work and develop strong practices, delivering high quality results in all areas of landscaping, gardening, facilities maintenance and more.


Responsibilities include:

  • Ensure all required checks are completed and update regularly; including electrical checks, carpet cleaning, pest control and other services that require maintenance
  • Provide guidance and management to other grounds staff to increase efficiencies and deliver high quality services to the school grounds
  • Undertake reviews, stocktake and record keeping to ensure up to date information is readily available
  • Improve on planning, minor works budgets and advice to the Business Manager on best practice approaches to management of the school grounds
  • Provide operational support to ensure compliance with legislation, guidelines, procedures and standards with respect to facilities planning and operational management.

About You:


This role is best suited to an experienced and skilled landscaper, grounds designer or horticulturalist who is passionate about improving and delivering high quality results to the school community.


You will also have:

  • Strong time management skills
  • Ability to supervise others
  • Work well in a team environment
  • Strong 'self starter' attitude
  • Ability to prioritise and manage various work volumes

Benefits:

  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Parking on site
  • Ability to accrue 'ADO'
  • 12.5% superannuation contribution


When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.


How to Apply:

  • Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history).
  • Attach a 1page written statement about how your achievements and capabilities meet the requirements of the role.


Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.



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