Senior Groundsperson

About the Role

This role is responsible for developing and maintaining all of Fulham Football Club's pitches and landscapes, working under the direction of a line manager. The work is carried out to the highest pitch parameters and maintenance standards expected by the Head of Grounds, Squad Management and Directors of the Club. Day-to-day duties include physical outdoor work and operating machinery, with matchday and weekend rotas also required.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain all Club pitches to the highest standards.
• Maintain all machines, tools, equipment, and club properties appropriately.
• Keep the Management Team and line manager informed of progress, pitch works, job lists, and major issues as soon as identified.
• Liaise with outside users and contractors as required.
• Ensure materials and resources are effectively and efficiently used to minimise waste.
• Perform mowing using hand and ride-on machines.
• Carry out white line marking to a high standard.
• Drive tractors and utility vehicles, and couple up trailers and other equipment.
• Move frost covers in winter and carry out aeration of pitches and adjacent areas.
• Operate irrigation and watering duties, and complete daily diary entries.
• Conduct pitch testing and data collection.
• Carry out chemical spraying (if qualified), hedge trimming, weed picking, and use of strimmers, blowers, and edgers.
• Move goals and dugouts around the training ground.
• Supervise team operations.
• Maintain grow lights and replace nets in line with health and safety requirements.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Full driving licence.
• NVQ Level 2 in sports turf or equivalent.
• Experience of the sports turf industry.
• Spraying qualifications PA1, PA2, PA6.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels.
• Ability to provide written and/or verbal progress reports to management.
• Physically fit.
• Ability to work unsupervised.
• Ability to think on your feet and use own initiative.
• Flexible attitude to work tasks and hours.
• Respect for confidentiality.
• Genuine commitment to high quality standards.
• Team worker.
• Can-do attitude.

Preferred Skills

• NVQ Level 3 in sports turf or equivalent.
• 2+ years as a Groundsman.
• Football pitch maintenance to a high standard.
• Ability to identify and resolve problems.
• Take responsibility of tasks.
• Basic irrigation knowledge.
• Tractor coupling knowledge.
• Setting of machinery.
• Understanding of health and safety.
• IT competent.
• Understanding of synthetic turf maintenance.
• Hard working.

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