Head Grounds Maintenance Person in Manchester

Leisure United is on a mission to get the nation moving, one community at a time. 

And now, we’re bringing that mission to Whythenshawe, Manchester!

This is your chance to join the opening team from kick-off at our brand-new Leisure United hub.

As a Head of Grounds Maintenance, you’ll play a vital role in bringing this new hub to life and making sure it looks and feels fantastic from day one. From keeping our pitches in top condition to maintaining the grounds and wider facilities, you’ll help create a welcoming, safe and enjoyable environment where people can play, get active, connect and belong.

This is a hands-on leadership role for an experienced grounds professional who takes pride in high-quality sports surfaces, plans ahead and helps a team deliver consistently high standards.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll organise and deliver grounds, sports surface and building maintenance across our Manchester football and gym sites, leading the grounds team and working closely with the Facilities Manager and General Manager.

• Lead and organise the grounds team across Wythenshaw hubs, coordinating day-to-day work and weekly, monthly and annual maintenance programmes.
• Maintain grass pitches and 3G surfaces, including cutting, brushing, raking, litter removal and goal maintenance, while protecting playing areas from misuse.
• Plan and deliver seasonal grass pitch renovation and improvement works, including aeration, verti-draining, overseeding, scarifying, top dressing, fertilising and turf laying, and the appropriate application of plant protection products.
• Keep entrances, borders, pathways, buildings and wider outdoor areas tidy, presentable and maintained to a high standard, inside and out.
• Ensure grounds equipment, plant, machinery and vehicles are used, stored, maintained and serviced correctly, and transport machinery safely between sites.
• Estimate resources for maintenance and improvement projects, monitor stock and liaise with your line manager so materials are available when needed.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who's ready to lead by our values every day - helping to create a welcoming, positive and high-performing environment for our customers and team.

You'll be someone who:

• Is Here for Everybody - maintains safe, accessible and welcoming outdoor spaces for all customers.
• Is a Local Supporter - takes pride in facilities that help local communities get active and connect.
• Raises Their Game - works carefully, maintains high standards and looks for practical improvements.
• Keeps Playing - brings determination, reliability and a positive attitude in different conditions and changing priorities.

You’ll also bring:

• Experience maintaining busy 3G sports pitches and grass pitches, with a practical understanding of the different maintenance needs of each surface.
• Experience planning maintenance around a busy programme of bookings, balancing pitch availability with safe, high-quality playing surfaces and minimising disruption to customers.
• Experience leading, training and organising a grounds team, setting clear priorities and coordinating specialist contractors when needed.
• Experience planning routine 3G pitch maintenance and seasonal grass pitch renovation, including scheduling work and managing equipment, materials and budgets.
• Practical competence in operating and maintaining 3G pitch maintenance equipment, ride-on mowers, tractors and handheld tools safely.
• Experience completing risk assessments, managing hazardous substances under COSHH and keeping clear maintenance and safety records.
• Experience assessing pitch conditions and responding to heavy use, poor weather, drainage problems and surface damage, including taking pitches out of use when unsafe.
• Essential: Level 2 GMA qualification.

Why Join Leisure United?

Because this is more than a Head of Grounds Maintenance role. It’s a chance to lead a team whose work makes a visible difference.

Leisure United is a charitable trust, so what we do goes beyond running great football and fitness facilities. Our hubs create positive opportunities for people and communities — helping more people get active, connect with others and enjoy the benefits of sport and wellbeing.

It’s an opportunity to put your expertise into practice, develop your team and improve the quality of the spaces where our communities get active and enjoy sport.

You’ll work in a fun, energetic environment, develop valuable skills, meet great people and have opportunities to grow your career with an organisation that genuinely invests in its people.

Apply now and help us keep the game moving.

Company Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Free Parking 
• Discounted Food and Drinks
• Occupational Maternity and Paternity Pay
• Benefits and Savings Platform
• GP/EAP platform and helplines
• Generous annual leave entitlements
• Free Gym usage 
• Performance related pay scheme
• Rewards and Recognition programmes 
• Development and Promotion opportunities