Team Leader Sports Turf Maintenance

Blacktown City is a growing and thriving city, located halfway between Sydney City and the Blue Mountains. With 450,000 residents, we are the largest and most diverse city in NSW, spread across 54 suburbs. Blacktown City is vibrant, dynamic and multicultural, home to a large First Nations community and people from more than 180 different birthplaces and languages.

With $24.8 billion regional economy, Blacktown City is also home to 35,000 businesses. Working at Blacktown City Council provides widespread, exciting professional opportunities. Our Council is leading the transformation of Blacktown City and Western Sydney. We are implementing a vision for a modern city, full of opportunity for our residents and businesses.

Our Council is led by highly skilled and experienced professionals, working with talented and passionate teams across a diverse range of business units. We are delivering high quality, customer-focused services, experiences, and facilities, and leading a program of strategic planning, activity and investment.

Blacktown City Council strives to be an inclusive workplace for all people. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans and people with disabilities.

About the opportunity

Are you experienced in sports turf maintenance and eager to return to the fundamentals of traditional greenkeeping? Do you thrive on challenges and take pride in enhancing community sports turf surfaces for our future sporting champions? If so, then this is the position for you!

At Blacktown, we are dedicated to providing quality sportsfield turf surfaces to our local community. With 165 individual sporting fields and plans to construct over 20 more within the next 10 years, we’re entering an exciting phase of growth. This is a rare chance to be part of a team that’s shaping the future of sport in our region. 

We are seeking a highly motivated, appropriately qualified, and experienced individual to lead and work within a small team, providing specialised sports turf maintenance on a permanent, full-time basis. 

This role involves a broad range of turf management responsibilities, including renovation practices, irrigation monitoring, pest control programs, line marking, seasonal changeover, works programming, hazard reporting, and the effective and safe usage of equipment.

If turf management is your passion and you're ready to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to join us in building the best for our community. 

Qualifications and experience

Essential:

• Tertiary or trade qualifications in Sports Turf Management, Horticulture (Turf), or a related area
• Class MR driver’s licence
• Demonstratable experience in leading a team
• Demonstratable experience and knowledge in the maintenance and preparation of high standard sporting fields, synthetic surface maintenance, turf wicket maintenance, baseball diamond maintenance and other areas of sports field and reserve maintenance
• Current AQF4 Chemical Risk Management certification
• Extensive working knowledge of irrigation system operation and maintenance
• The ability to and experience in the operation of turf renovation equipment such as Earthquake Verti Drain, Amazone turf aeration equipment or equivalent as well as GPS navigated and fully automated spray equipment Knowledge of applicable legislation and regulations
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office applications and the ability to quickly learn corporate applications
• Demonstrated commitment to customer service
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Availability to work rostered overtime as required.

Desirable:

• Chainsaw operation certificate of competence
• Senior First Aid certificate
• Forklift licence / competency.

Remuneration and benefits

The salary and conditions of employment are in accordance with Blacktown City Council’s Enterprise Agreement.

• Entry level for this position starts at $1,502.79 per week
• 38-hour working week
• Rostered Day Off (RDO) every fortnight
• Employee benefits such as leave entitlements (where applicable), 12% employer contribution payable to your nominated superannuation fund, Fitness Passport, gym membership discounts, and social clubs.

Our commitment to safety

Blacktown City Council is committed to safety. We have introduced alcohol and other drug testing at the pre-employment phase, and via a series of random and cause testing.

We are a child safe organisation that supports and promotes the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children.

Position description 

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  Apply now using our fast and easy-to-use online application process:

1. Have your resume and any other relevant documentation ready to attach. 
2. Have a personal email address ready to use and complete your application without 'logging out' of the system.
3. Review the questions and decide on your responses before commencing your application.
   
   Best of luck.

Closing date:           Friday 17 October 2025, 11.59 pm    

Contact officer:       Rod Springall on 9839 6099

Internal ref:              BCC386