A great lifestyle in a treasured environment, this is life at PSC!

The opportunity

Our Beachside Holiday Park at Shoal Bay are seeking an enthusiastic Grounds Team Leader to join their dynamic team.

As the Grounds Team Leader, you’ll contribute to the daily operations, management, and improvement of the Holiday Park’s through leadership, innovation and the coordination of the Grounds team.

This hands on role has a key focus on ensuring the parks presentation, grounds, amenities, and assets are maintained to a high standard. As Grounds Team Leader, you will supervise a small team and play an essential role in proactively carrying out a variety of grounds maintenance and improvement activities, including vegetation management, landscaping and horticulture, amenities cleaning, and minor building and structure maintenance.

This is an exciting role for someone who loves being hands-on in a mentoring role, with a passion for landscaping or horticulture. As this is a Team Leader position, you will be required to complete some basic computer tasks including rostering for your team, accounts and emails.

This position requires you to work 38 hours per week on a 7 day rotating roster. This role also includes participation in our on-call after hours service to provide maintenance assistance to our guests when required on a rotational roster system.

This is a permanent opportunity – working full-time 38 hours / week on a rotating 7 day roster

Base Salary Range: $65,978 to $74,884 pa based on 38 hours / week + 11.5% superannuation + $2,312 retention allowance

You will be working from Shoal Bay Beachside Holiday Park

Some of the key responsibilities within this role are listed below however you can view the full list here – view the position description.

Provide supervision and leadership to the grounds team and assist the Assistant Manager in the day to day operations

Provide direction to the Grounds team in all their daily activities and duties

Coordinate grounds maintenance and improvement activities within work schedules including vegetation management, landscaping and horticulture, minor building and structure maintenance, site remediate and preparation for larger scale capital works projects

Please Note: For the purpose of recruitment, the title of Grounds Team Leader has been used to reflect the equivalent industry title. Internally the official title of this position is Guest Services Grounds Team Leader.

We’re all about putting the right people, in the right role! Here’s what we’re looking for:

A certificate III in Holiday Park Operations, Landscaping, Horticulture, Building Trades or equivalent

Demonstrated experience in leading a small team

Demonstrated self-motivation skills and an ability to work in a team environment

Sound computer literacy skills

This is life at PSC!

Work/Life balance with generous leave entitlements, flexible work options and leave in lieu

Long service leave when you’ve been with us for just over 5 years

Paid Parental Leave so you can spend more time with your new little human

Confidential support (including mental health) through our employee assistance program

Award winning health and wellbeing program PSCare, Workers Health Initiative with access to a broad range of gyms in the area, and discounted health insurance

Free parking on site and a convenient local shopping centre

Coffee and food to keep you sustained at our on-site café

And lots more…

Need assistance with your application or have a question you wanted to ask? Come say hello to our team and discover the exciting opportunities available at Port Stephens Holiday Parks and the Koala Sanctuary!

📍 Where: Halifax Holiday Park – 5 Beach Road, Nelson Bay

🕘 When: Wednesday 30th April 2025 between the hours of 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Ready to Apply? Here’s what you need to know

Applications Close: Midnight, Monday, 5 May 2025

Contact: Jennifer Haretuku, Assistant Park Manager – Shoal Bay, on (02) 4988 0633.

For information on our recruitment process, and what we look for in an application, please visit our Careers page on our website for ‘How to Apply’

To complete your online application, you will be asked to upload a copy of your resume.

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