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The opportunity

Our Beachside Holiday Park at Shoal Bay are seeking an enthusiastic Grounds and Maintenance Supervisor to join their dynamic team.

As the Grounds and Maintenance Supervisor you’ll contribute to the daily operations, management, and improvement of the Holiday Parks through leadership, innovation and coordination of the Grounds team.

Beachside Holiday Parks proudly offer exceptional experiences to our guests and this role will focus on a high standard of presentation of the Parks grounds, amenities, and assets.

As Grounds and Maintenance Supervisor, you will lead and supervise a small team and play an essential role in proactively scheduling and executing a variety of grounds maintenance and improvement activities, including vegetation management, landscaping, amenities cleaning, and minor building and structure maintenance. This role will engage and supervise contractors and trades people.

Basic computer skills including email, accounts and rostering are required. This is an exciting role for someone who loves being hands-on in a leadership role.

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 as required.

What is a 7-day rotating roster?

Our rosters are scheduled in advance providing you plenty of notice of your shift times and schedules. The rotating 7-day roster means that you will be asked to work across any of the 7 days during the week, Monday to Sunday, for 38 hours per week.

As our business focuses around tourism and there will be times during peak periods where we do require some flexibility from staff with regard to their rosters to ensure we can continue to provide an exceptional experience to our guests. We support a healthy work-life balance and weekend work is shared equally between the team.

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

Base Salary Range: $68,617 to $77,879 pa based on 38 hours / week + 12% superannuation + on-call allowance + $2,464 retention allowance

You will be working from Council’s Shoal Bay Beachside Holiday Park but may be requested to work across any of the Beachside Holiday Parks.

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 Manager in the day to day operations

Provide direction and contribute to the completion of daily activities and duties of the Grounds team.

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 and Maintenance Supervisor has been used to reflect the equivalent industry title. Internally the official title of this position is Grounds Team Leader.

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

Experience in Holiday Park Operations, Landscaping, Horticulture, Building Trades, or equivalent

Demonstrated knowledge and skills to apply work practices and work flow within a Holiday Park, including scheduling activities, equipment maintenance, checking quality of work, and knowledge of operational standards

Effective leadership skills

Experience with computers including email, accounts and rostering.

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

Health & Wellbeing leave to recharge when you need it

Industry leading Paid Parental Leave accessible for all employees – regardless of how you became a parent, we offer 14 weeks that can be taken within 2 years from the birth, adoption, or long-term foster care of your child.

PSCare Day available to all employees to take in addition to your regular leave entitlements

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

And lots more…

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

Applications Close: Midnight, Sunday, 7 September 2025

Contact: Kylie Moyle, Holiday Parks Operations Manager, on (02) 4988 0621

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 and provide responses to questions which are based on the criteria listed in the Position Description and our organisation Values

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