Sports Ground Specialists

Job Reference Number: RAF0005486

Who are we looking for?

Do you have a passion for sports and grounds keeping/landscaping, and are you looking for a role which can include both?

We are looking for Sports Grounds Specialists to join our team based at Hillingdon, Greater London. We offer our clients a complete sports surfacing service that comprises of design, pitch specification, supply, and construction. Our projects include football clubs, golf courses, cricket grounds, tennis courts, bowling greens, athletics and winter sports.

Working collaboratively as part of this team you be will be hands on supporting the installation of sports surfaces, working with a variety of clients across the UK, from local authorities right up to top-flight football clubs.

This is a great opportunity to develop your career, whether you’re grass roots, or fully experienced, this could be the role for you!

Are you who we are looking for?

Our teams have experience constructing both natural and synthetic surfaces for a variety of sports surfaces for projects of various sizes. These projects range from a single pitch scheme to multi-sport facilities projects across the UK so you will need to have:

• You will have a passion for working outdoors, in a hands-on role
• Ideally you will have a background in groundskeeping, landscaping or construction, or, a desire to develop you career in the industry
• Having a tractor licence would be desirable, however full training cand be provided.
• You will enjoy working as part of a team to successfully deliver projects
• You will have a willingness to travel, due to the nature of the work, some overnight stays may be necessary.

Who Are We?

Our Sports Surfacing Team is part of idverde, who are Europe’s leading provider of grounds maintenance services and landscape creation projects, with an annual turnover of €700m and over 7,000 colleagues operating throughout the UK, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany ad Switzerland. We offer a holistic range of services to support the creation, maintenance and management of landscapes throughout the UK, working with both public and private sector clients to deliver bespoke solutions for each project’s unique challenges.

As the UK’s top grounds maintenance and landscaping provider, idverde UK offers a broad range of services. From professional open space management to landscape design and build, grounds maintenance, tree surgery, civil engineering, outdoor facilities management, biodiversity management, waterways management and much more.

What’s In It For You?

• Salary of £13.00 per hour
• Permanent contract, with a guaranteed 40-hour week, (with overtime premium available)
• 21 Days holiday plus statutory days, (plus 2 self-nominated volunteering days to support our local communities)
• Contributory pension scheme
• Support to continually develop your knowledge, skills and behaviours, and drive your career forward, including formal qualifications in Sports Turf Management, Tractor licence, as well as any other requirements to help develop your skills

• Range of flexible benefits including employee assistance program and retail discounts
• Plus much more

Interested? Please apply with an up-to-date CV making sure to quote the job reference number

Job Reference Number: RAF0005486