17 Oct
The Football Association
St George Park
Job description
The Grounds Team at the iconic St. George's Park are looking for a Grounds Person to help maintain all pitches across the site on a daily basis.
Duties will include but are not limited to mowing with both pedestrian and ride on machines, white lining, fertilising, spraying, aeration work, general tractor work and any other jobs as instructed.
Maintenance of pitches includes preparation and repair for all pitch usage and general maintenance in between.
What will you be doing?
- Maintain and prepare the pitches to relevant universal playing standards for all codes of sport hosted by SGP as agreed by bodies such as FA, UEFA, IRB, NFL and FIFA
- Maintain training pitches to professional standard in accordance with Sports turf industry guidelines
- Maintain surfaces to agreed standards by adhering to pre defined maintenance programs developed in conjunction with appointed industry consultants
- Assist in maintaining all pitch equipment in line with manufactures standards to ensure optimum operation at all times
- Work with Pitch Contractors to reinstate pitch as dictated by the event calendar
- Operate all SGP grounds machinery to maintain the pitch to the highest standard
- Support with the overall estates management and maintenance where required
- Execute additional tasks as required in order to meet FA Group changing priorities.
- Consistently work collaboratively with all other members of the team along with other staff members from different departments.
- Executes additional tasks as required in order to meet FA Group changing priorities.
- Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure the highest standards of health, safety and wellbeing can be maintained.
- As part of The FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check.
The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.
What are we looking for?
Essential for the role :
Knowledge
- Good knowledge on use of machinery.
- General knowledge of fertilisers.
- General knowledge of health and safety procedures.
- Comfortable working in a team
- Good communication skills
Experience
Previous experience of working on professional grass sports surfaces
Technical Skills
- Set height of cut on mowers and set cut accordingly.
- Pre start checks on all machinery.
- Competent in the use of ride on machinery.
Including tractors.Attaching implements and machines to tractors including 3 point linkage and PTO.
Beneficial to have : Knowledge
Knowledge
- Basic knowledge of irrigation.
- Knowledge of and working on different types of pitch construction. Such as hybrid, reinforced, natural, artificial.
- Knowledge of pitch grow lights.
- Identification of turf diseases.
Experience
- Working on football pitches at an elite level.
- Working within a team.
Technical Skills
- Use of renovation machinery.
- Use of tractor mounted sprayers.
- Regrinding of mower units.
What's in it for you?
We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, to achieve this we have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium,
which is the home of English Football.
We are also delighted to offer a world-class, Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.
We pride ourselves in offering a competitive salary as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role. But that is not all;
we also have a range of exciting benefits, some of which can be found below :
- Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium, alongside a host of regular internal events throughout the season encouraging you to connect and learn with your colleagues and look after your mental health and wellbeing.
- Free, nutritious lunches, at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park.
- Free private medical cover.
- A contributory pension scheme.
- An additional Thank You days leave, volunteering days as well as 25 days annual leave.
- A hybrid working model offering greater flexibility.
For more information on what it is like to work at The FA, please visit our FA Careers page,
Our Organisation
The Football Association The FA is the not-for-profit governing body of football in England. It is responsible for promoting and developing every level of the game, from grassroots through to the professional game, and generates significant revenue to support investment into English football each year.
The FA oversees England international teams across men's, women's, youth and disability football,
as well as running the National League System and FA Competitions including the Emirates FA Cup and Women's Adobe FA Cup, and the world-class facilities of Wembley Stadium and St.
George's Park, all with a purpose to Unite the Game and Inspire the Nation.
We currently work within a hybrid working model whereby the expectation is to work from your contractual location for part of the week, and as and when required by the team.
The remaining days can be worked remotely. We will continue to monitor this model and it may be adjusted in future if deemed necessary.
Your contract with The FA will specify a fixed location of Wembley Stadium or St.
George's Park unless the role is advertised as a home-based contract.
The contractual location of this role can be found at the top of this advert on our FA vacancy page.
▶️ Grounds Person - St. George's Park
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