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Grounds Maintenance Attendant

Your Opportunity

Do you enjoy working outdoors and take pride in maintaining beautiful gardens and well-presented facilities?

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Grounds Person to help keep our gardens and sites looking their best. Enjoy a Monday to Friday schedule with flexible working arrangements and the chance to make a visible impact every day.

Your Contribution

The Grounds Maintenance Attendant is responsible for performing a wide range of general site maintenance tasks across various TAIHS locations. This includes upkeep and care of yard spaces, ensuring the grounds are clean, safe, and well-maintained. The role involves tasks such as landscaping, lawn care, litter collection, minor repairs, and ensuring that all outdoor areas are in excellent condition. The Grounds Maintenance Attendant plays a key role in maintaining the overall appearance and functionality of TAIHS sites, contributing to a safe and pleasant environment for staff, visitors, and community members.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Maintain the gardens on TAIHS sites by routinely mowing, weeding, leaf clearing, spraying of chemicals, trimming trees and edges
  • Manual watering, hand-watering plants, shrubs, and trees, ensuring they receive adequate hydration
  • Irrigation Systems, setting up and maintaining drip irrigation, sprinklers, or soaker hoses
  • Maintain service equipment – Repairing gardening tools and machinery such as lawnmowers, hedge trimmers, and sprayers
  • Safely operate mowers, basic hand and power tools
  • Maintain gutters, walkways, ensuring safe access for clients, staff and visitor
  • Remove all rubbish from the area, ensuring that bins are ready for collection and rubbish is stored in a sanitary manner
  • Perform routine maintenance on facilities and carry out repairs as needed in consultation with the Asset, Facilities & Infrastructure Manager
  • Prepare facilities for changing weather events
  • Complete and submit maintenance requests/reports as required
  • Assist Maintenance Officer – Moving of furniture/ storage items, dropping off and picking up fleet vehicles, meeting contractors on site

Please note that the duties outlined in this position description are not exhaustive and only provide an indication of the work involved. To achieve business needs TAIHS can direct you to perform duties which it considers are within your level of skill, competence and training.

To Apply:

Please read the current Position Description here.

You must submit the below documentation.

  • CV/Resume
  • One page cover letter detailing how you will achieve success in the position

Applications Close:  4th November 2026

Email: hr@taihs.net.au for more information