Senior Turf and Grounds Person

City of Darwin

Darwin NT

Horticulture (Farming, Animals and Conservation)

Full time

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Turf

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Horticulture

Permanent, full-time position!

Join a team-oriented and inclusive team environment.

Grow your career with City of Darwin.

About the role

This role will allow you to actively participate in the delivery of cool, clean and green spaces across the Darwin municipality by undertaking a range of turf management activities in our parks, ovals and open spaces. This role delivers high quality turf to an excellent standard, in an efficient and safe manner to ensure the appropriate care, maintenance and use of associated council resources.

About you:

As our Senior Turf and Groundsperson, you will actively operate and maintain important equipment such as tractors, lawnmowers, brush cutters and spray equipment, crucially ensuring you meet Workplace Health and Safety standards to ensure the safety of you and your team. Enjoying turf management practises and working in the outdoor environment will be an important aspect of the position.

You will have:

Medium Rigid (MR) Licence

General Construction Industry to White Card

Certificate III in Turf Management/Horticulture and / or minimum of 3 (three) years' experience in turf management

Significant experience in the operation of various mobile plant and equipment, including tractors and attachments

Units of Competency or equivalent AusChem course for: -

AHCCHM3007 to Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseases





AHCCHM304 to Transport and store chemicals

Demonstrated experience of coaching others in job skills

Why join us?

At City of Darwin, we're passionate about building and sustaining a high-performance culture that motivates our people to deliver exceptional results. You will align with and flourish in a fast-paced environment that focuses on strategic outcomes and embraces collaboration and innovation.

Your hard work will be rewarded with a competitive remuneration package and generous leave entitlements. This position has a base salary of 67,736.67 per annum.

For further information regarding this role, please read full position description or Vincent Lehane, Please note, only applicants that are shortlisted for this role will be contacted.

We accept applications only via our portal, and we only contact shortlisted applicants.

City of Darwin Talent Acquisition Team can be contacted via:

This vacancy closes at 5pm on 19 August 2026.

We are looking forward to receiving your application if you are a direct applicant. Please note that we are not working with recruitment agencies for this position.

The City of Darwin is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background to apply.

As part of Council's recruitment process, applicants may be required to undergo pre-employment assessments, such as a Medical Assessment, National Police Check and Psychometric Assessment.

Posted: 23-07-2026

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📌 Senior Turf and Grounds Person (Darwin)
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