Grounds Maintenance Supervisor | Western suburbs & Geelong

Lead a Team. Deliver Quality. Take Pride in Your Work.

Recruitment Select is seeking an experienced and motivated Grounds Maintenance Supervisor to lead a grounds maintenance team delivering services across Melbourne's western suburbs and Geelong

This is a hands‑on leadership role responsible for supervising a small crew and ensuring sites are maintained to an exceptional standard. The successful candidate will be actively involved in day-to-day maintenance activities while managing staff, schedules, quality outcomes, and contractual requirements.

If you have strong leadership skills, enjoy working outdoors and take pride in delivering high‑quality grounds maintenance services, we'd like to hear from you.

About the Role

Reporting to the Regional Manager, you will be responsible for coordinating and supervising grounds maintenance activities across a portfolio of predominantly government sites.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading and supervising a grounds maintenance team
- Planning and executing scheduled maintenance works
- Ensuring contractual obligations and service standards are consistently achieved
- Conducting quality inspections and maintaining presentation standards across all sites
- Managing daily workloads, resources and equipment
- Liaising with clients and key stakeholders
- Training, mentoring and supporting team members
- Maintaining accurate records of completed works
- Promoting and enforcing safe work practices at all times
- Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and service delivery

Typical Duties include:

- Lawn mowing and turf maintenance
- Whipper snipping and edging
- Pruning shrubs, hedges and vegetation
- Weed control and spraying
- General grounds and garden maintenance
- Site clean‑up and presentation work
- Pre‑start and periodic equipment inspection and basic maintenance




- Assessing and making requests for variation work
- Ensuring all sites are left clean, tidy and professionally presented
- Recording of site visits using dedicated job allocation and scheduling software

About you:

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Previous experience in grounds maintenance, landscaping, horticulture or vegetation management
- Proven experience leading or supervising a team
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- Ability to work autonomously and prioritise workloads
- Current Driver's Licence
- White Card
- Strong commitment to workplace safety
- Excellent attention to detail and pride in maintaining high presentation standards
- Ability to manage people, productivity and quality outcomes
- Chemical Users Certificate
- Working at Heights certification
- Chainsaw accreditation
- MR Licence
- Experience managing scheduled maintenance contracts

Personal Attributes

We're looking for someone who:

- Leads by example
- Takes ownership and accountability for results
- Has strong communication and people management skills
- Maintains high standards of workmanship
- Is organised, reliable and self‑motivated
- Can effectively solve problems and make decisions in the field
- Has a strong customer service focus
- Is committed to building a positive and safe team culture

What's on Offer?

- Full‑time permanent position with excellent pay and conditions
- Company vehicle, tools and equipment provided
- Diverse work across Melbourne's western suburbs and Geelong
- Stable long‑term contract work
- Chance to grow your leadership career, with a great leadership team
- Opportunity for further career growth across the wider contractual network with an established and expanding business

If you're an experienced grounds maintenance professional looking to step into a leadership role and take ownership of a high‑profile maintenance portfolio, we'd like to hear from you.

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