Description:
Reporting directly into the Operations Services Manager, you are someone who enjoys being relied upon and building relationships and engaging with staff, sub-contractors, and stakeholders to ensure all duties carried out are compliant with Commonwealth, State/Territory & Local Legislation, Regulations, Guidelines and Codes, Australian Standards and Defence Policy.
You have outstanding prioritising and organisational capabilities, a high degree of motivation, energy, and initiative, with the capacity to drive a culture of delivering excellence, whilst dealing with multiple and sometimes conflicting priorities.
Key Duties, But Not Limited To
- Manage Land Management staff to ensure all facilities are prepared to best horticultural practices, especially with Hydrozone management
- Monitor the performance of the grounds maintenance team and give technical advice
- Effective communication between staff, subcontractors, customer and clients
- Oversee care and upkeep of equipment
- Ensure adherence to State regulatory requirements
- Complete administration tasks arising from the Land Management Activity Schedule
- Develop an effective work schedule
- Induct and train new team members in accordance with safety procedures
- Undertake any other reasonable duties as requested by the EMOS/Operations Manager
- Build and develop strong business relationships with Defence management
- Drive the completion of all allocated enabling services that includes support to onsite activities
- Understand customer needs and manage expectations, balancing them with commercial deliverables
- Validate & verify updates to estate, compliance and contract data and documentation
- Provide accurate and timely advice to relevant Defence personnel where required
Skills & Experience
- Diploma in Horticulture or Land Management or equivalent experience
- Good working knowledge of turf, Horticulture, Arboriculture, Land Management and irrigation operations
- Valid Australian Driving Licence essential, Medium Ridged Licence would be advantageous
- Chainsaw Certificate Level 1 and 2 desirable
- Agvet Chemical Users Course (or state equivalent)
- Senior First Aid desirable
- Well-developed computer, word processing and technical knowledge in MS Word, Excel and Power point
- Dealing with wildlife is a major component of the job, snake handling experience will be highly regarded