Sports Turf Technician Location: Uppingham School Contract hours: 39 Basis: Full time Salary: £25,000 - £27,000 Closing date: 29 April 2025, 12:00 am Do you possess skills and experience in sports grounds maintenance? This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role within Uppingham School’s Estates team, helping to maintain 56 acres of playing fields and sports facilities. Games and a full sporting curriculum form an integral part of school life at Uppingham. As a Sports Turf Grounds Operative, you will be key to ensuring the maintenance and upkeep of our playing fields, pitches and facilities, ensuring they are safe, functional, and visually appealing for use in sporting activities. In this varied role, you will undertake a range of maintenance responsibilities including mowing, fertilising, aerating, irrigating, repairing turf surfaces, and maintaining artificial pitches/courts. Your work will help provide high-quality playing surfaces that meet the needs of the school while adhering to safety standards and regulations. You will need previous experience of sports grounds maintenance and associated work, including experience of marking pitches, mowing, aerating, fertilising and weed control. You will be capable of using a range of machinery and equipment and will also possess a full driving licence. Qualifications including PA1, PA2 and PA6 spraying certificates and an NVQ Level 2 Sports Turf qualification or similar is desirable, but not essential. You may also have experience in the following: Caretaker, Maintenance Operative, Handyman, Repairs, Health and Safety, DIY, Estates Management Gardener, Landscaping, Gardening, Grounds Person, Horticulture, Trainee, Landscaper, Maintenance Gardener, Groundworker, etc. REF-(Apply online only)