We currently have an opportunity for Full Time Grounds Person. Join our Health & Education team and play a key role in the maintenance, presentation, and improvement of landscaped areas, including gardens, accommodation areas and lawns to ensure safe, attractive, and functional outdoor environments.
Reporting to the Operations Manager, you'll help deliver high-quality outcomes that support our essential services.
What You’ll Do (key responsibilities)
This role offers a broad scope, with key responsibilities including:
Maintain gardens, trees, shrubs, and landscaped areas to a high standard
Perform pruning, hedging, mulching, and weeding
Maintain irrigation systems, including fault identification and minor repairs
Apply fertilisers, soil conditioners, and treatments in line with best practice
Carry out safe and compliant weed and pest control
Safely operate and maintain gardening equipment
What You’ll Bring (experience required)
Experience as a gardener or groundskeeper preferred
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
ChemCERT desirable
Drivers Licence essential
More than anything, you’ll bring a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for our clients.
Why Downer?
At Downer, we plan, create, and sustain essential public services across Australia and New Zealand. From hospitals to data centres and defence partnerships, we manage critical infrastructure that keeps communities thriving.
What It Means to Belong at Downer
We’re proud of our high-performance culture and commitment to diversity, offering:
Training and development to support and diversify your career.
With 30% of vacancies filled internally you’ll find real opportunities to advance your career.
Perks@Downer: healthcare discounts, great savings on retail purchases, car purchases and much more.
Employee Assistance Program: professional support for you and your family when you need it most.
You want your work to matter and so do we. With over 26,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, our team is made up of individuals with unique perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas.
We know that diversity makes us stronger and we actively celebrate it through our commitment to inclusion and belonging.
We’re committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve and we welcome people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, cultures, abilities, and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from those whose voices have traditionally been underrepresented in our industry, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pasifika Peoples, veterans, people with disability, and neurodivergent individuals. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with this role, we’d still like to hear from you. If it feels like the right fit, apply - potential counts, and so do you.
As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we support flexibility that works for your life, inclusive leadership that values your voice, and equitable access to opportunity so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.
If you need support or adjustments through the recruitment process, just let us know, we’re here to help you put your best foot forward.
How to Apply
Click "APPLY" and please include your up-to-date resume & copies of relevant licences/qualifications.
Note – This position will include working outdoors in varying weather conditions, manual handling and use of machinery. A pre-employment medical will be undertaken; National Police Check and Working with Vulnerable People Check will be required.
