Job Description
Employer: Watford Football Club
Job Title: Senior/Skilled Grounds Person
Salary: Dependent on experience
Location: Watford Football Club – Training Ground
Type: Permanent Full Time
Passport/Visa: Must be eligible to work in the UK
Closing Date: Friday 14th August 2026, 5pm
Interview date: Week commencing 17th August 2026
An exciting opportunity has become available within the ground’s maintenance department at Watford
Football Club. We are looking to recruit a Senior/Skilled Grounds Staff member to be a part of a forwardthinking team, responsible for providing a pitch maintenance programme and to ensure delivery of
excellent playing surfaces at Watford FC training ground based in London Colney.
The role will be based on a 40-hour week which will include evening, weekend and matchday hours,
with potential requirement at times to work at our Vicarage Road Stadium.
The successful candidate will work as an integral part of the training grounds maintenance team,
primarily responsible for carrying out the following duties:
• Pitch Maintenance - procedures including but not limiting, mowing, marking, aeration, fertilising,
scarifying, frost cover application, top dressing, seeding and pitch light
maneuvering/maintenance
• Equipment Maintenance - goals, ball stopping nets, advertising boards etc
• Machinery - greasing, cleaning, setting up, oil checks and visual checks before use
• Liaising with coaching staff
• Ensuring the safety of all playing surfaces
• Adhere to club’s health and safety procedures
• Manual lifting above 25kg
The successful candidate will enjoy working as part of a team, be enthusiastic, hardworking, and be
flexible to the requirements of the position and the business.
Applicants should ideally live local to London Colney or the surrounding areas and be a UK resident or
non-UK resident with a valid UK work permit and ideally have experience working within a similar role.
You must have:
• NVQ level 2 in sports turf or equivalent
• Spraying certificates (or working towards)
• Experience of people management
• Excellent time keeping and organisational skills
• Willing to work unsociable hours which will include evenings and weekends and have a flexible
approach to tasks
• Understanding of the Clubs commitment to EDI & Safeguarding
• Full UK driving licence or ability to travel various locations due to the demands of the role
You would ideally have, but not vital:
• NVQ level 3 in sports turf or equivalent
• Experience of working in winter sports surfaces
• Experience of pitch renovations
• Experience using SGL pitch lights
