Zoo Maintenance Supervisor (Lotherton Hall) - #1786376

Job title: Zoo Maintenance Supervisor

Salary: C1 *GBP*27,711 - *GBP*30,060

Hours: 37.5 hrs/week

Contract: Permanent

Location: Lotherton Wildlife World

Zoo Maintenance Supervisor Lotherton Wildlife World

As a Zoo Maintenance Supervisor, you thrive on keeping things running smoothlycombining hands-on maintenance work with leadership to support a safe, well-kept, and welcoming environment for animals, staff, and visitors alike.

This job is about being part of a passionate team that cares for a unique site where high standards of animal welfare and visitor experience go hand in hand.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions .

About You

As a Zoo Maintenance Supervisor, you will bring to the role:

• Strong communication and teamwork skills across a range of people and settings
• Excellent time management and organisation to coordinate planned and responsive works
• Experience of carrying out and recording health and safety checks
• Physical capability to undertake demanding outdoor work in all weather
• Practical skills to carry out repairs, maintenance and basic construction tasks
  
  
  

About The Role

This is a key role at Lotherton Wildlife Worldhelping to ensure our site remains safe, functional and fit for purpose across a wide variety of animal enclosures, public areas and behind-the-scenes spaces.

As our new Zoo Maintenance Supervisor, you take the lead on day-to-day site upkeep, from general repairs and landscaping to machinery maintenance, pest control, and working alongside contractors. You coordinate planned maintenance with the Zoo Manager and animal team, helping to ensure minimal disruption to animal care and visitor experience.

You also support staff, volunteers, and work placements, while playing a vital role in shaping the site ongoing improvements and developments. This is a hands-on, outdoor role that offers variety, autonomy, and the chance to make a visible impact every day in one of Leedsmost unique locations.

What We Offer You

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further
  
  
  

How To Apply

Complete the online application form.

Read our guidance for further advice on completing your application.

If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role contact Daniel Messer, Zoo Manager email [email protected]

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying.To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least *GBP*38,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.

Job Description

Job purpose

To undertake and supervise horticultural and maintenance duties, within Lotherton Wildlife World, under the direction and working with the Zoo Manager and animal team.

Responsibilities

• The undertaking and supervision of all horticultural & maintenance operations within all Wildlife World.
• The supervision and training of staff, including seasonal staff, trainees, volunteers and work placements.
• To be responsible for all maintenance and horticultural scheduling and service records for all site-based plant and machinery.
• To develop and maintain a proactive approach to pest control and to manage the control of pest in all areas of the zoo working in collaboration with the pest control officer.
• To be first contact for all contractors on site ensuring safe working practices are understood and maintained at all times.
• To suggest and help plan improvements required in the facilities at Wildlife World including proactive maintenance, repairs and exterior landscaping.
• To lead on general housekeeping of the site to include, but not exclusive to, litter picking & emptying of bins to a fixed schedule.
• To maintain effective working relationships with other site-based supervisors at Lotherton and to work in a collaborative manner to ensure efficiencies are achieved where possible.
• To organise and schedule planned maintenance and work with the zoo manager and animal team to arrange site contingencies around planned works.
• To compile accurate records as required by all applicable legislation.
• To ensure that Climate Energy & Greenspaces Safety Policy and relevant Safe Working Practices are adhered to by the staff under the post holder control.
• To undertake any training as is deemed necessary to improve performance and to meet the needs of the maintenance of the parks and surrounding areas.
• The duties outlined are not meant as an exhaustive list and will also comprise any other duties within the spirit of the post commensurate with the job evaluation outcome for this post.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Candidates who can demonstrate a significant period of work experience, but who do not have a formal qualification, will be considered for the post.

Essential requirements It is essential that the candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria for the post. Candidates will only be shortlisted for interview if they can demonstrate that they meet all the essential requirements.

• Ability to communicate with a wide range of people individually, in groups and at all appropriate levels and work effectively as part of a team.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Ability to undertake physically demanding work in all weather conditions.
• Capable of carrying out minor repairs and alterations to enclosures, under the guidance of the Zoo Manager.
• Experience in completing health and safety checks and compiling accurate records.
  
  
  

Essential Behavioural And Other Characteristics

• Self starter with the ability to work on their own initiative.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to lead and mentor a team.
• Understand and embrace Leeds City Council Values and Behaviours and codes of conduct.
• Committed to continuous improvement in all areas and work towards delivering the Best City Ambition of Health & Wellbeing, Inclusive Growth and Zero Carbon
• Able to understand and observe Leeds City Council equality and diversity policies.
• Carry out all duties having regard to an employee responsibility under Health and Safety Policies.
• Willingness to actively participate in training and development activities.
• Flexible and adaptable to change to assist other services as required commensurate to grade.
• Participate in appraisal, training, and development activities.
• Be aware of and comply with Leeds City Council policies and procedures.
• Be aware of and support difference and ensure equality for all working in an anti-discriminatory manner, upholding, equality & diversity policies of Leeds City Council.
• Recognise and appropriately challenge any incidents of racism, bullying, harassment, victimisation, and any form of abuse, reporting any concerns to the appropriate person.
• The Council has adopted a flexibility protocol and the role will be expected to work within these parameters.
  
  
  

Desirable requirements It is desirable that the candidate should be able to demonstrate the following criteria for the post. Candidates are not required to meet all the desirable requirements however these may be used to distinguish between candidates.

• Chainsaw license
• Chipper training
• Mini digger training
• Tractor licence
• Pest control experience.
  
  
  

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