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SalaryPermanent Full-Time (76 hours per fortnight)
From $62,343 per annum (includes super) * Allowances and Overtime
- Nine Day Fortnight
Do you want to be part of something challenging and rewarding? Are you passionate about our community? If so, joining the Glen Innes Severn Council might be the right career move for you.
Do you want to be part of something challenging and rewarding? Are you passionate about our community? If so, joining the Glen Innes Severn Council might be the right career move for you.
Working for Council means you'll be joining a dedicated team where your individual effort is part of something much bigger – delivering great things for our community.
The Council covers an area of 5,487km2, and is located in the beautiful New England area of NSW. This area encompasses the town of Glen Innes and villages of Deepwater, Emmaville, Glencoe, Wellingrove and Red Range. We're proud of the contribution our community makes to this vibrant, dynamic and attractive area in which to live and work.
Glen Innes offers an attractive lifestyle including a well serviced and friendly rural community, laid back living, short commuting times, affordable housing, easy access to NSW north coast beaches and larger regional centres, and terrific recreational and sporting facilities.
A GREAT PLACE TO WORK
As part of our team you will have the opportunity to make a real difference to our community, working with a diverse range of passionate, supportive and engaging people within a collaborative environment. You will also be part of a workplace that offers competitive employee benefits and opportunities and encourages professional development including:
- Salary packaging (including novated motor vehicle leasing and remote area housing benefits) for all permanent staff
- Long service leave after 5 years
- Corporate wellbeing programs
- Employee vaccinations
- PPE supplied
- Training and development programs
- Education assistance
This challenging position will operate Heavy Plant such as an excavators, graders, backhoes and skid steer loaders, and operate a variety of other small to medium sized plant and equipment, to assist in the safe and efficient construction and maintenance of Council’s civil infrastructure.
Reporting to the Maintenance Works Coordinator you will:
- Operate plant such as an excavator, grader, water cart, roller, backhoe, skid steer loader, heavy vehicles or similar to construct or maintain Council infrastructure.
- Estimate the quantities and weights of loose materials such as soil, rock and gravel, and load the correct quantities and weights of materials onto trucks, trailers or other locations.
- Hoist, move and / or load other objects using chains and slings attached to plant buckets or attachments, in accordance with safe work method practices.
- Perform routine day-to-day inspections, maintenance and repairs to assigned plant and equipment to maximise the reliable and useful life of machines and their accessories, including checking and changing all oil levels, lubricating parts, changing filters, checking hydraulic fluids, etc. Assists Council's workshop staff with major services and repairs as required
- Ensure that all work conforms to required safety standards, including completion of risk assessments and site specific training for employees / contractors, installation and maintenance of signage, and implementation of Safe Work Method Statements and Traffic Control Plans.
- Direct the flow of traffic at work sites, including the use of stop/go signs to regulate traffic flow and maintain safety.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Specifically, you will have:
Essential
- Class HR Drivers Licence (Heavy Rigid), but preferable with a Class HC licence (Heavy Combination)
- Demonstrated ability to competently operate Heavy Plant to excavate, level, shape and compact work sites and trenches, in accordance with levels and survey set out where applicable
- Ability to read and comprehend written instructions and procedures and accurately complete maintenance records and other routine forms
- Ability to accurately estimate the quantities and weights of loose materials such as soil, rock and gravel, and load the correct quantities and weights
- An understanding of basic mechanical principles and the ability to perform routine maintenance and minor repairs on plant and equipment
- Essential qualifications and licences sufficient to enable operation of relevant Heavy Plant on work site
- Safe Work NSW WHS General Construction Induction (White Card)
- Class HC driver's licence (Heavy Combination)
- Demonstrated ability to use levelling equipment to set out levels to the standards and specifications given in engineering plans
- Certificates/accreditations in:
- High Risk Work Licence DG (HRW DG)
- Work Safely Near Powerlines UETTDREL14
- Traffic Controller
- Implement Traffic Control Plans
- Chainsaw Operations (Cross Cutting)
- Chemical Use
- Applications close: 5:00pm on Monday 4 March 2024
- Carefully read the Information Package to familiarise yourself with the role and application process
- Please ensure that you attach a copy of a recent resume
- Position specific enquiries may be directed to Tony Kamphorst, Manager of Infrastructure Delivery on (0409) 561 082 or email akamphorst@gisc.nsw.gov.au
- Any enquiries relating to the application process may be directed to Helen Stapleton on (02) 6730 2303 or email jobs@gisc.nsw.gov.au
- Please note that as part of Glen Innes Severn Council's recruitment process, prior to an offer of employment being made, recommended candidates will be required to undertake referee checks, police checks and a functional assessment with Council’s physiotherapist.
- All correspondence will be via the email address you supply as part of your application, therefore please ensure that the email address is valid and that you check it regularly (please be sure to check your junk email also).
Bernard Smith - General Manager
Promoting a safe and healthy workplace
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