Leading Worker - Civil Operations

Leading Worker- Civil Operations 

About Us

The Rural City of Murray Bridge is the fastest growing region in the Murraylands and is only a 40 minute drive up the South Eastern freeway from Adelaide. Here you will find a positive work environment that embraces dedicated and motivated people that want to help shape a growing and diverse community. 

Council is embracing its position as a growth area and is striving to create a thriving and connected community. We are therefore looking for an experienced Civil Operator/ Supervisor to help support this growth in a full time position.

Position Overview

The Leading Worker will play a crucial role in delivering Council’s Capital Program. Working with the Team Leader, the role will be supervising Council’s Civil Construction Team plus external contractors to deliver the unsealed roads program and other civil construction works as required.

Qualifications

Extensive Grader operations and civil construction experience is essential.  Previous supervisory experience in the civil construction and previous local government experience is also an advantage. 

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Team Leader – Infrastructure Operations, responsibilities of the position include:

• Improve regional and local infrastructure
• Improve the quality and diversity of the built environment
• Improve infrastructure maintenance and management practices
• Leading a team to complete capital programs 

The successful applicant will demonstrate high level skills in communication, customer service, time management, problem solving along with the ability to work as part of a team.

Benefits

You will be: 

• working in a progressive and rewarding environment
• valued and appreciated for your proactive and customer-centric approach 
• encouraged to be creative and resourceful 
• Supported by workplace policies that are family friendly and flexible with work from home options. 

This is an exciting opportunity to have an impact on the future growth and enhancement of the Murray Bridge Township, our small rural townships and rural community.

The position is offered as a full time employment in accordance with the Local Government Employees Award and Council’s current Enterprise Agreement within an annual salary range of $79,409 to $81,142 dependent upon skills, knowledge and experience.

How to Apply

A detailed job description for the above position can be obtained from Council’s website www.murraybridge.sa.gov.au.

Enquiries may be directed to James McInnes, Group Leader Operations on 0436 667 *** or via email at *********@murraybridge.sa.gov.au

All applications must be submitted via SEEK and include a current resume with two referees supporting your cover letter of no more than 2 pages outlining your experience, skills and knowledge in accordance with the position description.

This role will remain open until 5pm, Friday 12 April 2024 or until a suitable candidate is found.

We respectfully request no recruitment agencies please.