In this role, you will be responsible for delivering council's Facilities Maintenance public toilet replacement program, coordinate minor projects both in maintenance and administrative zones and other works when required to support the team.
Work type: Temporary Full-time 12 months
Classification: Band 6 ($90,263-$97,365 pa plus super)
Key responsibilities include:
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with key partners and stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
- Engage, supervise and audit contractors in a professional manner to complete approved building and minor capital works.
- Ensure that Council's building assets and services are maintained in an efficient, safe, clean and operational condition.
- Development of documents to assist in construction and maintenance fields.
- Responsible for ensuring a safe workplace for Contractors working on council assets at your direction.
- Participate in the call out roster over a designated 7-day period servicing out of hours call outs.
To be successful in this role, you will have a Tertiary qualification and/or Trade qualification with several years' experience in the field or lessor formal qualifications with extensive experience in a similar position and a sound understanding of the relevant OH&S legislation and staff/contractor management.
Essential Experience:
- Knowledge of Local Government's role, responsibility and challenges and its relationships with other government departments and the-community.
- Must hold WHS/OHS recognised qualification min cert 4 - to enable site auditing and supervision.
- Demonstrated experience in developing high quality documentation and correspondence showing clear understanding of audience and the objectives of the communication.
- High level of experience in construction project management principles.
- Ability to plan and drive work through to completion within tight deadlines and budgets.
- Experience in engaging with stakeholders and undertaking consultation to meet project requirements.
- Current red/white card - basic construction induction card.
- Current Victorian Drivers Licence.
- Current Working with Children Check (Employee).
If this sounds like the role for you, then click apply now!
Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong
At the City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung Country such a great place to live, work and study.
We're going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we've built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.
Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it's important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.
We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.
If you're excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit apply - we'd love to meet you!
We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse culture and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.
A career with us
Central Geelong-based City employees are now based in our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning 'speak and talk together' in local Wadawurrung language. Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.
We're committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you.
We offer:
- salary sacrificing and novated lease options
- cultural and ceremonial leave
- study leave
- paid parental leave (16 weeks primary and six weeks secondary) and superannuation payments on all 52 weeks primary parental leave
- IVF, surrogate and miscarriage bereavement leave
- training and career development opportunities
- a healthy and safe environment
- our employee wellbeing program
- corporate membership rates at Swim Sport and Leisure facilities
- unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
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Enquiries: Neal Taylor | Coordinator Facilities Maintenance | 0466682374 |
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Advertised: 22 Jan 2024 7:00 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 05 Feb 2024 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time