Senior Trades Person

Full Time Permanent Position

Band 4 - Salary Range $70,018- $74,233 per annum + 11% Super + RDO

 Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience 

About Melton City Council

The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality—one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.

We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.

The Opportunity

With unprecedented growth in the region, Melton has committed significant investment in the construction of new building assets along with best practice maintenance of its existing portfolio of buildings and facilities, these are utilised to deliver Councils’ services to the Community as well as those from third party and other providers. This role provides an opportunity to participate in the ongoing development and growth of the facility maintenance team tasked with the delivery of operational services, these include programmed maintenance, functionality inspections and on-site triage of escalated incidents to support the work of the Front-Line services desk. The position reports to the Program Leader Maintenance Services working as part of the Operations Service Unit under the Planning and Development directorate.

Key Responsibilities

• Working as a part of the In-house Service team, liaise with and organise support from specialist contractors and trade suppliers in relation to make safe, repair and investigation tasks.
• Action Work Orders and Customer Action requests as directed tasks as required, including the procurement of materials and equipment.
• Undertake additional non-repair works such as the installation of new or replacement equipment, heavy lifting, furniture shifting and the like. 
• Ensure that all PPE, tools, machinery, plant, and equipment used by the In-House Services team are checked, maintained, test and tagged according to councils OH&S practices and the manufacturer’s recommendations. 
• Participate in the development, deployment, and oversight of the In-House Services team use of operational practices compliant with the organisations Occupational Health & safety, Risk and Industry best practices. 
• Participate in the after-hours duty roster.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have the following:

• Post Trade Certificate or TAFE certificate courses or equivalent with knowledge and skills gained through 'on the job' training with experience commensurate with the requirements of this role.
• Experience with providing direction and leadership of trade services teams to achieve numerous and varying objectives, specifically in the fields of facility maintenance and construction.
• Demonstrate understanding of the customer service skills required for appropriate and successful interaction with facility users, service contractors, suppliers and the like.
• Current valid Victorian drivers licence.

To view the Position Description, click here.

Culture and Values

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

• Motivate
• Empower
• Lead
• Trust
• Open
• Nurture 

Benefits

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council: 

Staff Benefits | Melton City Council 

• 19 Day Month
• 4 weeks and 2 days annual leave (As of 1st of July 2024 will increase to 5 weeks) 
• Flexible Working Hours
• Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
• 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave
• 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
• Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Subsidised Uniforms

How To Apply

If you require further information about the position, please contact Peter Burns, Program Leader Property Maintenance on 9747 5977. 

Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise. 

To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees and Council’s COVID-19 vaccination policy which require employees to provide documentary evidence of their vaccination status before attending the workplace.

We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.

Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.

 Applications close 11:59pm Wednesday 13 March 2024