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Salary- Location: Starting points are at Mallabula and Medowie Depots
- Pair your love of the outdoors with a position in our Parks Team!
- Permanent full-time position | 38 hours over 4 days. Get a long weekend all year round!
The Perfect Opportunity
Our Parks team are seeking 2 enthusiastic Trades Gardeners who share the same passion for the Horticulture Industry. You’ll have a strong background in the safe operation of machinery and equipment, providing effective leadership and mentoring to your team.
As a Trades Gardener, you’ll play an essential role in ensuring our recreational facilities including sports fields and foreshores are maintained to a high standard and are always ready to be enjoyed by the community of Port Stephens. You’ll participate in continuous improvement practices, perform works in accordance with our business management and enterprise risk systems, complete asset inspections, and carry out customer requests for maintenance.
The current working arrangement for this position is 38 hours over 4 days, working Tuesday – Friday each week. You get a long weekend all year round!
In addition, this position is predominantly located at Council’s Medowie or Mallabula Depots, however you may also be required to work from our other Works Depots located at Raymond Terrace and Nelson Bay.
Find out more about your new career here!
Your Team
The Parks Team includes a bunch of enthusiastic gurus who love all things Horticulture especially high quality turf surfaces, gardens and the natural environment. They thrive in a fast-paced, customer focused environment and find satisfaction in the end result every time.
As Trades Gardener, you’ll be providing leadership and mentoring to not only our Assistant Trades Gardeners, but also our Apprentices.
We work hard to deliver for our community – we thrive in an active environment where change and innovation is the norm. We love to explore, experiment and have lots of fun along the way by challenging the status quo.
Why our employees love PSC?
When you join PSC, you’ll be joining an organisation who truly believes that one size doesn’t fit all. We embrace the level of difference that each of our employees bring with them and offer working arrangements that allow you to focus on the things you consider most important to you outside of your career throughout all stages of your life!
We live our values, are encouraged to express our ideas, place value on our personal and professional development, and come together to share ideas that will in turn enhance the wellbeing of our community.
Enough about us, we want to hear about you! So tell us about…
- Why you want this role and why we need you!
- Your experience in Horticulture especially around high quality turf surfaces, CBD type gardens and the natural environment.
Please note: Only the criteria above needs to be addressed in the application, however you’ll be assessed against the full list of Essential Criteria located within the attached Position Description
We want you to love PSC as much as we do, so here’s a taste of some of the perks you can expect:
- TRP Range: $73,902 - $83,407 pa based on a 38 hour week (includes 11% superannuation + retention allowance)
- Retention allowance paid every December (included in salary package)
- Long service leave when you’ve been with us for just over 5 years
- A wellbeing program, including meditation, gym discounts and fitness incentives
- And lots more…
Ready to change your outlook and join the awesome team at PSC?
- These opportunities don’t come up often… apply by midnight, 7 February 2024.
- For further information on the role, please contact Andrew Campbell, Parks Coordinator on 0415741*** for a confidential discussion.
- We never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status.
- We’re a 2023 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.
- We’ve partnered with the Veterans Employment Program to support veterans finding suitable, sustainable and meaningful employment.
- Port Stephens Council adheres to the principles of a child safe organisation and supports children and young people having safe and welcoming experience in our community, accessing our facilities and in our care.
