Environmental Maintainer Team Leader

Permanent
Full-time (average of 38 hours per week)

The City of Rockingham is an award winning local government located 40km south of the Perth CBD and is known as the place where the coast comes to life.  One of the fastest growing local governments in the south metropolitan area, we are responsible for the provision and delivery of high quality services, facilities and events that meet or exceed community expectations.  Providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees is important to us and we are committed to employing team members who share the City’s Values of Recognition, Ethics, Service, Professional Development, Empowerment, Communication and Teamwork – RESPECT. These Values are incorporated into all aspects of employment at the City.

Based at the City’s Works Depot in Crocker Street, Rockingham you are responsible for undertaking the maintenance of the City’s natural areas and conservation reserves. Other duties will include updating natural area maintenance schedules, ensuring that natural areas are maintained to a high standard and in a safe clean condition and provide technical advice to other teams.

You possess excellent communication and time management skills, and have had supervisory roles in the past along with hands-on experience in Conservation and Land Management.

To be considered for this role, you must address the following selection criteria as part of your online application:

• Detail your experience in supervising and giving direction to internal staff and contractors.
• Detail your level of knowledge of native fauna and flora.
• Detail your level of knowledge of workplace safety and health policies and procedures.
• Detail your level of knowledge of small plant maintenance pertaining to natural area maintenance.
• Detail your experience in natural area maintenance including weed identification and undertaking appropriate chemical and manual control measures.
• Provide a copy of your Certificate IV in Conservation and Land Management, or detail your equivalent field experience in environmental science or natural area management.
• Current ‘C’ class driver’s licence.

We are offering a weekly wage of $1,424 (gross) which incorporates all allowances and penalty rates, as well as

• 11.5% superannuation with the option to co-contribute up to a further 5%
• A variety of health and wellbeing programs including a physical health reimbursement subsidy payment of up to $150 per annum, free flu vaccinations, free skin cancer checks, mental health programs and Employee Assistance Provider (EAP) services
• Flexible working arrangements, including rostered days off and two additional paid days of absence per annum
• A culture of learning with training/development opportunities including paid study leave and study fees
• Salary packaging opportunities for motor vehicles, etc.
• Opportunity to work in a variety of natural area habitats, including wetland, bushland, and coastal reserves, each of which have an array of native flora and fauna to be discovered. The City of Rockingham is also home to the renowned Shoalwater Island Marine Park.

An information package, including the position description, is available on our website.

Applications will be accepted until 4pm, Wednesday 16 April 2025.

This process may be used to fill future similar permanent or fixed-term positions that may become available in the City during the next 12 months.

 If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments or support for your application and throughout the recruitment process please contact the Recruitment Team via email at jobs@rockingham.wa.gov.au or phone 08 9528 0333.

The City of Rockingham encourages applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds, including First Nations people, people living with disability and people who speak a first language other than English.