Heavy Plant Operator (Drainage)

• Permanent Full-Time (76 hours per fortnight)
• From $64,815 (inc superannuation)
• Overtime and Allowances
• Nine Day Fortnight

Council offers a wide range of benefits such as salary packaging (including novated motor vehicle leasing and remote area housing benefits), health and wellbeing programs and employee vaccinations to employees.

Do you want to be part of something challenging and rewarding? Are you passionate about our community? If so, joining the Glen Innes Severn Council might be the right career move for you.

Working for Council means you'll be joining a dedicated team where your individual effort is part of something much bigger – delivering great things for our community.

The Council covers an area of 5,487km2, and is located in the beautiful New England area of NSW.  This area encompasses the town of Glen Innes and villages of Deepwater, Emmaville, Glencoe, Wellingrove and Red Range. We're proud of the contribution our community makes to this vibrant, dynamic and attractive area in which to live and work.

Glen Innes offers an attractive lifestyle including a well serviced and friendly rural community, laid back living, short commuting times, affordable housing, easy access to NSW north coast beaches and larger regional centres, and terrific recreational and sporting facilities. 

A GREAT PLACE TO WORK   

As part of our team you will have the opportunity to make a real difference to our community, working with a diverse range of passionate, supportive and engaging people within a collaborative environment. You will also be part of a workplace that offers competitive employee benefits and opportunities and encourages professional development including:

• Salary packaging (including novated motor vehicle leasing and remote area housing benefits) for all permanent staff
• Long service leave after 5 years
• Corporate wellbeing programs
• Employee vaccinations
• PPE supplied
• Training and development programs   

THE POSITION  

The Heavy Plant Operator (Drainage) will operate heavy plant such as an excavators, trucks, rollers backhoes and skid steer loaders, and operates a variety of other small to medium sized plant and equipment, to assist in the safe and efficient construction and maintenance of Council’s drainage infrastructure.

 Reporting to Drainage Team Leader, you will:

• Receive and act on written work orders or verbal instructions from the Maintenance Works Coordinator, Drainage Team Leader or other assigned supervisor.
• Operate heavy plant such as an excavator, backhoe, skid steer loader, rollers, trucks or similar to construct or maintain Council infrastructure, with a focus on  road drainage infrastructure. This includes open drains and culverts.
• Estimate the quantities and weights of loose materials such as soil, rock and gravel, and loads the correct quantities and weights of materials onto trucks, trailers or other locations.
• Correctly installs, extends or repairs pipes, box culvert units and headwalls including placing, joining, backfilling and grouting of precast products.
• Perform routine day-to-day inspections, cleaning, maintenance and repairs to assigned plant and equipment to maximise the reliable and useful life of machines and their accessories, including checking and changing all oil levels, lubricating parts, changing filters, checking hydraulic fluids, etc.
• Assist Council's workshop staff with major services and repairs as required.
• Ensure that all work conforms to required safety standards, including completion of risk assessments and site-specific training for employees / contractors, installation and maintenance of signage, and implementation of Work Method Statements and Traffic Control Plans.
• Participate in staff meetings, essential training and overtime / call out work as required.
• Perform manual handling or labouring work as directed.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR  
Specifically, you will have:   

Essential

• Ability to competently operate heavy plant to excavate, level, shape and compact work sites and trenches
• Ability to competently operate and maintain a variety of power tools and minor plant items to complete routine maintenance and construction tasks
• Minimum Class MR (Medium Rigid) drivers’ licence
• Safe Work NSW WHS General Construction Induction (White Card)

Desirable 

• Experience in road drainage construction and maintenance, especially excavator operation
• Class HR (Heavy Rigid) licence 

INTERESTED IN APPLYING

• Carefully download and read the Guide to Applying for Employment, together with the position description to familiarise yourself with the role and application process
• Please upload documents in PDF or word format
• Please note that as part of Glen Innes Severn Council's recruitment process, prior to an offer of employment being made, recommended candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment checks. This may include: reference checks; national criminal police check; functional/medical assessment; qualification verification; Working with Children Check and NDIS verification.
• Our recruitment notification process is primarily via system generated emails. Please ensure your email is correct before submitting an application to avoid missing crucial updates and outcomes. Email communication notifications are used for but not limited to: application received, interview booking tools, confirmation of interview, request for references/more information, delay notifications, testing/assessments (aptitude/psychometric/industry specific) and application outcomes (unsuccessful before or after interview)
• Please regularly check your 'junk mail' or ensure our email address jobs@gisc.nsw.gov.au and Pulse email no_reply@lgss.com.au is set to 'trustworthy' 

NEED MORE INFORMATION OR ASSISTANCE

Council is an EEO employer. Women, Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders, people with a disability, and members of racial, ethnic, and ethno-religious minority groups are encouraged to apply.