Works Officer

About the role

In this role, you will perform essential labouring tasks focused on maintaining city assets as part of the City Works team. You will deliver efficient and safe construction and maintenance services, actively contributing to a customer-focused and commercially driven operation, and accurately recording and reporting team activities.

Work type: Fixed term contract 8 months. Classification: Band 3 $70,838 pa plus super.

Key responsibilities include

Respond and deliver an effective, efficient, safe construction and/or maintenance service to a variety of City Works activities. Assist the City Works Department in providing a customer focused service and commercially driven operation. Accurately record and complete all operational documentation that records the activities of the team, and forward to the supervisor on a weekly basis or as required.

Operate and maintain plant and equipment in an effective and efficient manner and in compliance with relevant laws/regulations, codes of practice and organisational directives. Work within all relevant health and safety policies promoting the use of appropriate personal safety equipment provided .

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have demonstrated skills and experience in undertaking a variety of road related maintenance and/or civil construction tasks. Essential Experience: Ability to perform manual work including lifting of weights in accordance with Occupational Health and Safety guidelines. Working knowledge of relevant safe work practices within a civil engineering environment.

Communication skills including the ability to gain cooperation from residents. Time management skills and organising own work to established objectives. Current Victorian Drivers licence. Medium Rigid truck licence or above or willing to undertake. Preferred candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Check and a pre-employment medical assessment as part of the recruitment process (funded by the City).

If this sounds like the role for you, then click apply now! A career with us We’d love for you to continue your career with the City and set the benchmark for a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace. With a range of benefits, flexible working options, learning and development opportunities, support services and the opportunity to give back to the community, the City has so much to offer!

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Enquiries: Luke Souter | Senior Team Leader Maintenance Operations | [email protected] Click the Apply button to submit your application or find out more about this opportunity. If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email at careers@geelongcity.

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