Fitter and Machinist

2 weeks ago

Central Coast, Australia Central Coast Council Full time

This is a great opportunity for you to rewrite your future with us and use your mechanical trade skills within the Water and Sewer industry

  • Serve your community ensuring clean water supply and sanitisation
  • Permanent full-time
  • Balance your life with a 9 day fortnight

About the role

Working in the Water and Sewer directorate you will be responsible for safe, proactive and reactive maintenance and risk management on mechanical assets and legislated critical infrastructure both within Council workshops, treatment plants, headworks, water and sewer networks which are across multiple sites residential environments.

Our ideal candidate will be someone who is trade qualified and experienced with process equipment, preferably within the Water and Sewer industry. You will be able to work alone in a fast paced environment and look for the best and most efficient ways to maintain and repair mechanical assets, looking to take initiative where it's needed.

There is a requirement to participate in a rotating on call roster, some weekend work will be required. Penalty rates will apply.

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

  • A Craftsman's Certification and Certificate of Proficiency in Fitting and Machining, combined with ongoing professional development.
  • A valid Construction General Induction card - SafeWork NSW or equivalent.
  • A current Class C Drivers Licence.

Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other important information

  • The salary range for this position sits between $69.5k - $83.4k plus a weekly $18.28 working allowance plus 11% superannuation
  • This is a Permanent full-time role.
  • This role will be able to access a 9 day fortnight.
  • This role is located at various Works Depots and Treatment Plants across the Central Coast.
  • Successful candidates will be required to have vaccinations against Hepatitis A and B and Tetanus.
  • Shortlisted candidates will be required to undertake and pass a Confined Spaces medical.

Council will be creating an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra benefits

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check ups, a 'me day' to refresh you. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

  • Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
  • Free flu vaccination program
  • Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
  • Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
  • We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
  • Novated leasing partnerships.

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

What to know more?

The contact person for this role is Phil Thuaux, Section Manager Maintenance Services. You can contact them on or on email at

This position will close for applications at midnight on Sunday 2 June 2024.

To download our Privacy Statement click here.

Location

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia.

We have a number of work locations across the region, offering different work locations for team members.

Central Coast Council is the third largest water utility (or water and sewage service) in NSW servicing 139,000 homes and businesses in a growing region.

How to apply

We have put together some additional resources to help you apply for a role at Central Coast Council.

By completing and submitting this online application you confirm that any information that you provide in this application is true and correct and acknowledge that any offer of employment may be withdrawn should the information that you have provided in support of your application be shown to be false.

You also consent to employment screening checks being conducted where appropriate. This may include associated checks including reference checks, Working with Children Check, Entitlement to Work in Australia, employment history and an Australian Federal Police Check, as well as substantiation of educational qualifications, industry memberships, previous Central Coast Council employment history and association with professional bodies.

You also acknowledge that you will be required to provide proof of eligibility (including photo identification) to work in Australia if selected for an interview.

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

  1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
  2. Attach your resume
  3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call or Speak & Listen

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail. For further instructions please click here.

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library or ask at the enquiry counter.

PLEASE NOTE: We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.

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