Overseer - Facilities Maintenance Trade

Overview

Overseer - Facilities Maintenance Trade – Francis Greenway Correctional Centre

Location: Francis Greenway Correctional Centre

Employment type: Ongoing, Full Time

Salary: $94,451 pa + Incidental Allowance + Leave Loading + Superannuation

We are looking for a proactive and dedicated Trade Overseer to work at our Facilities Maintenance Unit at the Francis Greenway Correctional Centre.

Your Role

You will supervise and develop inmates through managing, coaching, instructing, and encouraging them, as members of a team, in order that they may improve their work skills, enhance their post-release employment prospects, and contribute productively to Service/Business Unit objectives.

Oversee the activities of the team to ensure productivity, efficiency and other commercial objectives are achieved whilst ensuring all Workplace Health & Safety, Quality Management requirements and customer service needs are met.

The Successful candidates are provided with paid training to undertake Certificate III in Correctional Practice at an allocated Corrective Services Academy training facility.

Please review the role description for full detail.

Qualifications Required

• Current Certificate III in Correctional Practice or capacity to complete Certificate III in Correctional Practice in accordance with specified CSNSW timeframes
• Current NSW Driver Licence and preparedness to drive a vehicle while performing the role
• Relevant trade or tertiary qualifications: minimum Certificate III level in Building/Construction/Metal or a qualified Construction-based relevant trade

Essential Requirements

• Proven post-trade experience
• Experience demonstrating ability to meet the key accountabilities and focus capabilities as detailed in the role description
• Ability and willingness to work across trades as required
• Willing to participate in a cyclic on-call roster

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment to inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply. You do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs

For more information on Working for us, visit our website.

Applying for the role

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When Applying You Will Need To Attach

• Resume (maximum 3 pages and including 2 Referees – one must be a current supervisor)
• Cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the key accountabilities and focus capabilities of this role as specified in the role description
• Copies of Trade Qualifications MUST be attached

Applications close: 11:59pm, Friday 3rd October 2025

Contacts

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Matt Smylie at For recruitment adjustments, contact Mozhda Neamat at

DCJ is committed to inclusion and diversity. We hire people with a wide variety of skills and backgrounds, including people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups. To learn more, visit Inclusion and Diversity on the DCJ website.

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