Plant/tractor Driver

3 months ago


Blacktown, Australia Blacktown City Council Full time

**Job No**:BC3023***

**Location**:Blacktown, NSW***

***:
Blacktown City is a growing and thriving city, located halfway between Sydney City and the Blue Mountains. With 435,000 residents, we are the largest and most diverse city in NSW, spread across 54 suburbs. Blacktown City is vibrant, dynamic and multicultural, home to a large First Nations community, and more than 180 different birthplaces and languages.

With $22.6 billion regional economy, Blacktown City is also home to 30,000 businesses. Working at Blacktown City Council provides widespread, exciting professional opportunities. Our Council is leading the transformation of Blacktown City and Western Sydney. We are implementing a vision for a modern city, full of opportunity for our residents and businesses.

Our Council is led by highly skilled and experienced professionals, working with talented and passionate teams across a diverse range of business units. We are delivering high quality, customer-focused services, experiences, and facilities, and leading a program of strategic planning, activity and investment.

**About the opportunity**

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to work within a small team in our Parks and Garden section to service our vast number and rapidly growing public open space areas, professionally and efficiently. As a team member of our Parks and Garden section, you will be required to operate large-scale grass-cutting equipment and large commercial tractors. You will also be required to undertake all tasks associated with public open space maintenance to assist our teams in servicing our parks and reserves, including weeding, cleaning and litter collection of Council's public open space areas and to assist with beautification programs.

**Qualifications and experience**

**Essential**:

- Extensive experience in tractor operations and large-scale turf-cutting maintenance
- Extensive experience in all facets of the maintenance of open space public recreational facilities, including sports fields, passive recreation facilities, roadside maintenance, public gardens etc
- Class C driver's licence.

**Desirable**:

- Class MR driver’s licence
- SafeWork NSW approved Front-end Loader accreditation
- SafeWork NSW approved Backhoe Operator accreditation
- Traffic Controller and Traffic Controller Implementation accreditation approved by Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW)
- Relevant qualifications in a related field
- Herbicide Application accreditation.

**Remuneration and benefits**

The salary and conditions of employment are in accordance with Blacktown City Council’s Enterprise Agreement.
- Entry level for this position starts at $1,214.29 per week
- 38-hour working week
- Rostered Day Off (RDO) every fortnight
- Employee benefits such as leave entitlements (where applicable), 11.5% employer superannuation contribution payable to Active Superannuation Scheme, Fitness Passport and gym membership discounts, and social clubs.

**Our commitment to safety**

Blacktown City Council is committed to safety. We have introduced alcohol and other drug testing at the pre-employment phase, and via a series of random and cause testing.

We are a child safe organisation that supports and promotes the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children.
- Have your resume and any other relevant documentation ready to attach.

Best of luck.

**Closing date: Friday 15 November 2024, 11:59 pm**

**Contact officer: Emily Hubble on 9839 5118**

**Internal ref: BCC354


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