Grounds Maintenance Assistant

5 months ago


Warners Bay, Australia Allambi Care Full time

We are looking for a Grounds Maintenance Assistant to join our team on a permanent full-time basis.

**About Us**

Allambi Care has built a reputation for taking on the toughest of cases and a never give up attitude. The result is an adaptive team that puts the kids in our care - at the heart of everything we do.

We’ve been in the industry for more than 40 years and have seen our operations grow from a small youth refuge in the New South Wales coastal town of Redhead, to an organisation operating across the Hunter, Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Central Coast, Northern Rivers and Victoria.

The Allambi Care family is growing, with more than 800 team members, providing wrap around services in youth and disability support, clinical support, homelessness support, court support, outreach and intervention, education, NDIS and foster care.

**About the Role**

As a Grounds Maintenance Assistant you will complete grounds maintenance of all Allambi properties, providing clients with a clean and safe environment.

**Operations**
- Maintain a clean and safe work environment for clients and employees in keeping with WHS principles
- Repair and maintenance of equipment
- Mow and edge lawns
- General maintenance of gardens including pruning and trimming of trees and shrubs
- Rubbish removal
- Assist with additional tasks including moving furniture, house set ups and other forms of maintenance
- Maintain tools and equipment appropriately to ensure safety and security
- Store tools and equipment appropriately according to working environment
- Monitor, address and report all identified issues to Grounds Maintenance Supervisor in a timely manner
- Motivate and promote increased productivity
- Quality control of all site grounds
- Support and train youth in relation to maintaining a job in the grounds maintenance industry
- Undertake external works within the community under the banner of Community Property Maintenance

**Work Health & Safety**
- Ensure all documentation is completed and up to date at all times in line with WHS Management System
- Ensure WHS policies and procedures are adhered to
- Identify WHS issues and take appropriate steps to ensure rectification in a timely manner
- Wear safety and provided PPE equipment at all times
- Keep up to date on all regulatory and legislative requirements pertaining to work performed
- Maintain work practices in line with MSDS information
- Be aware and maintain standards according to manual handling principles and compartmentation
- Perform daily safety checks of all equipment and vehicles

**Other Responsibilities**
- Undertake additional tasks as instructed by Director Education & Development
- Attend meetings when required
- Undertake additional training as required by additional duties
- Work unsupervised and effectively for extended periods of time while managing jobs
- Maintain a professional approach and image at all times when liaising with external organisations, businesses and trades
- Mentoring young people
- Be aware of client behaviours at Allambi houses and ensure discretionary judgment is used when performing tasks on-site
- Ensure that all Allambi policies and procedures are understood and followed at all time

**Minimum Requirements**
- ** Experience in Horticulture or equivalent.**:

- ** 12 months experience in a relevant trade**:

- Current Manual Driver's License
- Broad range of maintenance skills
- Experience with commercial ride-on mowers and other power garden equipment
- High level of physical health and fitness to manage physical demands of the role
- Maintain a tidy and professional appearance
- Strong team working skills
- Sound knowledge of WHS policies and principles
- Outstanding communication, organisational and time management skills

**Must have these if successful**:

- Current First Aid Certificate (Provide First Aid; Course Code HLTAID003)
- A current driver’s licence
- Comprehensive Car Insurance
- Willingness to participate in pre-employment medical checks
- Two professional references

**What is on offer?**
- Full Time Employment
- Salary Packaging
- Fitness Passport (Lake Macquarie, Newcastle and Central Coast)
- 4 Weeks Annual Leave per year
- 1 Roster Day Off a month
- Monday - Friday work week. (Generally 7:00am - 3:30pm)

**If you meet the above criteria and you’re interested in contributing to an organisation that values the highest level of quality in everything it sets out to achieve, we want to hear from you**

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