Maintenance Employee/plant Operator

Posted: 16/04/2025

Closing Date: 05/05/2025

Salary: $61,913.80 - $61,913.80

Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: St Arnaud

Job Category: Government and Defence

**Operate plant and equipment to maintain roads and infrastructure, supporting safe and efficient services across the Northern Grampians Shire.**

**Vacancy Details**:
**Position**:

- Maintenance/Plant Operator

**Job Type**:

- Full Time

**Tenure**:

- Permanent

**Location**:

- St Arnaud

**Package**:

- $61,913.80 per hour plus superannuation

**Download Position Description**:

- Maintenance/Plant Operator

**Applications Close**:

- Monday 5th May 2025

**About Northern Grampians Shire Council**

Northern Grampians Shire Council has a diverse employment base, across 14 worksites in the Grampians Region of Victoria. We offer flexible work arrangements, providing access to relevant training and professional development opportunities with a variety of employee benefits. We promote innovation, responsiveness, respectfulness and continuous improvement as our core values. Being a smaller organisation, we can provide you with opportunities to act in leadership roles, transition between teams and participate in a range of collaborative projects with other team members or the wider community. We provide a supportive and flexible environment that values the balance between work and our employees' personal lives.

**Why join us?**

In addition to the picturesque landscapes at our backdoor, there are many other benefits to working for our innovative and vibrant Northern Grampians Shire Council. These include:

- **Fortnightly RDO**: Enjoy a well-deserved break and rejuvenate.
- **Great Team Environment**: A safe, respectful and supportive environment to enable you to thrive. You will work with like-minded, passionate individuals who love what they do.
- **Professional Growth**: We nurture talent and provide opportunities to flourish.
- **Flexible Work Arrangements**: To support your work life balance.
- **Salary Packaging Options**: Including remote area housing allowances and novated lease vehicles
- A**ccess to Paid Leave**: including purchased leave, paid parental leave, gender affirmation leave and to respond to family violence matters
- **Employee Assistance Program**: Your well-being matters - we've got you covered.
- **Biodiversity**: Explore our Council region's varied flora and fauna

**Promote Inclusion**

Northern Grampians Shire Council is committed to promote inclusion of all children and families; we aim to establish a culture that supports:

- cultural safety for Aboriginal children by working in partnership with Aboriginal peoples and Aboriginal community controlled organisations
- cultural safety for children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds
- establishing a safe environment for children with a disability

**Position objectives**

This position is responsible for maintaining, repairing and servicing Council’s physical assets and operate plant and equipment to assist in Council's maintenance and capital works programs.

**Key responsibility areas**
- Undertake routine and scheduled patrol maintenance on Council’s roads, streets, footpaths, drains and other physical assets.
- Take charge of any plant and equipment allocated to the work and carry out regular (minimum daily) checks of oil, fuel, coolants, tyres, belts, etc. - reporting problems to the mechanic.
- Competently operate plant and equipment for which induction and training has been completed.
- Record daily activity sheets as to work performed and defects/faults observed.
- Estimate quantities and requisition materials as required.
- Install, repair or replace signs as directed by Team Leader Works.
- React immediately to overcome problems observed either by undertaking maintenance or making an immediate report.
- Perform as directed, other duties that are within the limits of the incumbents’ skill, competence and training.

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
**Qualifications and experience**
- Satisfactory completion of Certificate III in Civil Construction or other relevant qualifications, or relevant experience/on-the-job training commensurate with the requirements of the role.
- Hold a medium rigid drivers’ licence, as a minimum.
- Hold a Construction Induction White Card, or equivalent.
- Experience and proficiency in the safe and competent operation in a range of light, medium and heavy-sized plant, with relevant licences and certifications.

**Selection criteria**
- Demonstrated ability to safely operate, maintain and complete running repairs on a range of plant and equipment, with required certification where applicable.
- Understanding of methods and techniques required in road maintenance, traffic management and workplace safety.

**How to apply**
- Download and read the **position description.**:

- Attach a resume and cover letter briefly addressing the key selection criteria.

Applications close 12pm Monday 5th May 2025.

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