Plant Operator

3 days ago

North Ryde, Australia City of Ryde Full time

**Contribute to keeping City of Ryde's sportsgrounds and parks well maintained**:

- **Sportsground maintenance team**:

- **RDO every 3 weeks**

**About Us**

City of Ryde, just 12 kilometres from Sydney CBD, is a place of unique lifestyle and opportunity. It is home to an engaged and culturally diverse community of around 130,000 people, and a strong and growing Smart City economy including more than 13,000 local businesses, Macquarie Park, world-class hospitals, and a leading university. All balanced with beautiful bushland, riverfront parks, open spaces, and sport facilities.

Our council delivers a broad range of services, projects, programs, and events. We are actively committed to innovation, sustainability, resilience and providing exceptional customer experiences, and this relies on attracting and keeping great people. We offer a range of benefits, including flexible work arrangements, health and wellbeing programs, a learning and development program including study support, and a reward and recognition program.

**About the role**

As part of the role, you will operate a gang mowing tractor to maintain high-quality sports field surfaces. When not operating mowing equipment, you will support the sportsgrounds team by assisting with a range of grounds maintenance tasks across various projects.

**About you**

We are looking for a motivated plant operator with experience using tractors and maintaining open spaces. You are someone who enjoys hands-on work, thrives outdoors in all conditions, and takes pride in the quality and presentation of your work. You are adaptable, hardworking, and comfortable working both independently and as part of a team.

If you’re passionate about maintaining sporting fields and open spaces and are looking for a stable, long-term role, we’d love to hear from you.

In addition, you will also have:

- Class C Driver’s Licence
- It is desirable that you hold a Certificate III in Horticulture, Greenkeeping or similar or have experience in a related area
- WHS General Induction Certificate
- Experience operating tractors and sportsground maintenance equipment
- Strong safety and teamwork focus

Your commencing salary will be in the range **$54,496.80 to $62,671.32 p.a + superannuation**, dependent upon relevant skills and experience.

**Culture & Benefits**
- Long service leave after 5 years, then accrued monthly
- 18 weeks paid parental leave (for eligible employees)
- 3 extra grant days at Christmas to ensure you have time to enjoy the holiday
- Annual performance reviews and Award increases
- Opportunity to sign up as a fitness passport member
- Various health & well-being initiatives (i.e. flu vaccinations, etc.)

**How to apply**

**Closing Date**: Sunday 11 May 2025 at 11:30pm

If you would like to know more, please see the Position Description or call Richie Griffiths on (02) 9952 8164 between 7:30 am and 3:00 pm Monday to Friday.

**City of Ryde is committed to Equal Employment and Child Safety

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