Cadet - Plumbing Inspector

**Job Number**:
500339

**The details**:

- 2-year Maximum Term contracts | Full Time | 9 day fortnight RDO
- Multiple cadet roles available
- $79,563pa + 12% super
Qld Local Government Industry Award (Stream A) - Level 3 of EBA5
- Hybrid, flexible working environment, including some work from home days.
- Location: Strathpine

Join City of Moreton Bay as a Cadet Plumbing Inspector and help shape and enhance our communities for today and tomorrow.

**We have multiple cadet roles available for licenced plumbers.**

These roles are part of a newly introduced Building and Plumbing Services department program that has shown successful outcomes in cadets obtaining permanent roles within council.

Our Plumbing Inspector Cadetship is a two-year program that offers a unique development pathway for a Queensland-licensed plumber and drainer in a local government setting. By the end of the cadetship, you will have gained invaluable knowledge, honed your skills, and acquired substantial on-the-job experience, setting you up for a rewarding career as a Plumbing Inspector.

As a cadet, you will embark on a comprehensive practical, on-the-job training and formal learning journey. This unique blend of experiences will equip you with both technical and professional skills, allowing you to fully understand and support the functions of our team.

The Plumbing Services department plays a crucial role in our community, regulating the carrying out of plumbing or drainage work to reduce risks to public health and safety and the environment. This is achieved primarily by ensuring all plumbing or drainage work, other than unregulated work, is carried out by qualified persons and ensuring that plumbing or drainage work is carried out and maintained in compliance with the code requirements for the work.

**About our opportunity**

As our **_Cadet Plumbing Inspector, you will receive a mix of practical, on-the-job_** training and formal learning.

You will provide technical advice to customers regarding the operation and maintenance of on-site sewerage treatment facilities.

This role will be diverse, exposing you to all aspects of Plumbing Services and the team's interactions with other Council business areas and external stakeholders.

**About you**

We seek someone who can cooperate and work well with others, approach tasks logically, organise, and professionally to ensure the delivery of consistently high-quality work and keep yourself, your teammates, our community, and the environment safe.

You will be able to listen and engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders. You will thrive learning new skills and being faced with new challenges.
- Must hold a current and valid Queensland plumber and drainer licence (Not a Provisional Licence)
- Hold or be willing to obtain a General Induction Licence (White Card)
- Hold a current Queensland C class driver's licence

**Position Description**

**Why City of Moreton Bay?**

What you do with your life matters. It’s the same with your career.

We’re the third-largest council in Australia and one of the fastest-growing areas. As Australia’s newest city, we’re building something that’s never been done before: a new kind of city, inspired and empowered by a new kind of council.

This is your opportunity to develop skills and experience in a truly unique place, at a truly unique point in time.

At City of Moreton Bay, we’re focused on the vital work we do today. But we’re also focused on the future. On what _can be_ - for our city, our Council and your career.

Here’s what you’ll love about a career with us:

- **See it.** To build a city of the future, first, you have to _see it_. The polycentric city we’re building will bring greater prosperity, sustainability and affordability to our region. This is your chance to contribute to something that’s never been done before.
- **Shape it.** You’ll get hands-on in a rewarding career, serving and strengthening our communities for today and tomorrow. Our work is diverse, interesting and it matters - and it’s yours to shape and own.
- **Live it.** Contribute to the city you and your family want to live in and enjoy the lifestyle you deserve. And if you don’t live here, you’ll still find pride and connection in so many ways with our successful, resilient team.

You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits:

- Find a better work-life balance with a nine-day (72.5-hour) fortnight, plus a hybrid, flexible working environment with some work-from-home days.
- Advance your skills and career through our Study, Training and Research Scheme (STARS).
- Make your pay go further with salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation payments, smartphones and devices.
- Prioritise your health and wellbeing with discounted health insurance, free annual flu vaccinations and our Fitness Passport Program.
- Get support when you and your family need it most with our 24/7 confidential counselling service, chaplaincy program, and Mates in Construction