
General Labourer and Plant Operator
5 days ago
**Date**:29 Jul 2025
**Location**: Mile End South, SA, AU, 5031
**Company**:City of Adelaide
- Income protection & journey insurance provided
- $72,284 + super | Work a 9-day fortnight
- Full Time, Fixed term parental leave cover until August 2026
**About the Opportunity**
We’re looking for someone who’s hands-on, safety-minded, and enjoys working outdoors as part of a down-to-earth team.
As a General Labourer / Plant Operator based at our Greenwaste Recycling Centre and Nursery, you’ll be helping to keep things running smoothly, operating machinery, assisting customers, and carrying out day-to-day labouring tasks that make a real impact in our community.
In this role, you'll get to:
- Operate equipment like trucks, loaders and forklifts
- Help customers dropping off green waste or picking up materials
- Keep the site tidy, safe and well organized
- Pitch in with admin tasks, payments and general upkeep
You’ll be part of a supportive crew that works hard and looks out for each other, with a strong focus on safety, teamwork and doing the job right the first time.
If you’ve got a solid work ethic, a good attitude and enjoy getting stuck into a variety of tasks, we’d love to hear from you.
**Our ideal General Labourer & Plant Operator**
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Working knowledge of the safe operation of specialised machinery used in the construction and maintenance industry.
- Excellent customer service skills, including the ability to effectively liaise and engage with members of the public and community groups.
- A Certificate III in Civil Construction or demonstrated experience within the civil construction and maintenance industry.
- The following qualifications:
- MR Truck Licence
- Work Zone Traffic Management Licence
- White Card
- A team player but also self-motivated and happy to work independently.
**About Us**
Located in the geographic heart of Kaurna Country, the City of Adelaide celebrates its cultural heritage, unique natural surrounds and structures its footprint in a way that allows it to adapt to the changing needs of the community and a dynamic global landscape. Our focus is on our community’s wellbeing and quality of life - investing in city improvements and on future planning, so we continue to design a liveable city where future generations can continue to live authentic and meaningful lives. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and be a bigger part of our amazing city
The City Operations Program ensures our City’s assets, including streets, parks and other public spaces are attractive, clean, well presented and maintained so we all have a city to enjoy and be proud of.
At the City of Adelaide, we thrive in an environment that is welcoming, inclusive and safe, and celebrates difference. We value and embrace our diverse perspectives and recognise the value diversity has in fuelling innovation and enabling brilliant experiences for our diverse community.
**For Further Enquiries & How to Apply**
All enquiries regarding this position will remain private and confidential and can be directed to Matthew Sexton on 08 8203 7484.
Please submit a Resume and a Cover Letter expressing the skills, experience and qualities you can bring to this position addressed to Matthew Sexton, Team Leader, Horticulture.
**Applications close at 11.59pm, 11 August 2025.**
Please be advised this is a full-time, parental leave cover opportunity until August 2026 with a starting salary at the CSE Grade 4 Classification commencing at $72,284+ 12% superannuation.
We continue to work hard to ensure our recruitment process is safe for people of diverse backgrounds.
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