Drainage and Water Operator

**About Us**

Our vision is powered by a deep commitment to enhancing the quality of services we offer to our community. Today, Lismore is flourishing, and it's the perfect time for those who live, work, and play here to embrace and celebrate everything that makes Lismore so special.

We warmly welcome individuals who bring fresh perspectives and unique skills, helping to enrich our collective vision for a vibrant and thriving community.

**About this Position**:
You'll be working in a full time 38 hour per week role that will primarily be based at our Wyrallah Road Depot in East Lismore.

**What We can offer you**:

- Attractive salary from $60,312 plus superannuation and on call allowance
- Flexible work options working within operational requirements.
- Employee Assistance and Health & Wellbeing Programs.
- Training and development opportunities.

**What we trust you to deliver**:

- Carry out operational and maintenance tasks on Council's water and wastewater infrastructure as directed
- Correctly interpret and construct from technical standards, specifications, plans, and diagrams
- A strong commitment towards Work, Health and Safety systems by ensuring risk assessments and hazard identification are undertaken and appropriate controls put in place
- Undertake detailed condition assessments of urban drains, water and wastewater infrastructure including pressure mains, gravity mains, services, manholes & pits, hydrants, valves, meters and the like
- Undertake traffic management, including selecting and implementing traffic control plans
- Plan works ahead, understand and work towards team goals and communicate plans and goals for better understanding within the team
- Participate as team player, supporting others, contributing in a cooperative and helpful manner

**What you will need to be successful**:

- General Construction Induction Card (White Card)
- Experience and understanding of the operation and maintenance of urban drains, water & wastewater infrastructure
- Ability to work an on-call roster outside of normal working hours
- Be a safety champion and someone who makes safety a priority for yourself and the team

**Desirable**:

- Certificate III in Water Operations, Civil Construction and/or equivalent experience
- Current Safe Work near Powerlines Training
- Traffic Controller training
- Implement a Traffic Control Training Plan training
- Confined Spaces Certificate of Competency
- Excavator and Backhoe (Class LE & LB) Licence
- Current HR Drivers Licence

**Full position description**: Click here

**Full Time**:76 hours a fortnight

**Salary**: A salary range from $1,155.40 (Grade 7 Entry) per week + superannuation + on-call allowance

**Closing date**:Monday 18 November 2024 at 9.00am

**Contact**: If you want to know more about this opportunity, please contact Blake Brewer-Charles, Coordinator Urban Drains, Water & Wastewater, on 0437 810 483.

**Conditions of Employment**:Conditions of employment are in the Local Government (State) Award and relevant Council policy, procedures and agreements

**Pre-employment Screening**: Prior to employment, there will be a series of pre-employment checks that may include, health assessments, validation of right to work in Australia, validation of qualifications and licences, criminal history checks, psychometric assessments and referee checks.

**Immunisation Program**

Council has an immunisation program to provide employees with vaccinations against known health risks associated with their respective duties and to identify any exposure to products that may affect an employee’s health, fitness and wellbeing. This position has been identified as a risk to the employee and as such the successful applicant/s will be required to participate in the immunisation program and it is the applicant’s responsibility to have undertaken relevant immunisation/s prior to commencement with Council.