Casual Waste Operative

1 week ago

Busselton WA, Australia City of Busselton Full time $40,000 - $60,000 per year

City of Busselton | Community Services

Closing date: 16/11/2025

  • Casual position
  • What do our staff love about working with the City?
  • $ Allowances

Why work with the City:

At the City of Busselton we're building a better future for our residents. As part of our team, you'll play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing the services that keep our city moving. We offer a supportive work environment, opportunities for growth, and the chance to make a real impact.

The role of a Waste Operative – Bin Puller

You'll play a key part in delivering top-quality waste management services to the City of Busselton. You will be responsible for presenting public waste bins for the waste collection drivers, delivering and retrieving event bins, cleaning public bins and carrying out maintenance on residential bins (such as replacing lids, wheels and pins). You will also operate the rubbish collection trucks for the collection of public litter bins and keep sites clean and safe.

Reporting to the Waste Transport Leading Hand, you will be required to work a variety of shifts, including 2:30am to 8:30am over a range of days. You will be required to be available to work weekends and work will take place in both Busselton and Dunsborough and commencing work from either the Busselton depot (Barlee St) or Busselton transfer station (Rendezvous road).

What you'll be doing:

As part of the Waste Services team, you'll be responsible for:

  • Ensuring that all City public mobile bins are presented correctly in readiness for collection.

  • Undertaking bin washing as required, including cleaning bin shrouds.

  • Assisting in the delivery of City public mobile garbage bins to streets, foreshores and parks.

  • Operating and driving waste collection trucks to support in the public bin collection
  • Liaising with the Waste Transport Leading Hand about any safety issues or suggestions for operational improvements.

What you'll bring to the role:

  • Hold a current HR drivers licence
  • Ability to work early starts, weekends or public holidays as required.
  • Be physically fit, safety-focused and committed to teamwork.
  • Ability to work alone
  • Ability to carry out maintenance

Pre-employment Requirements:

  • National Police Clearance (within 6 months)
  • White Card
  • Proof of right to work in Australia

Enquiries: Ricky Russell, Waste Services on or Human Resources on

Closing date: Applications are invited until 4.30pm on Sunday, 17th of November 2025. Screening of applications may take place throughout the advertising period.

The City of Busselton aims to have a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and encourages applications from Aboriginal Australians, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people living with a disability and people of all ages.

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