Senior Trade Overseer

2 days ago


Broken Hill NSW, Australia NSW Department of Communities and Justice Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year

Department: Corrective Services NSW

Location:
Broken Hill, NSW, AU, 2880

Custom Field 4: 75193

Senior Trade Overseer – Facilities Maintenance Electrical Broken Hill Correctional Centre

Location: Broken HillCorrectional Centre

Employment type: Full-time Ongoing

Salary: $105,040 pa + Incidental Allowance + Leave Loading + Superannuation

Your role:

We are looking for a proactive and dedicated Senior Trade Overseer Electrician to work within our Facilities Maintenance Unit at the Broken Hill Correctional Centre

What you'll do:

Join an organisation with a rich history where your trade experience is valued. Senior Trade Overseers are trade qualified Correctional Officers with the essential role of using your trade skills to work with and supervise inmates and other staff to undertake programmed and reactive maintenance tasks essential to keep the correctional centre operational.

Provide leadership and mentoring to Overseers, and supervise and develop inmates through managing, coaching, instructing, and encouraging them, as members of a team, in order that they may improve their work skills, enhance their post-release employment prospects, and contribute productively to Business Unit objectives.

Please click here to review the role description

Qualifications Required:

  • Current Certificate III in Correctional Practice or capacity to complete Certificate III in Correctional Practice in accordance with specified CSNSW timeframes
  • Current NSW Driver Licence and preparedness to drive a vehicle while performing the role.
  • Relevant trade qualifications: Minimum Cert III in Electro Technology, Electrician or similar related trades and hold a current Electrical Supervisors certificate.

Essential Requirements:

  • Proven post trade experience
  • Experience which demonstrates the ability to meet the key accountabilities and focus capabilities as detailed in the role description.
  • Ability and willingness to work across trades as required.
  • Must participate in a cyclic on call roster.
  • Willing to work in a team environment

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply, you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

  • A challenging and rewarding career
  • Flexible, autonomous work environment
  • Competitive pay and conditions
  • 5 weeks annual leave
  • Remote areas allowance of up to $2530 per annum
  • Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
  • Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs, including access to the Fitness Passport.

Want more information? Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

Applying for the role

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To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the 'Apply now' button.

When applying you will need to attach:

  • Resume (maximum 3 pages and including 2 Referees – one must be a current supervisor)
  • Cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the key accountabilities and focus capabilities of this role as specified in the role description (please refer to the Role Description so that you can address the highlighted capabilities)
  • Copies of Trade Qualifications MUST be attached.

Applications close 11:59pm, Sunday, 9th November 2025

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Norman Wilson via

If you've got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best, please contact Kaushik Gounder via

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit.

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience, and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers, and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

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Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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