Casual Cleaners

**Job No**:LCCNSW4001**

**Location**:Lithgow, NSW***:
**The Opportunity**:

- Lithgow City Council_ has an opportunity for **Casual Cleaners**to join their team to ensure health and hygiene standards are maintained throughout Council's buildings and assets.

Reporting to the Cleansing Unit Team Leader, this role is to enhance the community health and amenity by proper cleansing practice. The Cleaner is responsible for undertaking general cleaning duties ensuring hygienic standards are maintained throughout Council administration offices and community buildings and ensuring chemical handling and storage procedures are followed.

**The ability to work a varied roster, including weekends is essential to this role.**

More specifically, your duties will include (but will not be limited to):

- Undertaking general cleaning duties including the removal of litter, vacuuming, sweeping and mopping floor surfaces, wiping down surfaces, dusting shelves, clearing bins, cleaning windows and disinfecting kitchen and bathroom areas
- Ensure cleanliness of Council and Community Buildings
- Use and storage of products, substances or chemicals following Safety Data Sheets safety information, Council's policies and legislative requirements
- Conduct daily and monthly workplace inspections and risk assessments and as per schedule provided
- Project and promote the image of Council as both positive and efficient through maintaining professional standards and presentation

**About you**:

- Hold a current class C, P1 or P2 drivers licence
- Ability to provide high quality work in order to provide a clean, hygienic, safe and aesthetic environment for Council employees and members of the public
- Knowledge of the safe use of appropriate chemicals, and the ability to measure simple quantities for mixtures for chemical use to comply with manufacturers' specifications
- Be a friendly and self-motivated team player, with a demonstrated ability to work independently with mínimal or no direct supervision
- Well-developed organisational skills to manage competing priorities and complete set outcomes within tight deadlines
- Proven ability to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing
- Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the principles and legislative requirements of Work Health and Safety (WH&S).
- Demonstrated Commitment to the principles of honesty and integrity
- Previous relevant experience in commercial cleaning and /or cleaning of public amenities
- Hold Certificate II in Cleaning Operations or equivalent
- Hold a current First Aid Certificate

**Salary and Benefits**:
If you are looking for a change of lifestyle, a new adventure, or to take the next step in your career, this is the role for you.
- Between $33.65 and $36.33 per hour, commensurate with your skills, qualifications and experience
- Casual hours to assist with covering periods of leave, functions and events
- The ability to work a varied roster including weekends

**_APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON Thursday 18 September 2025 at 4pm AEST._**

**_ Applications generated using Artificial Intelligence (AI) may not be progressed in the recruitment process._**

**Lithgow City Council**:
The Lithgow local government area is located on the western edge of the majestic Blue Mountains. The area totals 4,567 square kilometres from the Capertee and Wolgan Valleys in the north, Little Hartley in the east, Tarana in the south and Meadow Flat in the west.

The major urban centre of Lithgow nestles in a valley of that name, overlooked by the sandstone escarpments of the Blue Mountains. In the addition to the major urban centre of Lithgow, the Lithgow local government area has 12 villages with mining or farming backgrounds. These smaller centres have proven to be a attractive rural residential areas which, along with the broader rural areas offer a truly unique lifestyle that harmonises its urban, industrial and rural qualities.

Council is focused on delivering quality services as a Centre of Regional Excellence that encourages community growth and development, and contributes to the efficient and effective management of the environment, community and economy for present and future generations.