City of Kwinana

Parks Operator x2

Permanent | Full-time | 76 hours p/fn

This position is classified as a PACS Band 2 ($61,866 - $66,065 p.a) under the City of Kwinana’s structured remuneration system.

Nine Day Fortnight | Premium Recquatic Membership | 12.5% Superannuation

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What’s On Offer
An exciting opportunity exists for two Parks Operator’s to join the Parks Maintenance team at the City of Kwinana (City’s Operations). Reporting to the Supervisor Parks, you will be responsible for undertaking high quality maintenance of parks, reserves and streetscapes, in accordance with the City’s parks and maintenance standard. This position will also operate a variety of plant equipment such as ride-on mowers, bushcutters, edgers etc and tractor as required.

In addition, you will provide a high quality of customer service at all times and will regularly interact with other City Operations Team.

What You’ll Need

To be successful in this role, you must have the following:

• Relevant experience in horticulture and / or turf maintenance.
• Sound knowledge and experience in the use and maintenance of mowers, tractor and minor plant.
• Demonstrated understanding, knowledge and the ability to effectively follow Workplace Health & Safety procedures.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and written.
• Ability to work in a team environment and provide the highest quality of customer service to the public when responding to queries.
• Current MR class driver's licence, Safety Awareness Training - White Card, Basic Worksite Traffic Management, Provide First Aid
• Knowledge of Herbicide Application and Chainsaw Certificate - Desirable

For more information relating to the position (not application packs) call John Klas, Supervisor Parks on 9236 4350.

*Please note the hours of work for this position are 7:00am - 4:00pm Monday to Thursday and 7:00am - 3:45pm Friday.

Apply online: www.kwinana.wa.gov.au

Applications close 5:00pm, Monday 9 December 2024

The City of Kwinana reserves the right to commence recruitment prior to the closing date, and will not accept or consider late applications.

The City of Kwinana promotes and values diversity to create a unique work force. Applicants from diverse backgrounds, such as Aboriginal people, people living with disability or people from different cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply. The City also strives to be a customer-centric organisation, with the customer at the centre of everything we do. As such, all employees play an important role in helping us to achieve this by ensuring they provide best-practice customer service. The City has the goal of zero harm for its employees, this includes providing a smoke-free environment and minimising exposure to the elements. Conditions of employment are in accordance with the City’s current Enterprise Agreement. For further information, please contact our Recruitment team on 9236 4618 or 9236 4628.

Please note: As part of the City’s recruitment process, the selected applicant will be required to undergo a pre-employment medical which includes a Drug and Alcohol screen test.