Central Coast Council

Trades Arborist Crew Leader

Lead and drive the maintenance of trees across the beautiful Central Coast reserves, streetscapes and natural areas.

• Apply your sound Aboricultural knowledge and practices to maintain and protect the diverse Central Coast natural assets 
• Supervise daily operations of the Crew across the coast
• Permanent Full-Time position with Work/ Life balance - 9 day fortnight 
• Working across the Central Coast based in Long Jetty Depot

About the role

Using your Arboricultural skills, whilst working within current standards and practices, you will be overseeing the crew and assist in the day-to-day maintenance and removal of trees on reserves, streetscapes and natural areas in the Central Coast Council area. Working collaboratively with the team you will also be responsible for the efficient allocation of staff and resources to the jobs as well as lead and manage the development and improvement of WHS and risk management initiatives.

You will be an honest, ethical, professional candidate who can lead by example and be responsive to the input of others and open to new ideas.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• AQF3 Certificate in Arboriculture or equivalent
• WHS Construction Induction Certificate (White Card)
• Chainsaw Certification - Trim & Cross Cut Felled Trees or equivalent
• Chainsaw Certification - Fall Trees manually basic/intermediate or equivalent
• Medium Rigid (MR) Drivers Licence

Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other important information

• The salary range for this position ranges between $63k to $76k (dependent on skills and experience) plus 11.5% superannuation plus $18.92 per week Level 1 Adverse Working Conditions Allowance. 
• We have permanent full-time role available.
• This role will be able to access a 9 day fortnight
• Tool of Trade vehicle provided with home overnight garaging 
• This role is located at the Long Jetty Depot 
• Successful candidates will be required to be vaccinated for tetanus.

Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra benefits

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships. 

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia. 

How to apply

We have put together some additional resources to help you apply for a role at Central Coast Council.

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
2. Attach your resume 
3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail. For further instructions please click here. 

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.  

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.

We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.