Bega Valley Shire Council

Vegetation and Drainage Team Member (Tractor)

A career with Bega Valley Shire Council offers the opportunity to engage in meaningful and diverse work that supports the vibrant communities of the south-east corner of NSW. Nestled between rolling hills and some of the state’s most stunning beaches, this region is home to a variety of people who enjoy both rural and coastal living.

As an AR Bluett Award winning Council, we are proud of our dedicated and talented team, whose efforts make our success possible.

With a workforce of over 350, we provide essential services to our communities, including libraries, customer service, finance, children’s services, engineering, project management, road maintenance, water management, environment, parks, gardens, and town centres.

We offer a range of employment benefits to support our staff, which may include:

• Rostered days off
• Flexible work arrangements
• Salary packaging

The Opportunity

We have an opportunity for a pro-active individual to operate a variety of plant equipment, including tractor/slasher and chainsaws for the primary purpose of maintaining BVSC drainage and vegetation assets and associated infrastructure.

As a Vegetation and Drainage Team Member (Tractor), you will operate and maintain vehicles, plant equipment and tools on vegetation and drainage maintenance tasks as well as ensure plant/vehicle pre-start safety checks are carried out prior to use. You will maintain workplace documentation including (but not limited to) logbooks, records and statistics, timesheets, action requests, records of meetings, incident reports, plant hire sheets and quality assurance records.

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About You

We are seeking an individual who holds the following qualifications:

• School Certificate (Year 10) or equivalent
• SafeWork NSW General Construction Induction Card (White Card)
• NSW Medium Rigid (MR) licence
• AQF3 Chemical Accreditation
• Chainsaw Certificate (crosscut)
• SafeWork ‘Traffic Controller’ qualification
• SafeWork ‘Implement Traffic Control’ qualification
• HLTAID003 - Provide first aid

You will have the following skills and experience;

• Proven recent vegetation and drainage asset maintenance using tractors/slashers.
• Demonstrated relevant experience in vegetation asset maintenance works which may include but is not limited to: roadside slashing, gravel road shouldering, tree management, chemical spraying and drainage maintenance.
• Experience in operating and using a variety of hand-held power tools which may include but is not limited to: chainsaws, brush cutters, mowers and blowers.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret both paper and electronically based plans and schedules and apply these to work being performed.

Benefits

This is a permanent, full-time position working 38 hours per week.

The total remuneration package for this position commences at $67,975.75 gross per annum, comprising of:

• $1,172.40 per week base salary
• $134.83 per week superannuation (calculated at 11.5%)

Additional benefits for this position include:

• Rostered day off scheme (nine day fortnight)
• Work Related Vehicle (commuter use)
• Annual Award salary increases and performance reviews
• Salary packaging program (SmartSalary)
• Wellbeing Initiatives – Fitness Passport, Employee Assistance Program, Telus Health App, social club, health monitoring and annual flu vaccinations.

For further information on this position, please contact Josh Reeve - Vegetation and Drainage Maintenance Coordinator on 02 6499 2494.

Applications close 11.59pm AEST on 08 April 2025.

Applicants must have the right to work in Australia and address the advertised selection criteria demonstrating their suitability for the role.

This position requires applicants to be suitably immunised in line with recommendations from the Australian Immunisation Handbook, mandated Public Health Orders and/or Councils Immunisation Procedure.