Crew Leader State Roads

Do you enjoy working outdoors? Do you want to improve and maintain essential road drainage assets for the Coast? We are currently seeking a new Crew Leader State Roads and if you have these skills this might be your chance to rewrite the future with us.

• Work in a dynamic and customer focused team
• Permanent full-time
• Balance your life with a 9 day fortnight 

About the role

The role of Crew Leader State Roads is responsible for the delivery of general maintenance, predominantly in the area of roads and drainage, utilising both in-house maintenance staff and contractors. This role will see you responsible for undertaking a range of duties and responsibilities including the planning of maintenance works to deliver quality projects efficiently and cost effectively through maximising the utilisation of materials, plant and staff.

In addition, in this role you will be responsible for supervising a team of staff and occasionally contractors and external service providers for the maintenance of roads, drainage and associated works while ensuring you carry our your duties and responsibilities in a manner that complies with all legislation and Council policies relating to WHS, Environmental Management and relevant construction standards and codes. 

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A General Induction card (White) for Construction Works.
• A current MR Truck Licence.
• A current RMS Traffic Controller Licence (Blue).
• A current RMS Implement Traffic Control Plans Licence (Yellow). 
• A current First Aid Certificate or willingness to obtain this qualification.
• Demonstrated supervisory experience of day labour employees and the delivery of maintenance projects. 
• Demonstrated experience in the maintenance of civil works, roads and drainage. 

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

Other important information

• The salary range for this position sits between $63.6k - $70K plus a weekly  working allowance plus 11.5% superannuation.
• This is a Permanent full-time role.
• This role will be able to access a 9 day fortnight.
• This role is located at the Erina Depot.
• Successful candidates may be required to have vaccinations against Hepatitis A and B and Tetanus.

Council will be creating 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, a 'me day' to refresh you. 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

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.

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