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Waste Management Officer x2

Tweed Shire Council
Stotts Creek, NSW
A$57,321 p/a + 11.5% Super
Government & Defence → Government - Local
Full-time
On-site

Posted 14 days ago


We are looking for a Waste Management Officer to support the waste management unit across the weighbridge, tip shop, and landfill. This varied role involves operating a computerised weighbridge system, handling sales and cash transactions at the tip shop, and assisting with landfill operations, including waste processing, resource recovery, and environmental management. You will also operate various equipment and machinery, manage the chemical drop-off area, and contribute to site maintenance. The role requires strong customer service skills, attention to detail, and physical fitness to work in an outdoor environment. If you are adaptable and enjoy hands-on work in a team setting, we’d love to hear from you!

What's on offer:

  • An attractive base salary ranging from $57,321 per annum with competency based increments up to $65,471 per annum, plus 11.5% super
  • 76 hours, 9 day fortnight.
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
  • Generous employment conditions (we have too many to list - click here for more).

We are seeking:

  • Good interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with customers courteously and efficiently, with a genuine commitment to customer service
  • Basic understanding of accountancy principles and the ability to balance daily takings and to reconcile accounts
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision and to organise day to day activities and the plant and equipment necessary to do the role
  • Experience in site maintenance including plant propagation, operation of a mower, brush cutter and chain saw, loading and unloading manually or with a forklift and or loader.

Where it's located:

This position is based in Stott's Creek Resources Recovery Centre (Eviron), and can be directed to work from any Council work site.

Position closes:

Friday 14 March 2025 at 12 noon sharp (NSW time). Late applications will not be permitted.

SK97188A


About Tweed Shire Council

Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
Administration & Office Support

Tweed Shire Council is the largest council on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. Covering an area of 1300 square kilometres, the Tweed adjoins the local government areas of Byron, Lismore, Kyogle, Scenic Rim and Gold Coast, with the NSW–Queensland border to its north where it divides the twin towns of Tweed Heads and Coolangatta.

Council is the largest employer in the Tweed with a workforce of more than 750 employees across a wide range of professions. Through a budget of about $256 million, Council delivers more than 50 services to 41,500 ratepayers and almost 100,000 residents who call the Tweed home.

In late 2021, Council was named Employer of Choice by Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) for its great employment practices within NSW local government.

Professionals Australia recognises what workers throughout the region already know – people choose to work at Tweed Shire Council when presented with other employment opportunities due to its:

employment terms

great workplace culture

amazing location.

Aboriginal Acknowledgement – Tweed Shire Council wishes to recognise the generations of the local Aboriginal people of the Bundjalung Nation who have lived in and derived their physical and spiritual needs from the forests, rivers, lakes and streams of this beautiful valley over many thousands of years as the traditional custodians of these lands.

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