Applications Close: 3 August 2025

Plant Operator - Open Spaces CBD Landscape

Permanent Full-time

Work-life balance roster, offering 38 hours a week with a rostered day off every fortnight.

Attractive and Competitive Salary $65,281.84 - $75,868.52 + 12% superannuation per annum

Help Shape the Heart of Our Community - One Park at a Time

As a Plant Operator - Open Spaces & CBD Landscape Team you'll report to the Team Leader Landscaping and be responsible for operating a variety of plant and machinery to maintain and enhance Council's parks, open spaces, and CBD landscape areas. This hands-on role involves the safe and efficient use of ride-on mowers, trucks, trailers, and other equipment to carry out routine horticultural maintenance.

Working as part of a dedicated outdoor crew, the Plant Operator supports both scheduled and reactive works, contributing to the visual appeal, safety, and usability of public spaces. The role also involves manual labouring duties, teamwork, and a commitment to workplace health and safety standards.

Why Wingecarribee?

Because here, safety and pride in your work aren't just written in a manual, they're reflected in every task you complete, every landscape you maintain, and every interaction you have with your team.

At Wingecarribee Shire Council, we're delivering a bold vision for the future and that includes keeping our towns, CBD, and open spaces looking their best. As a Plant Operator in our Open Spaces and CBD Landscapes team, your hands-on work directly shapes the community experience, helping create safe, clean, and vibrant spaces for everyone. Here, your skills with plant and equipment won't just be used - they'll be valued, developed, and recognised.

At Wingecarribee, our values Resilience, Empathy, Sustainability, Pride, Efficiency, Courage, and Teamwork guide the way we work, the decisions we make, and how we show up for each other and our community.

What's in it for You?

Competitive salary + 12% superannuation

A 38-hour week with a rostered day off every fortnight

Ongoing training and career development support including tertiary assistance

Wellbeing initiatives including access to the Fitness Passport

Annual staff awards to recognise your hard work

A genuine, values-led leadership culture

Job stability and a strong team environment

What You'll Bring

Demonstrated experience in the safe operation of medium to large plant such as trucks and trailers commercial ride on mowers, tractors, small motorised and electric gardening equipment and machinery.

Routine soft landscape maintenance, gardening, pruning, hedging, herbicide application,

Demonstrated ability in the use of computer applications, and operating devices including iPad effectively, embracing digital solutions for works activities to enable field productivity and scheduling based systems to facilitate day- to-day operations.

Ability to effectively communicate with key stakeholders in delivering information on operational and maintenance services and work within a team.

Hold and maintain minimum MR or HR Drivers Licence, WHS Induction Card. Willingness to undertake Council training in Safe Handling of Sharps and ChemCert AQF III.

Complete immunisation record of Hepatitis A, B and Tetanus offered by council or willingness to obtain prior to commencement

Willingness to undergo a pre-employment medical prior to commencement

How to Apply

Submit the following documents:

Your Resume - showcasing your skills & experience.

Relevant Certifications - qualifications and licenses

Mandatory Application Questions - Answer the relevant application questions by explaining how your expertise aligns with each question.

Have Questions?

Contact Stuart Neal - Coordinator Open Spaces People and Resources on 02 4868 0888.

Applications close: 3 August 2025 - don't miss this opportunity.

Wingecarribee Shire Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people