Cleaners - Casual - Sydney Trains

Downer; Cumberland; On-site; AUD 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare discounts

Retail savings

Car purchases

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Downer is hiring Casual Cleaners for night shifts at our Auburn site. Roles involve cleaning across a 7-day roster, 8.30pm to 4am, with start ASAP in Sydney. You will join a high-performing team focused on safety and quality outcomes for our clients.

Ideal candidates are physically fit, with commercial cleaning experience, preferably in rolling stock or industrial settings. RIW card holders encouraged to apply, with a strong work ethic and willingness to work nights.

Qualifications

• Physical fitness required for industrial cleaning.
• Experience in rolling stock or industrial cleaning preferred.
• Able to work night shifts.
• RIW Card required.

Responsibilities

• Use and maintain industrial cleaning equipment, including pre-start checks.
• Observe safe work practises in a high-risk environment.
• Work with chemicals in the workplace.
• Be part of a large, high-performing team.
• Have solid knowledge of cleaning and hygiene-related services.

Skills

Physically fit

Night shift capable

Experience in cleaning

RIW Card

Job description

Casual Cleaners. Night shifts between 8.30pm-4am across 7 day roster. Start ASAP - Sydney Trains

At Downer we plan, create and sustain. Downer is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand. Through trusted relationships and world leading insight we work closely with our customers to design, build and sustain assets, infrastructure, and facilities.

We currently have opportunities for Casual Cleaners. Join our team and play a key role in work as part of a high-performance team focused on working safely and diligently. You will help deliver high-quality outcomes that support our essential services.

Are you physically fit, an experienced cleaner and want to work night shift? We are seeking quality focused cleaners based at one of our sites at Auburn. Our people are key to achieving success for our customer, and so, key to success in this role is a desire to work in a fast paced, challenging environment, where you will work as part of a high-performance team focused on working safely and diligently.

Shifts will predominantly be between 8.30pm - 4am across a 7-day roster. Shift loading in alignment with the Cleaning Services Award make these positions highly desirable.

What You'll Do (key responsibilities)

This role offers a broad scope, with key responsibilities including:

• Use of and the maintaining of industrial cleaning equipment including carrying out pre-start checks
• Sound understanding of observing safe work practises in a high risk-environment
• Chemical use in the workplace
• Hard working and a willingness to work as a part of a large and high performing team
• Solid knowledge of cleaning and hygiene related services

What You'll Bring (experience required)

• Physically fit
• Demonstrated commercial cleaning experience, ideally in a rolling stock or an industrial setting
• Able to work night shifts
• RIW Card

More than anything, you'll bring a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for our clients.

Why Downer?

At Downer, we plan, create, and sustain essential public services across Australia and New Zealand. From hospitals to data centres and defence partnerships, we manage critical infrastructure that keeps communities thriving.

What It Means to Belong at Downer

We're proud of our high-performance culture and commitment to diversity, offering:

• Training and development to support and diversify your career.
• With 30% of vacancies filled internally you'll find real opportunities to advance your career.
• Perks@Downer: healthcare discounts, great savings on retail purchases, car purchases and much more.
• Employee Assistance Program: professional support for you and your family when you need it most.

You want your work to matter and so do we. With over 26,000 people across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, our team is made up of individuals with unique perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas.

We know that diversity makes us stronger and we actively celebrate it through our commitment to inclusion and belonging.

We're committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve and we welcome people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, cultures, abilities, and lived experiences. We especially encourage applications from those whose voices have traditionally been underrepresented in our industry, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Māori and Pasifika Peoples, veterans, people with disability, and neurodivergent individuals. Even if your experience doesn't align perfectly with this role, we'd still like to hear from you. If it feels like the right fit, apply - potential counts, and so do you.

As a WORK180 Endorsed Employer, we support flexibility that works for your life, inclusive leadership that values your voice, and equitable access to opportunity so you can do your best work and bring your whole self to it.

If you need support or adjustments through the recruitment process, just let us know, we're here to help you put your best foot forward.

Note - You must have or the ability to acquire a valid National Police History Certificate (no older than 6 months). RIW Card and complete a Health Declaration.