Ganger Civil Works

Shire of Douglas; Douglas Shire; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12% superannuation

5 weeks annual leave

3 weeks personal leave

Salary sacrificing options

Employee Assistance Program

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Ongoing training and development

Active social club

Job summary

The Shire of Douglas invites applications for a Ganger Civil Works role responsible for coordinating daily civil maintenance across roads, drainage and related works. You will lead teams, manage schedules and ensure safety, quality and compliance while delivering works on time and within budget.

You should hold a current MR licence, White Card, and demonstrate experience in coordinating road, drainage and concrete works with strong organisational and people-management skills.

Qualifications

• Current MR Driver Licence.
• Willingness to obtain Parts 1/2 Traffic Awareness within 48 hours of commencement.
• White Card (General Safety Induction).
• Experience delivering road, concrete and drainage construction and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver Council’s civil maintenance activities to high standards, on time and within budget.
• Lead inspection programs to identify defects and hazards and address maintenance needs across civil infrastructure.
• Effectively plan, organise and coordinate multiple tasks and supervise staff and works teams.
• Promote workplace health and safety, environmental responsibility and quality assurances.

Skills

MR licence

Traffic proximity awareness

White Card

Road/construction supervision

Leadership & supervision

Planning & organisation

Health and safety

Team building

Tools

Tablet literacy

Job description

About the Role

The Ganger Civil Works plays a key role in coordinating and delivering Council’s day-to-day civil maintenance activities, ensuring works are completed safely, efficiently and to a high standard, within agreed timeframes and budgets. The role leads the effective use of resources, promotes compliance with workplace health and safety, environmental and quality standards, and undertakes regular inspections to identify and address maintenance needs, defects and hazards across Council’s civil infrastructure.

Position Objectives

Full position details, including required qualifications and key responsibilities and duties for the role are outlined in the attached position description.

About You

• Current Medium Rigid (MR) Driver Licence.
• Working in Proximity to Traffic Awareness Parts 1 and 2 (or willingness to obtain within 48 hours of commencement with Council).
• General Safety Induction (Construction Industry) – White Card.
• Demonstrated experience and proven success in the delivery of efficient, effective, and timely road, concrete and drainage construction, and maintenance services.
• Developed organisational skills including a demonstrated ability to effectively plan, organise and co-ordinate a number of tasks at the same time.
• Demonstrated ability to undertake a wide variety of physically strenuous labouring activities.
• Other skills/experience relevant to position.
• Knowledge and understanding of tablets and smart phones.
• Demonstrated effective people management skills specifically in the areas of dealing with the public, staff supervision, leadership, motivation, and team building.
• Developed organisational skills including a demonstrated ability to effectively plan, organise and co-ordinate a number of tasks at the same time.
• An understanding of and commitment to Workplace health and Safety, environmental responsibility, quality assurance, equal employment opportunities and open communications.

What we can offer you

• A competitive remuneration salary with 12% superannuation.
• Up to 5 weeks annual leave per annum with 17.5% leave loading.
• Up to 3 weeks personal leave per annum.
• Nominal 76.00hours, nine (9) day fortnight roster.
• May be eligible for salary sacrificing options.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee health and wellbeing initiatives.
• Ongoing training and development opportunities.
• Active social club.

Pre-Employment Assessment

Following the selection of the preferred candidate, Council will require a number of further checks including reference checks, police history / criminal history checks, medical assessment and drug and alcohol test.

Employment Eligibility

To apply you must be a Permanent resident of Australia, Australian Citizen, New Zealand Citizen or hold the appropriate visa to work in Australia.

Privacy Information

Douglas Shire Council is collecting your personal information in accordance with the Information Privacy Act for the purpose of assessing your skills and experience against the position requirements. The information you provide in your application will only be used by authorised Council Officers, including People and Culture and the relevant selection panel members. Your information will not be given to any other person or agency unless you have given us permission, or we are required by law.