Offsider

City of Newcastle, Australia; Newcastle; Sur place; AUD 59 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

38 hour week with flexible work

4 weeks annual leave

Leave loading 17.5%

Paid parental leave

Industrial employment conditions

Corporate Fitness program

Novated Lease options

Performance development plans

CN Way leadership program

IDE networks

Health & Wellbeing programs (onsite)

Résumé du poste

City of Newcastle is seeking a dedicated Offsider with an HR licence to join the Waste Services team in Newcastle. The role focuses on safety, quality customer service, and efficient operations, including potential relief duties across the section.

You will assist with moving bins, operating lifting equipment, loading waste into collection vehicles, and may drive in relief coverage. A 38-hour week with overtime is available, and the position is permanent.

Qualifications

• HR licence required
• Ability to move and handle waste materials safely
• Commitment to high-quality customer service and safety procedures
• Willingness to work as part of a team and independently when needed

Responsabilités

• Move bins and operate lifting equipment
• Load waste materials into collection vehicles
• Operate compaction equipment as required
• Provide relief coverage across the section, including driving

Connaissances

HR licence

Team player

Safety conscious

Customer service

Manual handling

Description du poste

• Have an impact on keeping our city clean and tidy
• 38 hour working week with overtime available
• Permanent position

Through your work, you’ll have a behind-the-scenes pass to Newcastle's evolution as you shape our future as a liveable, inclusive city.

Waste Services is seeking dedicated and reliable Offsiders with an HR licence to join our Waste and Commercial Collections team, with a focus on safety, high-quality customer service outcomes and operational efficiency, including an emphasis on continuous improvement.

This is a key frontline collections position and is critical to the effective provision of collections services to the community. As the successful candidate, you’ll be a team player who also enjoys working independently. Working as part of a team, the Offsider assists with moving bins, operating lifting equipment, loading bins and waste material into collection vehicles and operating compaction equipment. As part of skills-building and succession planning there is an opportunity to provide relief coverage across the section, including driving.

Find out more about your new career by viewing the position description here.

Life at City of Newcastle

You’ll get to experience your work up close alongside the brilliant minds of your colleagues who care for one another and the region.

You’ll chip away at ambitious plans with a talented, passionate crew alongside you, shaping the very fabric of our community. Showing up for neighbours not shareholders.

Every single day offers the chance to think big and act local. Planning and prioritising to achieve the most important outcomes with the community.

You’ll add value in the moments that matter. From librarians to lifeguards, in a range of iconic places, we achieve a better Newcastle together.

Whether we’re planning to host major events, providing essential services or supporting creative artists, it’s what we do when the cameras aren't rolling that matters most.

And we’ll be there for you in important times in your life. We embrace flexible work arrangements to find a balance that allows us to enjoy the city we shape.

Our focus on inclusion and respecting culture, will help you feel a deeper connection with others. You'll connect with internal communities that will help you to feel a sense of belonging and reflect the diversity of the growing region.

You’ll do meaningful work and do it sustainably as you take ideas from plan to play, in your own backyard.

With hundreds of different roles, each person adds their uniqueness to our culture and plays their part as we head towards our 2040 vision.

With natural assets and a focus on the environment, co-create a sustainable region with us.

Why join CN?

At CN, we value our employees, and their wellbeing takes priority. We encourage employees to make time for what's important and provide the benefits to enable a work life balance that allow us to enjoy the city we shape. To read more, visit here!

• 38 hour working week with flexible work arrangements to ensure you can find the right balance between your personal and professional life
• 4 weeks of annual leave, 3 weeks of personal leave plus 2 additional paid public holidays
• 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment
• Paid parental leave for primary carers
• Industry leading employment conditions
• Corporate Fitness program from as little as $12.90 per fortnight
• Access to a range of exclusive CN employee benefits programs including Novated Lease options as well as access to reward and recognition vouchers
• Annual performance development plans and ongoing training and development opportunities
• Leading the CN Way leadership program
• Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (IDE) employee networks and initiatives
• Access to Health & Wellbeing programs including an Onsite Physiotherapist, Yoga and Mental Health Ambassador Groups

We champion inclusion so that everyone is valued, and we encourage innovation and creativity. We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where different styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected.

People with diverse lived experiences (including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, people with diverse gender identities and sexualities, people from different cultural, racial, ethnic, religious and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, carers, and veterans) are encouraged to apply.

Don’t just work for the city, co-create it. Join and expand your career at the City of Newcastle.

Application Closing Date:

Friday 13 November 2026

Remuneration:

$69,942.78 + 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment + 12% Superannuation per annum for a 38 hour week

Contact:

Krystal Chapman - Collections Coordinator - 02 4974 2403

If you need any adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact [e-mail] for a confidential discussion.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.