Offsider

City of Newcastle; Newcastle; On-site; AUD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

38 hour working week

4 weeks annual leave

3 weeks personal leave

12% Superannuation

Annual leave loading 17.5%

Job summary

City of Newcastle is seeking an Offsider with an HR licence to join the Waste and Commercial Collections team. You’ll help with moving bins, operate lifting equipment and assist with loading waste into collection vehicles while maintaining a strong safety and customer-service focus.

You’ll work as part of a team and also demonstrate reliability working independently, with opportunities for relief coverage across the section, including driving.

Qualifications

• HR licence is required.
• Ability to lift and move bins and operate waste collection gear.
• Safe working practices in waste services.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team.

Responsibilities

• Move bins and load waste into collection vehicles.
• Operate lifting equipment and compaction gear.
• Provide relief coverage across the section, including driving.
• Support safety and customer service outcomes.

Skills

Customer service

Safety awareness

Teamwork

Operational efficiency

Education

HR licence

Job description

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.

Life at City of Newcastle (CN)

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.

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 2***

If you need any adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact *******@ncc.nsw.gov.au for a confidential discussion.

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