Senior Builder - Facilities Maintenance Corrective Services NSW

NSW Department of Communities and Justice; Bathurst; On-site; AUD 97,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

Corrective Services NSW is seeking a Senior Builder – Facilities Maintenance at Bathurst Correctional Centre. The role combines skilled trade work with leadership, mentoring inmates and staff to maintain the centre safely and efficiently.

You will oversee maintenance activities, coach trades Overseers, and drive a culture of operational excellence while supporting rehabilitation pathways for inmates. This demanding, impactful position ties trade expertise to meaningful community outcomes.

Qualifications

• Certificate III in Correctional Practice (or ability to complete within CNSW timeframes)
• Current NSW Drivers Licence
• Must participate in an on call rotational roster

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor inmates and staff while overseeing essential maintenance activities.
• Apply trade skills to maintain and repair facilities within the correctional centre.
• Drive safety and efficiency, ensuring operations support safe and secure environments.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Trade skills

Cabinetry installation

Education

Certificate III in Correctional Practice

Job description

Senior Builder - Facilities Maintenance Corrective Services NSW

Department: West Region

Department/Agency: Corrective Services NSW

Location: Bathurst, NSW, AU, 2795

Senior Builder – Facilities Maintenance

Corrective Services NSW

Location – Bathurst Correctional Centre

Employment type – Ongoing, Full- time 5D (5 days)

Salary – $108,197.00 pa plus superannuation and leave loading

Your role

If you're a qualified and experienced Builder looking for a rewarding career change, this could be your next move. Enjoy greater work-life balance, genuine career development opportunities, and the chance to use your trade skills to make a real difference.

What you’ll do

Join an organisation with a proud legacy of service where your trade expertise is valued, respected, and put to meaningful use every day. As a Senior Trade Overseer, you'll combine your trade skills with leadership, mentoring inmates and staff while overseeing essential maintenance activities that keep the correctional centre operating safely and efficiently.

This is more than a trade role. You'll have the opportunity to shape lives by coaching and developing inmates, helping them build practical skills, confidence, and pathways to future employment. At the same time, you'll provide leadership and support to Trade Overseers, fostering a positive team culture and driving operational excellence within your business unit.

Why work and live in Bathurst?

Discover the benefits of regional living in Bathurst. Enjoy a vibrant lifestyle with affordable housing, shorter commutes and a strong sense of community, all while having access to excellent schools, healthcare, dining and recreational facilities. As one of regional NSW's largest centres, Bathurst offers the perfect blend of career opportunities, modern amenities and country charm, surrounded by stunning landscapes, rich history and a welcoming community.

• Current Certificate III in Correctional Practice or capacity to complete within specified CNSW timeframes
• Current NSW Drivers Licence and preparedness to drive to locations as required
• Must participate in an on call rotational roster

Experience Required

• Demonstrated experience relevant to the role, with the ability to meet the key accountabilities and focus capabilities outlined in the role description.
• Demonstrated expertise with installing cabinetry

We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) and Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

• Attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the key accountabilities and focus capabilities of this role as specified in the role description (please refer to the Role Description so that you can address the highlighted capabilities)
• A copy of your trade qualifications MUST be attached to be considered for this role

Applications close Sunday, 08 November 2026 at 11:59pm AEST.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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