Senior Overseer - Mechanical Fitter - Parklea Correctional Centre

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

Benefits offered by this job

Paid training

Job summary

NSW Department of Communities and Justice seeks an experienced Senior Tradesperson - Mechanical Fitter at Parklea Correctional Centre. You will lead a facilities maintenance team, coordinate trades across the site and mentor inmates while ensuring safe, efficient operations.

The role offers a permanent NSW Government career with a focus on training, compliance and continuous improvement within a large correctional complex.

Qualifications

• Relevant trade qualifications (Certificate III level in Fitter, Fitter & Turner, Mechanical Fitter)
• Current Certificate III in Correctional Practice or capacity to complete within 12 months
• Current NSW Driver Licence and willingness to drive a vehicle for the role
• Ability to work across trades as required

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop Overseers and teams to meet operational objectives
• Plan, coordinate and oversee maintenance activities with allocated resources
• Supervise inmates through practical training to build trade skills and work readiness
• Monitor quality, timeliness and effectiveness of maintenance
• Ensure work complies with policies, security and probity requirements
• Maintain a safe, compliant workplace for staff, contractors and inmates
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and service providers to support facility operations

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Mentoring

Maintenance planning

Education

Certificate III in Mechanical Fitter

Job description

Senior Tradesperson - Mechanical Fitter Corrective Services NSW - Talent Pool Creation Parklea Location – Parklea Correctional Centre, Parklea NSW Employment type – Talent Pool Creation Only Salary - $ 108,197 pa + Incidental Allowance, Superannuation and Leave Loading

Lead a team. Shape futures. Build a career with purpose. Are you an experienced and licensed Mechanical Fitter, Fitter and Turner or have an engineering related trade with strong leadership skills looking for more than just another maintenance role? At the Parklea Correctional Centre, you'll combine your trade expertise with people leadership, mentoring both staff and inmates while ensuring one of NSW's largest correctional facilities continues to operate safely and efficiently. This is your opportunity to step into a rewarding leadership position where every day is different, your work has real purpose, and you'll enjoy the stability and benefits of a permanent NSW Government career.

About the Role

As Senior Overseer, you will play a key leadership role within the Facilities Maintenance team at the correctional centre. You will lead and support Overseers, coordinate maintenance activities and develop inmates through structured, practical workplace training that builds trade skills, work readiness and future employment opportunities. You will be responsible for planning and coordinating preventative, corrective and statutory maintenance activities, allocating labour and resources, monitoring service delivery and supporting continuous improvement across the correctional complex. You will help ensure maintenance services are delivered safely, efficiently and to a high standard while meeting requirements relating to security, workplace health and safety, asset management, compliance and probity. This is more than managing day-to-day operations — it is an opportunity to share your technical and leadership expertise, develop people, improve the performance of the facility and create meaningful pathways toward rehabilitation and future employment.

What you’ll do

• Lead, coach and develop Overseers and work teams to achieve operational and organisational objectives.
• Plan, coordinate and oversee maintenance activities, ensuring resources are effectively allocated and priorities are delivered.
• Supervise, train and mentor inmates through practical workplace activities, building vocational skills, safe work practices and work readiness.
• Monitor the quality, timeliness and effectiveness of maintenance services and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Ensure work is undertaken in accordance with policies, procedures, security requirements and probity obligations.
• Maintain a safe and compliant workplace for staff, contractors, inmates and visitors.
• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders, contractors and service providers to support reliable facility operations.

The Successful candidates are provided with paid training to undertake Certificate III in Correctional Practice at an allocated Corrective Services Academy training facility.

Essential Requirements

• Relevant trade or tertiary qualifications (minimum Certificate III level in the following): Fitter, Fitter & Turner, Mechanical Fitter or related engineering trade
• Current Certificate III in Correctional Practice or capacity to complete within 12 months
• Ability and willingness to work across trades as required
• Current NSW Driver Licence and preparedness to drive a vehicle while performing the role
• Experience which demonstrates the ability to meet the key accountabilities and focus capabilities as detailed in the role description

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you. We do work that really matters. Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) 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.

Inclusion and Diversity

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. To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Got a question? For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Benjamin Moroko via [e-mail].

Applications close 11:59pm Tuesday 13th October 2026

Other Information

A talent pool will be created for future ongoing and temporary roles at Parklea Correctional Centre and is valid for a period of up to 18 months. For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website. To keep up with recruitment opportunities at DCJ, follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CareersatDCJ/. Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.