Team Leader

Toowoomba Regional Council; Greenmount; On-site; AUD 82,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development opportunities

Salary sacrificing to boost superannua

Private health insurance discounts

Fitness Passport access

Flu vaccinations and skin checks

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Toowoomba Regional Council is seeking a Team Leader for the Parks & Recreation team at the Greenmount Depot. The role focuses on leading a dynamic group to enhance and maintain parks, ensuring the highest standards of quality and functionality.

You will operate with minimal supervision, driving maintenance tasks across formal open spaces, and collaborating with city-wide teams. This permanent full-time position offers 9-day fortnights with a rostered day off and salary packaging options.

Qualifications

• Certificate III in Horticulture is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated horticultural experience, or equivalent qualification and experience.
• Current MR Class Driver’s Licence is highly desirable.
• Agricultural Chemicals Distribution Control (ACDC) Spraying Certificate is highly desirable.
• WHS Competency (WhiteCard) for CPCWHS1001 Prepare to work safely, or willing to obtain prior to commencement.
• Chainsaw Crosscut Level 2 is desirable.
• Traffic Management Implementation Level II Certificate is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead a dynamic team dedicated to maintaining parks and open spaces.
• Motivate and supervise your team with minimal supervision.
• Oversee a diverse range of maintenance tasks for formal open spaces.
• Operates with remote supervision.

Skills

Horticultural experience

Safety mindset

Education

Certificate III in Horticulture

MR Class Driver’s Licence

ACDC Spraying Certificate

WHS WhiteCard

Chainsaw Crosscut Level 2

Traffic Management Level II

Job description

BRING YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO AHORTICULTURE TEAM WITH GREAT LIFE/WORKBALANCE

• $1,350.67 gross per 38hour week, plus 17.5% annual leave loading and up to 12.65%superannuation.
• Permanent Full timeposition based at our Greenmount Depot.
• Work a 9 day fortnight with a Rostered Day Off.

About Parks & Recreation

The Parks & Recreation Team are thesecret behind the Toowoomba Region’s beautiful parks and gardens.With over 7000 hectares of public gardens, bushland park,sports and recreation facilities and other open space and anextensive urban forest, the Toowoomba region is well known for itsliveability and green infrastructure. The Parks and RecreationServices Branch is responsible for planning, developing andmaintaining our beautiful green infrastructure, some of which isheritage listed, and keeping up with the strong growth across theregion. The team is a diverse mix of approximately 200 peopleworking as labourers, gardeners, arborists, horticulturalists,plant operators, rangers, cleaners, project managers, landscapearchitects, administrators, regulators and their managers andleaders.

About the position

As Team Leader, you will lead adynamic team dedicated to enhancing and maintaining parks, ensuringthe highest standards of quality and functionality. Operating withminimal supervision, you will lead, motivate, and supervise yourteam in executing a diverse range of maintenance tasks, with a primary focus on Council's formal open spaces.

In this position, you will operateunder remote supervision.

What we offer

• Professional development and learning opportunities.
• Salary sacrificing opportunities to boost yoursuperannuation.
• Corporate discounts on selected private healthinsurance.
• Access to the Fitness Passport Program - providing accessto a wide range of local health, fitness, and leisurefacilities with a single membership.
• Free Flu Vaccinations and Skin Checks.
• Employee Assistance Program - free 24 hour nationwideconfidential counselling services for employees and theirfamilies going through personal or work-related problems.

What you'll bring

• Certificate III inHorticulture is highly desirable.
• Demonstratedhorticultural experience, or equivalentqualification and experience relevant to this position.
• Current ‘MR’ Class Driver’sLicence is highly desirable.
• Agricultural ChemicalsDistribution Control (ACDC) Spraying Certificate is highlydesirable.
• WHS Competency (WhiteCard) for CPCWHS1001 Prepare to work safely in theconstruction industry, or equivalent, or a willingness toobtain prior to commencement.
• Chainsaw Crosscut Level 2 isdesirable.
• Traffic ManagementImplementation Level II Certificate is highly desirable.

The preferred candidate will be required toundertake a Criminal History Check and a pre-employment medicalassessment to assess their ability to perform the genuineoccupational requirements of the position.

PLEASE NOTE: Your application maynot be considered if you do not follow the instructions outlinedabove.

For furtherinformation

Please contact Lee Zeller - SupervisorParks & Gardens - on 0429 408 756 within business hours.

Closingdate

The closingdate for applications is at 11:59pm on Monday, 21 September2026.

The Toowoomba region is about richtraditions and bold ambitions. Our long and proud agriculturalhistory has evolved Toowoomba into Australia’s second largestinland city supporting diverse townships in the council area andacting as a service centre for South West Qld and North West NSW.The region is boldly forging new opportunities around the SuratBasin resource sector, education, health, transport and massiveinfrastructure investments. Growth hasn’t come at the expense ofliveability though, with Toowoomba twice voted in the top 5 mostfamily friendly cities in Australia.

Toowoomba Regional Council services aregional population of 178,500 and employs a team of approximately1,600 staff, dedicated and passionate about delivering excellentcustomer service to the community, residents and visitorsthroughout the region. We recognise that our success depends uponattracting and retaining skilled and talented staff and offer awide variety of interesting challenges and opportunities to developyour career.

Council does not accept unsolicitedagency approaches or applications for this or any other vacancy. Noresponse will be provided.