Response Operator

Green by Nature AU; Whangarei; On-site; NZD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Guaranteed hours

Learning opportunities

Job summary

Green by Nature is a facilities maintenance company operating across New Zealand and Australia, seeking a Response Operator to join the Whangarei team. You will attend daily callouts, repair council assets, and handle maintenance tasks across irrigation, toilets, bollards, and park assets with practical, hands-on work.

Potential involvement in minor building works, landscaping, and other park maintenance duties.

Qualifications

• Experience from outdoors roles in building, plumbing or related industries.
• Ability to interpret building plans, landscaping skills, plumbing/irrigation support, and operate machinery.

Responsibilities

• Attend daily callouts to repair council assets across the region.
• Repair bollards, troubleshoot blockages and water pressure issues.
• Install park signs and perform related maintenance tasks.
• Assist with minor building works, landscaping, and other facilities tasks.
• Occasional weekend work for urgent callouts.

Skills

Outdoors experience

Project planning

Driver's license (Class 1)

Self-motivated

Team communication

Physical fitness

Heavy lifting

Tools

Building/plumbing knowledge

Job description

Green by Nature is a facilities management company that operates across New Zealand and Australia with over 30 years of industry experience! We provide full facility parks maintenance services. As part of our commitment to upkeeping the Whangarei region, we are looking for aResponse Operator to join our team!

What does a Response Operator do you ask?

Our Response Operators are like jack-of-all-trades maintenance superstars. They've got the skills and know-how to handle any job that comes their way, drawing from their experience in troubleshooting, maintenance, repairs and practical handy work.

As a Response Operator, you'll attend daily callouts to repair council assets, from setting up bollards to troubleshooting blockages and water pressure issues on irrigation and public bathrooms/toilets or installing park signs.

Additionally, you may be involved in minor building works, landscaping, and other facilities maintenance. Some weekend work may be required to attend urgent call outs.

Skills and Experience

• You’ll be using your practical skills which you may have gained from working in an outdoors role, involved in building, plumbing or related industries
• Be able to interpret building plans, hard and soft landscaping skills, troubleshooting plumbing and irrigation support, as well as machinery operations
• A current, full class 1 driver's licence with the ability to drive a manual vehicle is essential
• Have experience and confidence to manage projects, including planning of work and ongoing communication with our clients
• You’ll need to be self-motivated with a great work ethic and be able to work alone at times - for the big jobs, you’ve got the support of our team to help out!
• Physically fit and be able to manage some heavy lifting at times
• A desire to complete all jobs to a high standard of work - there’s a lot of people depending on us to keep things in working order across the region!

Here’s what we can offer you:

Along with working within a company that has been an industry leader for more than 30 years, you will receive:

• The opportunity to work in a role that gives back to the community
• Internal and external learning and development opportunities with the ability toprogress your career
• Guaranteed hours with the opportunity to increase based on operational demands

Green by Nature is a business which specialises in Sports Turf Management and have diversified into a professional full facility parks maintenance company, operating across New Zealand and Australia. We have over 2000+ employees and are committed to a culture of health and safety, excellence, and continuous improvement, whilst caring for our people, clients, and communities.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a passionate and enthusiastic team, so if your skills and experience match, then we want to hear from you.

In accordance with the Company's Drug & Alcohol Policy, the successful candidate will be required to undergo and pass a pre-employment drug test.