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Trades Assistant Sign Shop

Tweed Shire Council
East Lismore Full-day Full-time

Description:

We are seeking a skilled and reliable Maintenance and Workshop Support Officer to play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing Council-built assets. This hands-on role offers a variety of tasks, including equipment maintenance, workshop upkeep, and providing support to our Signwriting Trades Team. Additional responsibilities include delivering materials, ensuring worksite cleanliness, and addressing vandalism-related repairs. Experienced candidates will have the opportunity to work independently on tasks such as sign installation, surface preparation, and minor repairs. This role offers a dynamic and rewarding work environment with a strong emphasis on safety and quality. A tool allowance may apply.

About the role:
  • Perform regular maintenance and cleaning of workshops, plant, and equipment to ensure a safe and efficient work environment.
  • Assist our Sign Shop tradespeople with all signage maintenance activities including manufacturing, installation, repairs and disposal of signage.
  • Respond to vandalism-related repairs and assist in emergency maintenance to protect and maintain public assets.
  • Deliver materials and equipment to work sites, perform site clean-up upon project completion, and undertake independent tasks such as sign installation, surface preparation, and minor repairs.
What's on offer:
  • a base salary ranging from $57,321 per annum with competency-based increments up to $65,471 per annum, plus 11.5% super
  • 76 hour, 9 day fortnight
  • training and development opportunities
  • flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
  • generous employment conditions (we have too many to list -
We are seeking:
  • Strong literacy and numeracy skills for reading job instructions, maintaining records, and completing reports.
  • A current Vehicle Licence (Car) with a willingness to obtain a Medium Rigid Licence if not already held.
  • Excellent oral communication skills to manage public enquiries, handle complaints, and resolve minor conflicts.
  • Sound knowledge and experience in building maintenance and repairs.
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team, with a demonstrated capacity to follow instructions and work unsupervised.
About us:
  • Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
  • The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.
  • Tweed Shire Council is committed to employment equity and diversity and encourages applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds in both traditional and non-traditional roles. We provide workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options.
  • Join an employer of choice . Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) has named Council the 2021 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government.
Where it's located:

This position is based in Murwillumbah, and can be directed to work from any Council work site.

Position closes:

Friday 11 April at 12 noon sharp (NSW time). Late applications will not be permitted.


Pre-Employment Screening:

Tweed Shire Council conducts pre-employment assessments as part of its recruitment process.

Job offers are not made until screening has been completed. Tweed Shire Council uses third-party providers to undertake:

  • Pre-employment medical – some roles require a functional (physical) assessment, and all positions are subject to drug and alcohol screening (a positive test result means the recruitment process ends and your application will not be considered).
  • Background screening - verifies that the information you have provided throughout the recruitment process is true and correct.

Reference Checks are undertaken by the panel. Your 2 referees should ideally be your current and most recent supervisors. Your referees are not contacted unless you’ve been interviewed and are a preferred candidate.

How To Apply:

You must use your own email address, and not one used previously by another person that has applied for a position with council.

Once you start your online application, you cannot save and return to it later.

  • Have your Resume document ready to go.

If you'd like to COPY and PASTE question fields into a separate Word document to work on over time, please find them listed below:

  • Please provide an example of a time you have used strong oral communication skills for managing public enquiries, handling complaints, and resolving minor conflicts.
  • Please describe your experience in building maintenance and repairs.
  • Please share examples of your ability to work independently and as part of a team.

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