Landscaping Plant Operator

Help Shape and Maintain Beautiful Green Spaces in Our Community.

Are you passionate about landscaping? Do you enjoy working outdoors and operating a variety of plant and equipment? Banyule City Council is looking for a skilled Landscaping Plant Operator to help maintain and enhance parks, sports fields, and landscaped areas across our community.

Why you'll love this role:

As a Landscaping Plant Operator, you will work in a positive team environment with a great culture. You will:

• Operate plant (front-end loader/backhoe, bobcat/skid steer) to maintain Council’s parks, landscapes, playgrounds and sports fields.
• Apply landscaping practices to ensure green spaces are well-maintained and meet community expectations.
• Complete programmed and requested maintenance tasks efficiently and to a high standard.
• Work as part of a collaborative and supportive team, helping to create and maintain quality public spaces.
• Undertake landscape construction and maintenance, and undertake repairs to nature strips.
• Support teams in the establishment and maintenance of garden beds and native plants.

If you’re passionate about creating and maintaining exceptional outdoor spaces, this role offers an exciting opportunity to make a lasting impact in our community.

The working days/hours for this role are Monday to Friday 6.30am to 3.30pm (daylight savings) 7.00am to 4.00pm EST.

What you'll bring - skills, experience and certificates:

• Highly competent and experienced in front end loader/ backhoe operation (frontend loader and bobcat/skid steer licence/competency).
• Demonstrated experience in landscape practices.
• Licenced safe and competent operation of vehicles and plant up to 13.9 GCM.
• Understanding of/or aptitude in In Field Technology (Electronic Tablets).
• Ability to work independently and as a part of a team.
• A high level of integrity with a professional approach and ability to demonstrate Council’s values
• Understanding of/or aptitude for maintenance in the operation of plant and machinery.

Mandatory Pre-employment checks:

• Medium Rigid Licence and Loader/skid steer competency
• Medical Check
• White card training

We offer:

• Permanent full-time position
• Salary $72,546.10 per annum plus super
• Genuine work-life balance and generous leave arrangements with a nine-day fortnight (fortnightly RDO’s)
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave -primary carer/2 weeks of paid parental leave secondary carer
• Study assistance
• Award-winning learning and development opportunities
• Health and well-being initiatives including Fitness Passport
• A supportive workplace with great flexibility and a focus on wellbeing

How to apply:

For more information about this position please view the position description. To discuss this opportunity and if you have any questions please contact Shannon Bennett on 0466 932 451 for a confidential conversation.

Please submit your resume and a cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria

Applications close: 19 February 2025 at 11.45pm

Why choose Banyule?

Banyule City Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer; we value diversity and inclusion, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds. If you have a reasonable adjustment, support, or access requirement, we encourage you to inform us through your application or email employment@banyule.vic.gov.au.

Our Values: Our employees align their careers with Banyule because they share our values of respect, integrity, responsibility, initiative, and inclusion. They thrive in our strong learning and development culture, and the positive way we work in partnership with the community.

Diversity Statement: Our community is made up of diverse, cultures, beliefs, abilities, bodies, sexualities, ages, and genders. We are committed to access, equity, participation, and rights for everyone: principles that empower, foster harmony, and increase the well-being of an inclusive community.

To discover more about Banyule's commitment to advancing gender equality in the workplace, please find Banyule's Workplace Gender Equality Action Plan 2021-2025.

Acknowledgement of the Traditional Custodians: Banyule City Council is proud to acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as Traditional Custodians of the land and we pay respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, past, present and emerging, who have resided in the area and have been an integral part of the region’s history.

Banyule City Council endorses the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full and accepts the invitation to walk with First Nations peoples, to a better future for us all.

Child Safe Standards Statement of Commitment: Banyule City Council is a child-safe organisation committed to the safety and well-being of children.

Council has a zero tolerance for child abuse. All allegations and safety concerns will be treated seriously and acted upon. As a child-safe organisation we are committed to providing a child-safe environment where children feel safe, are empowered, valued and protected. Council will actively listen to children, ensuring their voices are heard and considered in decisions that affect their lives.