Location: North East Region | Benalla
Job type: Full Time - Fixed Term
Organisation: Department of Transport and Planning
**Salary**: $61,325 - $74,611
Occupation: Construction
Reference: 5581
**About the Role**
**This is a Fixed Term Position until 31st December 2025**
The role involves carrying out bituminous spray sealing, line marking, and road maintenance tasks using various equipment and processes under general supervision. It includes manual labour and requires compliance with safety, environmental, and quality procedures. After-hours emergency response and overtime are expected, with possible travel within Victoria for broader emergency situations. The position is mainly based in Bendigo, Benalla, or Geelong, but work may occasionally be required in other locations. Standard working hours are 7:30 am to 4:00 pm, but shifts outside these hours, including weekends, public holidays, and nights, may be necessary, with occasional overnight travel.
**To access the Position Description, please click here.**
**Position Outcomes / Accountabilities**
As a key member of the SRS Surfacing Delivery team, you will promote a safety-focused and inclusive work environment, contribute to the timely and cost-effective delivery of spray sealing and line marking services, and uphold the VPS code of conduct. You will foster positive behaviours, provide after-hours emergency response across Victoria, and support continuous improvement and innovation within the team.
**_ Key Selection Criteria_**
The Department of Transport and Planning is hiring a Road Worker for the Surfacing Delivery team, based in Bendigo, Benalla, or Geelong. The role involves performing bituminous spray sealing, line marking, and road maintenance tasks, adhering to safety and quality standards. Key duties include problem-solving, supporting emergency response across Victoria, and contributing to team development. Flexibility for after-hours work and occasional travel is required.
**_ Personal Attributes_**
**Qualifications and Experience**
**Mandatory**
- Current Victorian Drivers licence
- Current Medium Rigid truck licence
- Civil Construction Safety Induction Card, Traffic Management Ticket, 1st Aid certificate and HR license.
- Construction Induction White Card
- Working knowledge of computer tablets / mobile devices.
**Desirable**
- Certificate III in Civil Construction
- Understanding of Asset Maintenance Management Systems
**What we offer**
- Meaningful work making Victorian communities more accessible and liveable
- Professional growth and development opportunities across the department and the wider Victorian Public Services
- A hybrid working model focused on collaboration and teamwork
- Optimal work-life balance initiatives including flexible working arrangements
- Opportunity to work across multiple urban and suburban hubs
- We prioritise the development of a safe and inclusive culture
**Culture Value**
We are an equal opportunity employer, embracing a diverse range of applicants such as veterans, and people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQIA community members, individuals with disabilities and/or health conditions, as well as those from varied faith and cultural backgrounds. At our department, we prioritize the development of a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture through shared actions and behaviours that align with our strategy and direction. This empowers our employees to effectively contribute to our goals.
**How to Apply**
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Applications close **11.59pm on**_ Wednesday, 25th of September 2024_**.
For further information about the role please contact **Trevor New**: