Overview
Assistant Overseer Waste Management role at Careers at Council. This is a leadership chance within the Council’s resource recovery and waste facilities, aligned with Council’s Delivery and Operational Plans.
Responsibilities
- Mentor resource recovery and waste staff, coordinate daily activities, ensure effective delegation of tasks, rostering and allocation of plant/labour for tasks.
- Enable pre-planning, programming and delivery of resource recovery and waste operations in accordance with works programs and contractual requirements.
- Supervise daily activities at resource recovery and waste facilities to ensure work is completed safely and in line with Environment Protection Authority standards, Council’s operational plans and best practices.
- Provide administrative support including rostering, invoicing, timesheet collection and review, e-filing and maintaining accurate records of incoming/outgoing waste, recyclable and reusable material.
- Ensure accurate screening and sorting of incoming waste to minimise landfill waste and deposit materials in site-specific locations (recyclable/reusable or specific waste deposits such as inert, putrescible, asbestos, etc.).
- Ensure works comply with Quality Systems including standard of works and environmental protection issues.
- Champion a safety culture within the team by monitoring compliance with policies, procedures, legislation, specifications and project plans for successful delivery of capital and maintenance works.
Qualifications and requirements
- Certificate IV in Waste Management or similar qualifications and/or several years of demonstrated experience
- SafeWork Construction Induction Certificate (WHS White Card)
- Current Class HR Driver Licence
- Proven competency for Front End Loader/Backhoe
- SafeWork certificate for High Risk LF - Forklift
- Nationally accredited certificate or proven competency for Front End Loader
- Nationally accredited certificate for Work Near Overhead Powerlines
About the role
Full time: 76-hour fortnight
Salary: Range from $70,179 to $80,704 pa + 12% super
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Closing date: 11:30pm Sunday, 12 October 2025
Contact: Akhil Joseph, Coordinator Waste and Resource Management -
Note: Activities may involve exposure to Hepatitis A and B and Q Fever; vaccination or proof of immunity may be required.
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