Overview
Dubbo, New South Wales
Full-time
At the heart of community. At the start of the future. That's where you'll find Dubbo Regional Council and this opportunity to shape our region as our new Assistant Gardener Cemetries.
Join us as an Assistant Gardener/Cemeteries in our Greenspace Operations branch and develop your skills and future career. We work for 55,000 residents and 1.65 million people who visit our region each year, and you'll be part of that impact every single day. We're at the centre of environmental, economic and societal change that will ensure a more sustainable future – for the Dubbo region, New South Wales, and beyond.
Find people you can count on, and a lifestyle you love.
Responsibilities
Provide quality maintenance service by utilising plant, including small plant (brush cutters, hedge trimmers, edgers, etc.) in an efficient, effective and safe manner
Ensure the implementation of Council's asset maintenance policy and related procedures and documentation
Undertake other horticultural maintenance and construction tasks as required
What You'll Bring
Demonstrated experience and skills in operating horticultural related large and small plant such as backhoes, tractors, slashers, 'whipper snippers', chainsaws, edgers
Demonstrated ability to work constructively in a multi-disciplinary team
Experience in undertaking other horticultural related tasks with minimal supervision or unsupervised
Demonstrated understanding and ability to manage workplace safety when undertaking horticultural related activities
Class MR Drivers Licence (or ability to obtain)
We Would Also Love You To Have
AQF 3 Chemical Handling accreditation
Experience with the maintenance of cemeteries
Ready to find more from work and life?
Join us and help strengthen our community and your career.
This position offers an attractive annual salary ranging from
$59,561
to
$69,219
.
To find out more about this role, explore the Position Description and feel free to reach out to our
Team Leader Natural Resources
on
to make an enquiry.
If this role sounds like you, we would love to hear from you, simply click Apply Now!
This position requires a pre-employment health assessment. Please refer to the Job Demands document for the physical requirements of the position.
Applications close:
9:00am, Wednesday 1st October 2025
Please Note:
Notifications are primarily system generated. Please ensure your email is correct before submitting an application to avoid missing crucial updates and required information.
Why Dubbo Regional Council?
At Dubbo Regional Council, you'll find a great combination. Here's what you can expect in your career with us:
Find purpose and impact
Everything you do at Dubbo Regional Council makes a difference for so many people, in so many ways. It'll always be that way. Right here, right now, we're at the heart of big change — and this is your opportunity to help us shape the future for communities here and beyond.
Find personal and professional growth
You'll find variety here with diverse, high-impact work at scale, providing opportunities to develop your skills and future career.
Find people you can count on and a lifestyle you love
Your career matters, but so does your life outside of work. Here, you'll achieve and grow in a great place to live and work, with people who truly care.
Benefits
Find a better balance - Enjoy a 38-hour workweek, embracing a 9-day fortnight
Salary-packaging options, including Rainbow Cottage Childcare, novated vehicle leasing, self-education expenses, disability/income protection insurance, and more
Staff Excellence Awards, supportive team environment and active social club
Health and wellbeing supports: Fitness Passport, Wellbeing Program, annual flu vaccination, and Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
Dubbo Regional Council is part of Wiradjuri Country and we acknowledge all clan groups within the Dubbo and Wellington Wiradjuri Nation. We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.
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