Permanent |
Full-time | 76 Hours Per Fortnight
Nine Day
Fortnight | Premium Recquatic Membership | 13%
Superannuation
This position
is classified as a PACS Band 3 ($68,049 - $71,878 p.a) under the
City of Kwinana's structured remuneration system.
What's On
Offer
A fantastic
opportunity has become available for a suitably qualified
Horticulturalist who is passionate about working outdoors. As a
Horticulturalist, you will be responsible in undertaking best
practice horticulture and landscape establishment and maintenance
for City of Kwinana parks and streetscapes.
What
You'll Need
* Demonstrated practical
experience with parks and garden maintenance and landscape
development tasks; and knowledge of amenity planting and common
weed species.
* The
ability to safely prepare and apply herbicides.
* Communication and
interpersonal skills to work collaboratively with an
operational team working in public spaces; and address public
queries as required.
* The
ability to work effectively with minimal supervision and report
on work outputs as required.
* Cert III
in Horticulture, or other relevant tertiary qualifications or
experience.
* Current
MR Class Licence, Basic Worksite Traffic Management
Certificate, SafetyAwareness Training – White Card, First
Aid Certificate.
* Accreditation in
herbicide application desirable.
For more
information relating to the position (not application packs) call
David Riley, Senior Horticulturalist, on
*Please note
the hours of work for this position are 7:00am – 4:00pm
Monday to Thursday and 7:00am – 3:45pm Friday.
Applications close:
5.00 PM, Wednesday 14 January 2026
The City
of Kwinana reserves the right to commence recruitment prior to the
closing date and will not accept or consider late
applications.
The City of Kwinana promotes and values diversity to create a unique work force.
Applicants from diverse backgrounds, such as Aboriginal people, people living with disability or people from different cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
The City also strives to be a customer-centric organisation, with the customer at the centre of everything we do.
As such, all employees play an important role in helping us to achieve this by ensuring they provide best-practice customer service.
The City has the goal of zero harm for its employees, this includes providing a smoke-free environment and minimising exposure to the elements.
Conditions of employment are in accordance with the City's current Enterprise Agreement.
For further information, please contact our Recruitment team on or
Please
note: As part of the City's recruitment process, the
selected applicant will be required to undergo a pre-employment
medical which includes a Drug and Alcohol screen test.
Attachments:
* D [v4] Position Description
* City Infrastructure
* City Operations
* Horticulturalist
* 5187 (WK36).
pdf
* HR - Application Pack for