Department: Corrective Services NSW
Location:
Wellington, NSW, AU, 2820
Req ID: 79670
Engineering 5D – Trade Overseer
Corrective Services NSW
Location: Macquarie Correctional Centre
Employment type: Ongoing, Full time
Salary: $94,451 pa + Incidental Allowance + Leave Loading + Superannuation
Your role
Lead with Purpose and Make a Difference
Guide and mentor inmates as part of a dynamic team, helping them build practical skills and confidence for life beyond correctional facilities. Oversee daily operations to drive productivity and excellence while ensuring safety, quality, and outstanding service standards.
What you'll do
Make a Real Impact Every Day
Step into a role where you'll lead, mentor, and inspire. As a key member of our team, you'll guide inmates through hands-on coaching and teamwork, helping them build valuable work skills, boost their confidence, and prepare for meaningful employment after release—all while contributing to the success of our Service and Business Unit.
Drive Performance and Excellence
You'll oversee daily operations to ensure your team meets productivity and commercial goals, while maintaining the highest standards in Workplace Health & Safety, Quality Management, and customer service.
Invest in Your Future
We'll set you up for success with paid training to complete a nationally recognised Certificate III in Correctional Practice at one of our Corrective Services Academy facilities.
What we're looking for
Qualifications Required:
* Certificate III in Correctional Practice (or willingness to complete within 12 months).
* A current NSW Driver Licence and readiness to drive as part of your role.
* Certificate III in any Metal Fabrication Trade
Essential Requirements:
* Proven post-trade experience
* Proven ability to meet key accountabilities and focus capabilities outlined in the Overseer role description.
* Flexibility and willingness to work across multiple trades as required.
Please click here to review the role description
To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the 'Apply now' button.
We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.
What We Offer
We offer a variety of benefits, including:
* A challenging and rewarding career
* Flexible, autonomous work environment
* Competitive pay and conditions
* Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
* Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.
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We do work that really matters
Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) and Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It's work that really matters.
Apply now and join Australia's top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment
Are you ready to join us?
Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).
Applications close: 6 February 2026 at 11:59pm AEST
Got a question?
For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Peter Mason via
If you've got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best, please contact Aeron Santos via email on
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Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit
We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.
To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.
Other Information
A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.
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