Leading Hand Natural Resource Management

Our Organisation

We love water and love life. What we do makes a vital contribution to Melbourne’s famous lifestyle. We achieve this by supplying high quality drinking water, providing outstanding sewerage services, integrating drainage systems, building resilience to flooding and by enhancing our waterway and land for greater community use. It’s a pride we share in helping to make greater Melbourne a fantastic place to live.

Reporting to the Field Work Supervisor you’ll have the opportunity to make a difference and add to our work environment, within a place where you can learn and perform to your fullest potential. 

The Role

As the Leading Hand Natural Resource Management you’ll be responsible for participating with and providing field oversight to crews for delivery of natural resources management and civil maintenance and project works on Melbourne Water’s Waterways and land Assets.

Make an Impact

Become part of a talented and passionate team dedicated to enhancing life and liveability in Melbourne and beyond. Doing truly meaningful work in a supportive and inclusive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talents.

We provide a range of employee benefits that will make your experience working at Melbourne Water both professionally and personally rewarding.

Freedom

Melbourne Water is committed to flexible working. We offer a variety of flexible arrangements to suit our employees varied needs and the business, including purchased leave, varied start and finish times, working from alternative locations, part time work and 9-day fortnights. We understand that Melbourne Water and our customers benefit from enabling our employees to achieve balance in work and life.

People

Our people are passionate, welcoming and inclusive. We welcome applications from everyone, including people with disability, mature age and young job seekers, members of the LGBTI+ community, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. Melbourne Water welcomes and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Your Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated experience and capabilities working with leading crews in Civil, NRM and/ or Land Management, grass Management, construction/ maintenance environment. 

• Ability to take responsibility for own role in ensuring the safety of all team members and other personnel on site
• Other qualifications such as Industry White Card, Chainsaw Ticket, Confined Space Entry, Fall Prevention, Plant Machinery competency, etc.

• Problem solving skills, including the ability to deliver the appropriate outcomes

  Your ability to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders is required together with a Certificate/ Diploma in Civil/Environmental disciplines or relevant related work experience

For more information, please see the attached Position Description:  Position_Description__Leading_Hand.docx

How to apply

Click on the "apply" button and complete the online application form.

Closing date: 16 August 2019 at 11:55pm AEST

Please note a Police Check / Health Assessment is required for this position.