Property Maintenance Supervisor

Property Maintenance Supervisor

Salary Range: $83,926.48 to $100,215.01 pa + 9.5% super

+ Tool of Trade lease vehicle with private use

+ Access to occasional weekend overtime work when required

76 hours per fortnight with a scheduled RDO

North Sydney Council administers the North Sydney local government area on Sydney’s picturesque lower North Shore. Our 400 employees look after 77,000 residents spread across 10 square kilometres of land on the foreshores of Sydney Harbour providing spectacular harbour views, beautiful parklands, and a bustling CBD. Our aim is to ensure North Sydney remains a welcoming, well-designed, safe and beautiful environment for residents, workers and visitors.

We are currently seeking an experienced Property Maintenance Supervisor to lead our busy property maintenance team. Based at the Central Depot in Cammeray, this role is responsible for coordinating and undertaking the efficient and effective maintenance of Council’s infrastructure across North Sydney. This position will also be responsible for responding to customers’ maintenance requests, implementing the property maintenance program and coordinating maintenance works through contract and day labour staff.

This position will manage a team of three staff, therefore will suit a strong communicator with supervisory experience.

The successful applicant will have experience in managing multiple tasks with the ability to deal with reactive situations, along with:

Essential 

• Trade certificate in relevant building trade; and Licences in Heavy Vehicle driving (or willing to obtain truck licence), working at heights-high risk works(or willing to obtain); NSW- WHS Construction Work
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge associated with building trades
• Demonstrated experience in managing high volume customer service requests, and complaints.
• Demonstrated experience in planning and prioritising work constantly with competing demands in a highly reactive work environment
• Proven skills in defining and communicating work targets, priorities and ensuring that work is in accordance with budget, performance standards measures.
• Demonstrated experience in engaging, supervising relevant property maintenance contractors.
• Proven people management skills in leading and managing a team, with leadership capabilities to nurture a team’s development and cohesiveness.
• Computer usage skills including an understanding of word processing, spreadsheets, email, internet applications, and or other relevant business computer systems.
• Demonstrated commitment to Work Health and Safety and Risk Management principles

Why work at North Sydney Council?

We're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and positive workplace. Our teams are reflective of the communities in which we operate, and we value the unique contribution each member makes to the North Sydney Council. The work we do makes a real difference to the lives of our residents and contributes to their economic and social wellbeing.

North Sydney Council as an employer offers excellent employee benefits such as:

• Excellent work-life balance with a 35-hour working week with access to flex-time for indoor workers or fortnightly RDO’s for outdoor workers
• Enjoy an easy walk to spectacular harbour views during lunch
• Freedom to direct contributions to any compliant superannuation fund
• A holistic health and well-being program offering exercise classes, flu vaccinations, skin checks, a touch football team, weekly fruit deliveries, health seminars and more
• Access to employee recognition and reward program
• Free access to counselling sessions through our Employee Assistance Program
• Free financial advice by a certified Financial Planner
• Monetary transport allowance
• Invitations to local government events, training and planning sessions
• Access to corporate social events at picturesque harbour locations
• Casual dress days in support of charities and not-for-profit organisations

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How to apply

Applicants are required to submit a cover letter, resume and answer the selection criteria questions. 

Closing Date: 29 June 2021 - 11.30pm

North Sydney Council is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity in order to  provide a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We strongly encourage candidates from wide-ranging backgrounds, identities and experiences to apply. North Sydney Council fosters the concept of equity and fairness across all facets of employment including recruitment, promotion, training and equity of access to benefits for staff.