Senior Painter
Job No:
86445
Location:
Various locations around Sydney Harbour
- Extremely varied and enjoyable role leading a team of skilled painters, maintaining a diverse range of heritage buildings.
- Enjoy going to work each day knowing you are contributing to the development of beautiful buildings and parklands on the world’s greatest harbour.
- Attractive remuneration package ($79,339 – $85,042 p.a.) 37.5 hour week.
About the Organisation
The Sydney Harbour Federation Trust is a self funded Federal Government agency responsible for the conservation and promotion of eight former Defence and special Federal Government lands around Sydney Harbour. Our sites include: Cockatoo Island and Snapper Island in Sydney Harbour, Woolwich Dock, HMAS Platypus, Headland Park including Mosman, Georges Heights and Chowder Bay precincts, Macquarie Lightstation and North Head.
The Harbour Trust wants to create something truly special for these lands – to enhance the harbour and leave a lasting legacy for Sydney. The lands provide an amazing opportunity; they contain historic buildings and areas of pristine natural vegetation, magnificent views of the harbour and a record of our city’s Aboriginal, maritime and defence heritage. The cultural heritage of the lands will be conserved, the environment protected and maximum public access provided.
Please click here to visit the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust website.
About the Opportunity
The Sydney Harbour Federation Trust has a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Painter to join their Building and Site Services team working at various locations around Sydney Harbour.
In this varied role you will lead a team of painters responsible for maintaining the variety of interior and exterior surfaces of the Harbour Trust’s buildings across the Harbour Trust sites (mainly located in Mosman, North Head (Manly) and Cockatoo Island).
More specifically, some of your duties will include:
- Supervising, training and monitoring staff (direct reports and labour hire);
- Procuring labour, materials and equipment in accordance with Harbour Trust guidelines;
- Planning work programmes and estimating jobs;
- Managing reporting against Harbour Trust budgets and targets;
- Preparing, priming, sanding, sealing, patching and painting surfaces of Harbour Trust buildings and fixtures utilising all types of relevant painting materials and techniques, and ensuring that the painting of heritage assets meets the required standard;
- Operating, cleaning and maintaining all painting equipment; safely storing and label materials;
- Adhering to the planning/scheduling and preventative maintenance plan, meeting quality and timeline standards as set; and
- Ensuring the erection of scaffolding, rigging and ladders meet all relevant health and safety standards.
To be successful in this role you will meet the following selection criteria:
- Minimum of five years as a qualified Painter in residential or commercial facilities with both indoor and outdoor surfaces
- Demonstated experience in managing multiple teams of painters, across different sites
- Experience in managing the supply of labour, materials and tools to ensure that projects are completed on programme
- High levels of initiative and attention to detail
- Awareness of, and experience with, heritage listed assets
- Knowledge of paints, varnishes, lacquers, enamels and related materials, their properties and applications, safe handling and maintenance of associated tools and equipment
- Knowledge of, and experience in, safely maintaining and painting substrates that may contain (or have been coated with) hazardous materials such as lead based paint, asbestos, etc.
- Demonstrated cost estimating and project management skills
As with any work site, maintaining a safe environment is essential, so a strong working knowledge of Workplace Health and Safety, and an ability to maintain a safe working environment that complies with Australian Standards is key in this role.
Given the physical nature of the work required, you will have a high level of physical fitness and be able to perform physical activities such as lifting, bending, standing and climbing over extended periods.
You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to work in a team environment. A current drivers licence and White Card is essential.
A Federal Government Police check will be conducted before commencement.
Please address the selection criteria as listed above in your application. Applications should be forwarded to employment@harbourtrust.gov.au. Applications close on the 20th February 2017.
The Sydney Harbour Federation Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we encourage applications from indigenous Australians, people from non-English speaking backgrounds and people with disabilities. Information about the Trust can be found at www.harbourtrust.gov.au