Leading Hand - Tree Maintenance

• Support our community and our City Greening team in providing planting and tree maintenance services.
• Permanent full-time roles – 38 hours per week.
• Flexible working options available with an optional 9-day fortnight

City of Newcastle (CN) are currently seeking motivated Leading Hands to assist Field Supervisors with the efficient and effective planting, maintenance and other associated works of trees and shrubs on land under the control of CN.

In this role you’ll enjoy mentoring and training crew members and organising the required labour, plant and material for jobs. Taking a ‘hands on’ approach, you’ll carry out the daily tasks with the team. You’ll also act as a safety leader and effectively demonstrate CN’s CREW values.

You’ll be responsible for the correct tree planting, pruning and removal techniques to satisfactorily complete allocated works within nominated timeframes to achieve the required standard and quality of work, whilst ensuring safe work practices are adopted and carried out in accordance with WHS guidelines.

Find out more about your new career by viewing the position description here.

Why join CN?

• 38-hour working week with flexible/hybrid work arrangements/model as well as an optional 9-day fortnight
• 4 weeks of annual leave, 3 weeks of personal leave plus 2 additional paid public holidays
• 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment 
• Paid parental leave for primary carers
• Industry leading employment conditions
• Corporate Fitness program from as little as $12.90 per fortnight
• Access to a range of exclusive CN employee benefits programs including Novated Lease options as well as access to reward and recognition vouchers
• Annual performance development plans and ongoing training and development opportunities
• Leading the CN Way leadership program
• Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (IDE) employee networks and initiatives
• Access to Health & Wellbeing programs including an Onsite Physiotherapist, Yoga and Mental Health Ambassador Groups

Life at CN

At CN, we value our employees, and their wellbeing takes priority. We encourage employees to make time for what's important and provide the benefits to enable a work life balance.

We are focused on making a real difference in our community and achieving our vision of creating a smart, liveable, and sustainable global city.  We are proud to deliver services valued by our community. 

We champion inclusion so that everyone is valued, and we encourage innovation and creativity. We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where different styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected.

People with diverse lived experiences (including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, people with diverse gender identities and sexualities, people from different cultural, racial, ethnic, religious and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, carers, and veterans) are encouraged to apply.

Application Closing Date: Sunday 2 March 2025.

Remuneration:  $70,953.37 + 11.5% Superannuation per annum for a 38-hour week.

Contact: Tahn Woolmer - City Greening Coordinator– 02 4974 6172.

If you need any adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact recruit@ncc.nsw.gov.au for a confidential discussion.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

CN do not accept unsolicited resumes and we respectfully ask that recruitment agencies do not contact us at this stage.