Wellington City Council Looking for Hand Cutter/Weed Eater Operator at Wellington Central, Wellington Full Time

• Full time, permanent role, great hours
• Training provided and career progression opportunities
• Newtown location, earn the Living Wage

Kia mahi ngātahi mō Pōneke mō tōna āpōpō Working together for Wellington’s future.

Wellington City Council has established a vision for Wellington as ‘an inclusive, sustainable and creative capital for people to live, work and play’. The future of Wellington is compact, inclusive & connected, greener, resilient, vibrant and prosperous. Every day we deliver critical services to 200,000 residents and thousands of businesses and actively works to ensure Wellington is a great place to live, work and play.

The Parks Operations team provide a critical customer facing support service, ensuring the city’s residents and visitors enjoy a well-managed and maintained environment. The Mowing Team are passionate about their work and provide the highest professional mowing service with cutting edge technology, a health & safety focus and attitude.

The Handcutter/Weedwater Operator will assist in the provision of a scheduled programmed mowing maintenance regime of the Parks and Gardens passive, and recreational reserves, sports fields surrounds, internal and external contracts.

Ideally we are looking for people with experience using small machinery and plant such as commercial blowers and line trimmers (weed eaters) however we are also open to considering people looking for entry into the world of turf maintenance with the right attitude.

As well as being energetic and having great time management, you will also have the following:

• A full clean NZ class 1 driver’s licence
• The ability to prioritise, working to programmed maintenance schedules and within timeframes
• Health & safety awareness
• Customer service experience
• The ability to work well with others and/or unsupervised
• The ability to communicate effectively with others
• Good physical health

We will provide you with all the training required and will help you grow and develop in this role. We have a busy year ahead and we are interested in hearing from people with a great attitude who would like to be part of a supportive and friendly team. In exchange for your skills, you’ll work for an organisation that really values its people – we provide a lot of learning and development opportunities. We also have family leave provisions and a generously subsidised kid’s school holiday programme.

This is a safety sensitive role so the shortlisted candidates will have to pass pre-employment drug and alcohol screening. If successful in gaining employment, staff in this position are in the pool of roles eligible for random testing. Only applicants currently in NZ with valid work rights will be considered for this role.

Please note that this is a full-time role, 8 hours a day, Monday – Friday. Hours are usually 7am – 3.30pm however this can vary due to seasonal changes and other factors. This role will be paid the Living Wage.

If this sounds like you click to apply now or contact Gaurav Heblikar, [email protected] or 021 199 5071 if you have any questions.

Applications for this role close 23 November 2022.