General Industries – Trade Overseer – 5D

Corrective Services NSW

Location: Wellington Correctional Centre

Employment type: Ongoing, Full time

Salary: $94,451 pa + Incidental Allowance + Leave Loading + Superannuation

Your role

Lead with Purpose and Make a Difference
Guide and mentor inmates as part of a dynamic team, helping them build practical skills and confidence for life beyond correctional facilities. Oversee daily operations to drive productivity and excellence while ensuring safety, quality, and outstanding service standards.

What you’ll do

• Supervise, coach, train, and instruct inmates to develop practical work skills, enhancing their post-release employment opportunities and reducing the risk of re-offending.
• Act as a positive role model by demonstrating personal values such as honesty, ethics, and integrity that align with CSI and broader social values.
• Contribute to business unit operations through the delivery of work-related inmate training, including the implementation of Inmate Traineeships.
• Provide detailed input for case management reporting as part of the Work Readiness Program.
• Manage resources effectively and efficiently to achieve planned outcomes.
• Create and maintain a safe working environment for staff, contractors, inmates, and visitors in compliance with Work Health & Safety legislation.

What we’re looking for

Qualifications Required:

• Certificate III in Correctional Practice (or willingness to complete within 12 months).
• A current NSW Driver Licence and readiness to drive as part of your role.
• Trade qualifications at a minimum Certificate III level in one or more of the following areas: Carpentry (Building/Construction), Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical, Fitting & Turning/Machining, Welding/Boilermaking, Printing (including Print/Cut UV-LED Printer experience), Flexographic, Offset or Digital Printing, Graphic Design, Horticulture, Landscaping, Baking, Commercial Cookery, or Laundry Operations.
• A forklift licence is desirable but not essential.

Essential Requirements:

• Proven post-trade experience
• Proven ability to meet key accountabilities and focus capabilities outlined in the Overseer role description.
• Flexibility and willingness to work across multiple trades as required.
• Availability to participate in an ‘on-call’ rotational roster.

Please click here to review the role description

To apply directly via the DCJ Careers site click here. Search for the job and click the ‘Apply now’ button.

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply – you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career

• Flexible, autonomous work environment

• Competitive pay and conditions

• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities

• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) and Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW)  provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close: 5th February 2026 at 11:59pm AEST

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Dean Matthews via [email protected]

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best, please contact Aeron Santos via email on [email protected]

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

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Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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