Team Leader Grade 1 - Albury

You put people at the heart and take pride in the impact of your work.

You've been developing your skills and are ready to work on projects that matter to the people of NSW. You know that quality matters and that delivering results requires a great team. 

In this role, you'll:

Supervise a team carrying out routine or repetitive activities with well-defined and accepted work practices. Team Leader Grade 1 facilitates team processes to meet agreed work plans and project specifications. 

Leading a small crew and reporting to the Works Supervisor, you’ll be coordinating short term planning and resourcing for maintenance activities across road networks throughout the Hume South region. 

You will be responsible for:

•    providing guidance and direction to team members in a non-trade’s environment.
•    managing routine problems that arise without support.
•    participating in team meetings and pro-actively offering suggestions for improvement.
•    resolving conflict between team members or others outside the team.
•    providing on the job training to team members in relevant procedures as required.
•    ensuring safety, environmental and quality controls and procedures are implemented on site.
•    timely completion of scheduled maintenance activities and works in accordance with TfNSW specifications and operating procedures.

This is an ongoing full-time role located at Albury and will be involved in delivery of projects in the Hume South region.

Working a 9-day fortnight and leading our maintenance crews, you will help deliver a wide range of operations including the maintenance of established pavements, the construction of new or enhanced pavements, the installation and maintenance of roadside fixtures and signage, the maintenance of drains and drainage structures and the application of road marking materials and bituminous sealing materials.

TfNSW take the WH&S and the management of fatigue of our employees seriously therefore to be eligible for this role it is a requirement that you must reside within 100 kms driving distance from the Albury Depot so that you can start and finish work at this location each shift.

You may be required to work outside of normal working hours, including night shifts, callouts, or overtime and must be prepared to travel throughout the Hume South region including working and camping at locations away from the base station from time to time.

For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description and information pack.

For any enquiries, please contact John Roberts at [email protected] 

About you

You’re a proactive and organised leader with knowledge and experience in a civil construction environment who can provide strong leadership to bring out the best in their team. 

You are an excellent communicator with great negotiation and conflict resolution skills. You have the ability to build strong working relationships with external and internal stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of projects.

You have proven ability to follow appropriate safe working procedures and resolve routine problems independently. 

You hold a current Construction Industry White Card, Traffic Control certification and have a current unrestricted NSW Motor Vehicle driver’s licence.

Experience operating as a Road Worker Grade 3 or related labouring experience in a civil construction environment, and sound experience using internal reporting systems will be required.

 
Reading and interpreting maintenance diagrams and plans is an advantage but not essential.

 
A Medium Rigid (MR) or Heavy Rigid (HR) Driver’s Licence would be viewed favourably.

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