About Us
Our vision is powered by a deep commitment to enhancing the quality of services we offer to our community. Today, Lismore is flourishing, and it's the perfect time for those who live, work, and play here to embrace and celebrate everything that makes Lismore so special.
We warmly welcome individuals who bring fresh perspectives and unique skills, helping to enrich our collective vision for a vibrant and thriving community.
Shape your future. Serve your Community. Belong to something bigger.
About this Position:
As a Plumber Property Maintenance, you will play a key role in maintaining and improving Council owned buildings, facilities and infrastructure. This hands on position is responsible for delivering a broad range of plumbing installation, maintenance, repair, inspections and fault finding services to ensure council assets remain safe, functional and compliant. The successful candidate will be committed to delivering high quality workmanship, excellent customer service and safe work practices while ensuring all plumbing activities comply with relevant legislation, Australian standards and Council policies.
What We can offer you:
- Attractive Salary
- Permanent position
- Flexible work options working within operational requirements/access to a nine day fortnight.
- Employee Assistance and Health & Wellbeing Programs.
- Training and development opportunities.
- Discounted membership to a range of gym and pool facilities
What we trust you to deliver:
- Plumbing Maintenance and Repairs: Perform preventative and reactive plumbing maintenance on Council Buildings and facilities. Diagnose and repair faults in water, sewer, stormwater, gas and drainage systems to ensure compliance and operational efficiency.
- Technical Investigations and testing: Conduct technical investigations, inspections and testing of plumbing systems to ensure compliance and operational efficiency including TMV's and check valves.
- Resource Management: Manage tools, materials, and equipment efficiently. Ensure resources are used appropriately and maintained in good working order to support operational readiness.
- Customer Interaction: Deliver professional customer interactions and provide timely updates to stakeholders during planned and unplanned works.
- Work Health and Safety: Follow defined Work Health and Safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken to ensure own safety and that of others in the workplace.
What you will need to be successful:
- Certificate III Trade qualification in Plumbing
- Current Class C drivers Licence
- General Construction Induction Card (White Card)
Desirable:
- Current Class Medium Rigid (MR) Licence
- Enter and Work in Confined Spaces - RIIWH202E (have or willing to obtain)
- Work safely in the vicinity of live electrical apparatus as a non-electrical worker certificate (have or willing to obtain)
- Implement traffic control plans (IMP) (have or willing to obtain)
- Install Trench Support - RIICCM210E or similar (have or willing to obtain)
- Work Safely at Heights – RIIWHS204E or similar (have or willing to obtain)
- Commission and Maintain Backflow Prevention Devices - CPCPWT4022 or similar (have or willing to obtain)
- Operate a drain cleaning system - MSMSS00019 (have or willing to obtain)
Full position description:
Full Time: 76 hours per fortnight
Salary: From $1,353.60 to $1,556.64 per week + Trades Allowance of $210.00 per week + superannuation
Closing date: Monday 24 August 2026 at 9:00am.
Contact: If you want to know more about this opportunity, please contact Steven Dillon, Coordinator Property Maintenance on 0428 636 861.
Conditions of Employment: Conditions of employment are in the Local Government (State) Award and relevant Council policy, procedures and agreements.
Pre-employment Screening: Prior to employment, there will be a series of pre-employment checks that will include health assessments (such as functional fitness, audio, drug testing), validation of right to work in Australia, validation of qualifications and licences, psychometric assessments and referee checks.
Immunisation Program: Council has an immunisation program to provide employees with vaccinations against known health risks associated with their respective duties and to identify any exposure to products that may affect an employee's health, fitness and wellbeing. This position has been identified as a risk to the employee and as such the successful applicant/s will be required to participate in the immunisation program and it is the applicant's responsibility to have undertaken relevant immunisation/s prior to commencement with Council.
We care about people as individuals and are committed to diversity, inclusion, and new ways of working. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
