Conservation Supervisor
Conservation Supervisor
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Job Description
The Role:
We are seeking a suitably experienced and qualified person to provide day-to-day supervision of our conservation and land management teams.
This is a hands-on role in which youll be supervising and contributing to the work of your own small crew while also overseeing the work of a couple of additional crews reporting to their Team Leaders.
Operational activities include planting spraying weeding brushcutter and chainsaw work on multiple client sites across the Greater Sydney Area. While most of our work is in western Sydney we occasionally support clients in the Blue Mountains south to Wollongong and north to the Central Coast.
In addition to contributing directly to operational activities your responsibilities will include:
- Ensuring processes are followed and refined to deliver consistent quality work within project parameters (time and cost)
- Completing required data entry/documentation relevant to activities
- Ensuring plant tools and equipment necessary for operational activities are available
- Managing team performance and supporting the training and mentoring of staff
- Ensuring all requirements relating to work health and safety environment and quality are met
- As required contributing to rostering work allocations job planning and quoting etc
- Working with the Open Spaces Manager and clients to discuss and resolve technical issues affecting projects on site
About you:
Our successful candidate will have:
- Solid experience (5 years plus is indicative) in conservation and land management activities
- A relevant qualification (Cert IV in Conservation and Land Management preferred)
- Some level of supervisory experience and the willingness and capability to accept responsibility and lead/coach others
- Drivers licence (preferably manual and ideally truck licence)
- (Ideally) Accreditations in CHEMCERT White Card RIW Chainsaw First Aid
- Good communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
- At least moderate proficiency in Microsoft Office and project management applications (GIS mapping experience is desirable)
- Good organisation time-management skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ideally experience working with Quality Environmental and Workplace Health and Safety (QES) management systems
- Working With Children Check required
Benefits:
- Remuneration commensurate with experience (in the range of $70 to $90kpa super is indicative) plus generous salary packaging options
- An equipped vehicle (with reasonable personal use) mobile phone and iPad
- A career that makes a difference to the community
- A chance to utilise and enhance your industry experience in a supervisory role
- Career opportunities for the right person
About the company:
Muru Mittigar is a Dharug social enterprise.
We help the Community Government and organisations increase their awareness and appreciation of Dharug and other Aboriginal Cultures Historys and Connection with Country while creating career pathways and supporting Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
We achieve this by providing quality contracting and consulting services to Government and business in Land Management Education and Tourism and through investing in the well-being and financial counselling services for the Aboriginal and the wider community.
Our culture:
Muru Mittigar is a purpose driven organisation and our values are crucial in how we operate these values are:
Respect
- We respect and acknowledge the Traditional Owners connection with Country
- We are committed to responsible Environmental and Cultural practices.
- We are committed to treating each person as a person of worth and substance
Integrity
- We are committed to being honest ethical accountable transparent and fair at all times.
Success
- We are committed to recognizing and celebrating the efforts and achievements of our team.
Empathy
- We are committed to being sensitive understanding fair and caring in our dealings with all people.
As an Aboriginal led organisation we strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants.
HR Success is managing this recruitment process of behalf of Muru Mittigar no agencies please.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
