Leading Hand City Maintenance

Leading Hand - City Maintenance

• Permanent, full-time position
• 6-weeks annual leave
• Rewarding role within local government

In this role you'll play an important function in the City Maintenance Team, by providing hands on support to your team via the daily coordination of team members and other resources to ensure effective delivery of the scheduled maintenance works planned across the municipality.

We are looking for someone who has a proactive work ethic, has great interpersonal skills to build strong working relationships and understands the importance of being a team player. It'll also be important to bring good time management skills, ensure a level of attention to detail when completing important works, and can be flexible within a fast-paced environment.

Successful candidates will have:

• Cert III in Horticulture or equivalent qualification and/or experience in a similar role for three years
• Medium Rigid (MR) Licence
• General Construction Industry - White Card
• Aus Chem (competencies below)
  • AHCCHM307 - Prepare and apply chemicals to control pests, weeds and diseases
  • AHCCHM304 - Transport and store chemicals
• Minimum of three years grounds / maintenance experience
• Work Zone Traffic Management 2 & 3
  • RIIWHS205D Control Traffic with Stop-Slow Bat
  • RIIWHS302D Implement Traffic Management Plan
• Coach others in job skills
• Demonstrate leading hand / supervisory skills
• Chainsaw Competencies
  • FWPCOT2236 Fall trees manually Chainsaw Basic
  • FWPCOT2239 Trim & Cut felled trees
• First Aid Certificate (including CPR and Basic Emergency)

Why join us?

At City of Darwin, we're passionate about building and sustaining a high-performance culture that motivates our people to deliver exceptional results. You will align with and flourish in a fast-paced environment that focuses on achieving operational outcomes and embraces collaboration and innovation.

Your hard work will be rewarded with a competitive remuneration package and generous leave entitlements. This position has a commencing base salary of

$73,789.13 per annum, negotiable based on experience, plus superannuation 12%. As a permanent employee you also get access to our wellbeing program, employee assistance counselling program, district allowance and receive 17.5% additional pay when on annual leave.

To apply:

Click APPLY! Please upload your CV and cover letter addressing the selection criteria.

For further information regarding this role, please read full position description or contact Tracy Bignell, Executive Manager Operations on 0419 946 849 during standard working hours. Please note, only applicants that are shortlisted for this role will be contacted.

We accept applications only via our portal, and we only contact shortlisted applicants.

City of Darwin Talent Acquisition Team can be contacted via:

• 📞 Phone: (08) 8930 0689
• Email: recruitment@darwin.nt.gov.au
• Website: Employment at Council | City of Darwin Careers - Current Vacancies

This vacancy closes at 5 pm on 04 May 2026.

We are looking forward to receiving your application if you are a direct applicant. Please note that we are not working with recruitment agencies for this position.

The City of Darwin is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background to apply.

As part of Council's recruitment process, applicants may be required to undergo pre-employment assessments, such as a Medical Assessment, National Police Check and Psychometric Assessment