Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator

About The Role

Join Townsville City Council as a Wastewater Treatment Operator where you will play a crucial role in safeguarding public health and protecting the environment through the safe and efficient running of multiple wastewater treatment plants. This position involves overseeing treatment procedures, conducting maintenance and operational duties, performing testing and reporting, and ensuring environmental compliance while contributing to service excellence. The role offers technical variety, challenges, and teamwork opportunities delivering essential community services.

About You

You are a dependable, safety-conscious operator with prior experience in wastewater treatment or a similar process-oriented environment. Your strengths include problem-solving, a solid grasp of treatment processes and regulatory standards, and the capability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively. You communicate effectively and pursue ongoing improvement, maintaining high operational standards that support community health and sustainability.

Key Skills and Experience

• Experience managing wastewater treatment or similar industrial/process plants.
• Possession of a Certificate III in Water Industry Operations (Wastewater Treatment) or analogous qualifications/experience.
• Competence in monitoring plant systems, interpreting data, and troubleshooting operational problems.
• A strong focus on workplace safety, health, and environmental regulations.
• Willingness to participate in an on-call schedule and operate across various plant locations.
• Excellent teamwork and communication abilities.

Additional Information

This position is permanent full-time, with a nine-day fortnight schedule totaling 38 hours per week. The salary is within the $107,609 to $117,294 range annually, plus superannuation. Benefits include five weeks of annual leave with 17.5% leave loading, three weeks of personal/carers leave, 14 weeks of paid parental leave, domestic, family violence and natural disaster leave, uniforms and PPE, annual wage progression, superannuation contributions of up to 13.5% for contributing members, salary sacrifice options, learning and development programs, discounted fitness memberships, local business discounts, and an employee assistance program.

Townsville City Council emphasizes a diverse and inclusive workplace culture and encourages applications from individuals of varied cultural backgrounds, identities, and experiences. Drug and alcohol testing is mandatory due to a strict zero-tolerance policy.

Contact details for accessibility or recruitment inquiries are available upon request.