Mower Operator/Labourer

Working for East Gippsland Shire Council

With a diverse landscape including national parks, stunning coastlines, and Australia’s largest inland lakes system, East Gippsland offers an incredible environment to live and work. We’re proud to offer a supportive and inclusive workplace where you’ll have opportunities for professional development and enjoy perks like annual leave loading, an employee assistance program, and a fortnightly ADO schedule.

The Opportunity

Ready to apply your horticultural skills in East Gippsland? As a Mower Operator/Labourer, you’ll maintain and enhance parks, playgrounds, reserves, and roadside vegetation. Your role includes gardening work such as pruning, weeding, mulching, as well as inspections of plants and green spaces to ensure their health and appearance. You will also carry out minor servicing of equipment and keep accurate records of maintenance activities to support effective open space management.

This is a permanent full-time position based from our Kalimna West depot, with travel required in East Gippsland.

What we’re looking for:

• A horticulture qualification or significant horticultural experience will be looked upon favourably.
• Experience in parks maintenance, mowing and operating tools and machinery, including tractors and mowers.
• A reliable team player with strong time management skills and a focus on safety.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work well with the public and team members.

Required Qualifications:

• Industry White Card.
• Chainsaw – Trim and cross-cut felled trees certificate.
• Victorian Drivers’ License

  Desirable Qualifications:

• Horticulture qualification or experience desirable.
• Qualifications in chemical application desirable.

If successful, you will need to undertake a police check and pre-employment medical check. You must also be legally entitled to work in Australia.

Why you’ll love working here

• 9 day fortnight – enjoy an ADO every second week
• Opportunities for professional development including study assistance
• Annual leave loading paid as a lump sum in December
• Free counselling through our Employee Assistance Program
• Regular social club activities

How To Apply

If this sounds like your next move, apply now and attach:

• Your resume
• In place of a cover letter, please answer the following questions: If you were going to refresh the Main Street gardens in Bairnsdale, what would you do? Which plants would you choose and why? Would you add any hardscaping or additional structures?

Applications close at 11.59pm on 26 August 2025.

Questions? For a confidential discussion about the position or to learn more, please contact Mark Delaney, Open Space Supervisor (East) or Brett Hunter, Open Space Supervisor (West), on (03) 5153 9500.

East Gippsland Shire Council is committed to being a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports flexible and accessible working arrangements for all. This includes people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people who identify as LGBTIQA+, gender diverse people, religiously, culturally and linguistically diverse people and people of any age.

East Gippsland Shire Council is committed to upholding the Child Safe Standards and has a zero tolerance for child abuse and harm. To uphold these standards a valid working with children check is required to be held for applicable positions.