Job Vacancies

Join us as a Support Services Officer and play a crucial role in supporting Council’s direction by providing complex administrative support to the Water and Waste Operations business unit.

Reporting to the Team Leader Administration, the successful candidate will be an excellent communicator who is focused on providing exceptional service to both internal and external customers. They will be highly organised and have strong initiative, problem solving and decision-making skills in order to provide substantial assistance to the team leader with the quarterly water meter reading administrative functions.

If you have experience working in an administrative role and are keen for a change, submit your application today!

Please refer to the full position description for a greater understanding of the positions’ responsibilities and requirements.

Council is seeking to appoint a permanent Labourer to join our Rural Operations team. This is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of a progressive organisation, and contribute to the community you live in.

The successful candidate will undertake a wide range of labouring tasks as part of a multi-disciplined team responsible for the construction and maintenance of the Council’s infrastructure assets.

We are looking for candidates who have a positive safety mindset and can demonstrate attentiveness, alertness, cautiousness, are task focussed, and team orientated.  It doesn’t matter what job you do at Council; safety is not negotiable.

If you share Council’s Values - Accountability, Teamwork, Community, Potential and Positivity apply today and join our Local Government Team!

Livingstone Shire Councils’ Procurement team has an opportunity available for a permanent full time Purchasing Officer who will hold relevant qualifications and/or demonstrable work experience in procurement and purchasing. The Purchasing Officer will report to the Team Leader Purchasing and is responsible for providing purchasing support across the business and the provision of administrative and technical support and advice to all levels of the organisation.

Purchasing Officers play a key role in ensuring Council procures high-quality goods and services and delivers value to the community. Your experience in purchasing and procurement will contribute to the team’s goal of enhancing cost-effectiveness of purchasing activities and promoting compliance with key legislation, Council directives and procedures.

Council is a multi-disciplined organisation, and the Purchasing Team works across the business. The successful candidate will be a great communicator and have proven ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with customers both internal and external and will be proficient in the use of computers and business systems.

Are you looking for a role that provides you with flexible working hours and the opportunity to make a positive contribution to the community in which you live? If so, this may be the opportunity for you! Council is currently seeking an experienced and committed casual Community Support Worker to join our Community Partnerships team.

Working out of the Community Centre in Yeppoon, this is your opportunity to join a passionate and engaged team dedicated to supporting the community and providing activities, resources, programs or events to a broad range of community members throughout our beautiful region.

We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills and a sound knowledge of community resources, activities and services available in the Livingstone Shire. If you have either qualifications OR experience volunteering or working in community service or business administration and you hold a current blue card as administered by the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian, submit your application today!

Council is seeking to appoint qualified and experienced plant operator/labourers on an ongoing casual basis to join its Urban Operations team.  Candidates will have demonstrated plant operation and labouring experience with a strong commitment to safety practices and will contribute as an effective and positive team member. Your depot is based in Yeppoon however, travel across the Livingstone region will be required as part of the role.

If you share Council’s Values - Accountability, Teamwork, Community, Potential and Positivity apply today and join our Local Government Team!

Livingstone Shire Council is recruiting experienced casual Gardeners. Gardeners work in small crews and report to a Team Leader, and travel and work throughout the Livingstone region in our parks, gardens, reserves, and road reserves.  Your passion and creativity will enhance the regions streetscapes and beautify our parks for use by our residents and visitors to the region.

• Candidates who have worked in a garden environment at resorts, caravan parks, motels and local government are strongly encouraged to apply.

We are looking for candidates with 2 years or more experience, skills and knowledge in general gardening. If you have formal qualifications in horticulture that’s a bonus! Candidates must have a positive safety mindset and be situationally aware of surroundings. It doesn’t matter what job you are doing; safety is not negotiable.

Gardeners operate large ride on mowers, whippers snippers, chain saws, blowers and other plant and equipment. You will have experience performing general maintenance/labouring tasks which includes spraying irrigation, mulching, planting shrubs and trees, including the application of pesticides to treat plant disease, weed and pest control within the scope of training and product knowledge.

Pre-employment Screening

Preferred candidates will be required to participate in and complete a successful Functional Capacity Evaluation and be willing to be immunised against Hepatitis A&B and Tetanus.

Council is looking for experienced amenities cleaners to work weekend shifts. You will be engaged on a casual basis and will join a dedicated Facilities Services team who take pride in their community and the work they do, keeping public amenities clean and presentable for use by members of the community and visitors. There may be opportunities to work additional days/hours during the week to cover periods of leave.

This position is responsible for carrying out a broad range of cleaning duties and no two days are the same. Cleaning public amenities includes but not limited to, sanitising toilet facilities and sick bays, taps, sinks, door knobs, drinking fountains, windows, and cleaning various elements of vandalism including special cleans and sanitising resulting from acts of vandalism, as well as cobwebbing and mildew control. 

Candidates must have a safety mindset and think safety with all tasks, be customer centric, reliable, have attention to detail, be well presented and physically fit as this role requires manual lifting and the safe operation of high pressure cleaners, extendable equipment, vacuum cleaners and safely use chemicals.

Cleaners have access to a job van and the van must be maintain the in a clean and tidy condition to allow for safe transport of people, products and materials to job sites.  You will have the ability to work independently and at various locations within the Livingstone region as required.

Weekend Shifts

Amenities Run: 6.00 am - 10.00 am

Lagoon: 6.00 am - 11.00 am 

Lagoon: 12.00 pm - 4.00 pm