Maintenance & Handyperson Services (Trades & Services)

Established in 1994, Pilbara Meta Maya Regional Aboriginal Corporation is a not-for-profit organisation who provides essential, and community services to remote Aboriginal communities across the Pilbara, Gascoyne, and Mid-West regions of Western Australia. 

Do you like adventure and travel? Then this may be the role for you! We have an exciting opportunity based in Port Hedland for a Supervisor to assist with delivering our municipal services program for the communities that we service. You will be supported by a cohesive team working with other departments in a dynamic organisation. You will be required to travel and stay out in communities on a regular basis.

Responsibilities as the supervisor includes the coordination of:

• A small number of staff
• Providing waste management services to communities
• Basic maintenance and gardening/landscaping in community areas
• Manage land around vital assets, and airstrip maintenance

What you will bring to the role:

• Supervisory experience 
• Liaising with sub-contractors and community members
• A hard-working positive attitude
• Physically fit to meet the inherent requirements of the role
• Excavator ticket (or willing to obtain)

What can we offer you

• Salary sacrificing up to $15,900 per year plus $2650 to meal and entertainment, and salary package superannuation (before tax) above these amounts to increase potential tax savings
• Novated Leasing 
• Role diversity - opportunities to travel across Western Australia
• Not-for profit organisation working towards improving the lives of Aboriginal people
• Access to free Employer Assistance counselling

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to apply. 

Your application will include the following questions:

Do you have the right to work in Australia?

Have you previously been employed by this organisation?

Are you willing to undergo a national police clearance?

Have you been convicted or found guilty of an offence of any nature in Australia or overseas? Or are you currently charged with an offence?

If you have been found guitly or convicted of an offence, please describe the nature of the offence.

Are you willing to obtain a Working with Children Check if required?

Do you acknowledge that if you are successful in moving to the pre-employment stage of your application, you will be required to take part in a pre-employment alcohol and drug testing as part of the process. Do you also acknowledge that if you are successful in becoming an employee of the organisation, you may be required to take part in post incident alcohol and drug testing, random alcohol and drug testing, blanket alcohol and drug testing, and reasonable cause alcohol and drug testing during your employment with the organisation?

Please indicate whether you currently do, or have in the past, suffered from any of the following: Back injury / condition, shoulder and/or neck injury / condition, wrist and/or elbow injury / condition, knee and/or ankle injury / condition, Injury sustained from motor vehicle accident, Injury sustained from sporting activities or had surgery to a major joint.

Have you ever lodged a claim for workers compensation? If yes, is the claim still open? Are you receiving treatment?

Where did you first see or hear about this vacancy?

If your role requires you to work in the communities we service, you agree to be immunised against Hepatitis A and B. This means that you will be required to have serology completed to determine your immunisation status and if you are not protected, you will be required to be immunised at the expense of the Employer.

If you answered no to being vaccinated against Hepatitis A and B, please provide a brief reason why

The business uses X Ref, an online reference checking plattform that allows your nominated referees to provide you a reference online. This means that we need to provide them your mobile number and email address so you can self populate your references. Do you agree to us providing the aforementioned details to X Ref? If you choose not to, it may mean a delay in recruitment due to the challenges that can present obtaining phone interviews with your chosen references. However this will not impact your suitability to the role.

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