Do you enjoy hands-on work, solving practical problems and making a real difference to your community?
Join our team as a Treatment Plant Operator and help ensure the safe, reliable and efficient operation of Council's water and sewer treatment facilities.
Upper Lachlan Shire Council is looking for a committed Casual Treatment Plant Operator to join our Environment and Planning team. In this hands-on role, you will operate and monitor Council's treatment plants and associated infrastructure in accordance with legislative and regulatory requirements, and carry out both plant and pipeline network maintenance and operational activities in an efficient, effective and safe manner.
What's on Offer:
- Casual opportunity
- Crookwell location with regular travel within Upper Lachlan Shire
- Corporate uniform
- Hourly rate starts from $47.00 per hour + superannuation (Grade 11 in accordance with Council's Salary System and the Local Government State Award)
What You'll Do:
- Deliver efficient and effective operation of Council's treatment plants, and associated infrastructure, in accordance with legislative and regulatory requirements and Council policies and procedures Assessment of buildings or structures to prepare and prioritise defects.
- Maintain the quality of work performed at the plant and the quality of water or discharge produced.
- Maintain daily logs and registers of operational information and data.
- Carry out, or cause to be carried out, plant inspections, equipment checks and calibrations, and regular routine housekeeping and maintenance at treatment plants.
- Undertake the collection, sampling and analysis of water samples, in order to monitor and adjust treatment plant performance.
- Monitor contractors to ensure compliance with WHS responsibilities and achievement of works within established timeframes.
What You'll Bring:
- Certificate III in water industry operations or a related discipline with contemporary experience in a similar role; or substantial contemporary experience in a similar role, coupled with ongoing professional development to support contemporary knowledge
- Contemporary knowledge and demonstrated experience in the operation and maintenance of water or waste water treatment plants.
- NSW Health Fluoride Plant Operators Certificate.
- Meet requirements of the unit of competency ‘Undertake dam safety surveillance'
- Confined spaces certification
- WHS General Construction Induction (White) card.
- Current Class C Drivers Licence.
How to apply
To apply for this job go to: https://upperlachlancareers.com.au/Vacancies & enter ref code: 6907466.
Applications close 10 July 2026