Team Leader

Team Leader - Campbellfield Resource Recovery Centre Add expected salary to your profile for insights Join the Resource Recovery Centres and Closed Landfills team Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible. Part of the Waste and Sustainability department, the Resource Recovery Centres and Closed Landfills unit manages the environmental compliance, remediation and rehabilitation of Council’s closed landfills, in addition to managing the operations of Council’s two Resource Recovery Centres. As Team Leader – Campbellfield Resource Recovery Centre, you will play an important role in ensuring the safe, effective, and efficient delivery of services to the Hume community What you’ll be doing Provide day-to-day leadership and supervision of Campbellfield Resource Recovery Centre employees, to engage and inspire employees to demonstrate organisational values aligned behaviour, and to optimally achieve service standards. Participate in the recruitment, induction, training (internal and external), and performance management of Campbellfield Resource Recovery Centre employees. Encourage a safety-centric culture across the Campbellfield Resource Recovery Centre team, ensuring employees are aware of and comply with all relevant Occupational Health and Safety legislation, policies and procedures. Undertake regular check-ins with Campbellfield Resource Recovery Centre employees, including formal Quarterly Check-In’s, focusing on employee wellbeing, safety, and development. Inform and support the implementation of a training matrix, ensuring employees within the Campbellfield Resource Recovery Centre group have the required licences, training, skills and competencies to perform their duties, maintaining required records. Develop and implement rosters and resourcing plans to ensure adequate resourcing to achieve service continuity, whilst managing employee leave requests and annual leave balances, RDO’s, training and other absences. Participate and lead regular meetings for the Campbellfield Resource Recovery Centre group to communicate expectations, changes, updates and to foster a positive team culture. Ensure weekly staff toolbox meetings are performed, and appropriate records are maintained. Supervise the services delivered by the Campbellfield Resource Recovery Centre group, ensuring service continuity, achievement of service standards, and the provision of quality customer service is maintained. Regularly participate in service delivery, including the safe operation of required plant and equipment, to support resourcing and service provision, as required or requested. Monitor service activities, ensuring they are delivered to a high standard, adhere to service level agreements, and that all relevant policy, legislation and regulatory requirements. Support the implementation of allocated actions and the achievement of targets from Council’s strategic documents, including the Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy . The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role Experience and working knowledge of waste management, and/or resource recovery centre/transfer station operations including an understanding of longer term organisational goals. Strong understanding of Occupational Health and Safety with experience applying this within operational environments. Assist the Supervisor with the development and implementation of policies, procedures and systems relating to resource recovery centre operations. Ability to implement basic personnel policies and procedures including OH&S, Risk relating to areas of supervision. Ability to work with limited supervision. Ability to plan, set priorities, and manage time, to achieve the goals and objectives of the business unit and to ensure Campbellfield Resource Recovery Centre services are delivered to the agreed standards. Required Certifications & Qualifications Tertiary qualifications in operations, safety, business, management or a related discipline with some experience working in the field, or lesser formal qualifications with relevant experience. Demonstrated frontline leadership skills and ability to manage a diverse team of staff, preferably at resource recovery centre, or another operational context within a Local Government environment. Demonstrated experience complying with and working to Occupational Health and Safety regulations, policies and procedures. Current car drivers’ licence (minimum requirement), with experience driving off-road (4x4) preferred. Current forklift, front-end loader, and excavator licence, with experience operating this equipment. Why Hume City Council? A leader in local government, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values: We’re better, every day : We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn. We’re in it together : At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected. We show up : We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will. All for Hume : We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do. We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment. A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply. All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check. Salary match Number of applicants Skills match Hume City Council is one of Australia's fastest-growing and culturally diverse communities and is home to around 258,000 residents. We're an employer of choice for more than 1,700 people across a wide range of professions. Our enthusiastic, professional and progressive team has a genuine commitment to meeting the needs of its community, with the delivery of more than 100 different services for our community. Hume City Council is a great place for you and your career. hume.vic.gov.au/Your-Council/Careers-at-Hume Show more Perks and benefits Professional development Corporate health insurance Discounted access to our Leisure Centres Library membership #J-18808-Ljbffr