Senior Overseer - Projects - Francis Greenway Complex in Sydney

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Senior Overseer - Projects - Francis Greenway Complex

Department: Infrastructure Capacity and Planning

Department/Agency: Corrective Services NSW

Location: Berkshire Park, NSW, AU, 2765

Location: Francis Greenway Correctional Complex, Berkshire Park NSW

Employment type : Ongoing, Full Time (Monday to Friday)
Salary: $108,197pa + Incidental Allowance + Leave Loading + Superannuation

If you’re a qualified and experienced Concreter or Carpenter and ready for a fresh challenge, greater work-life balance and a career with real opportunities to grow, this could be your next move. Enjoy the benefits of a NSW Government career while putting your skills to work in a rewarding and unique environment.

Your Role:

Bring your trade, operational or industry expertise to a role where your skills can make a real difference. Whether your background is in concreting or carpentry and/or building you’ll lead, mentor, coach and support inmates to build practical, job-ready skills.

You’ll play a key role in planning, coordinating and delivering daily operations, driving productivity, efficiency and commercial outcomes while creating a positive, collaborative workplace. Your leadership will help prepare inmates for meaningful employment after release, while ensuring high standards of safety, quality, compliance and customer service.

This is more than managing operations — it’s an opportunity to share your expertise, develop people and create pathways to a better future. What you’ll do:

• Lead, coach and develop work teams to achieve organisational objectives.
• Work hands on within a team of Senior Overseers undertaking infrastructure projects within Correctional Centres across NSW. This includes new construction and refurbishments of buildings and areas within Correctional Centres.
• Supervise, train and mentor inmates to build practical skills and work readiness.
• Drive continuous improvement and ensure compliance with CSNSW and CSI policies and probity requirements.
• Manage budgets and resources to maximise productivity and operational outcomes.
• Maintain a safe, compliant workplace for staff, contractors, inmates and visitors.

The Successful candidates are provided with paid training to undertakeCertificate III in Correctional Practice at an allocated Corrective Services Academy training facility.

• Relevant trade qualifications: Minimum Certificate lll Concreting, Carpentry, Building or related trade
• Proven trade experience in managing construction projects
• Current Certificate III in Correctional Practise or willingness to obtain within timeframe set out by CSNSW
• Current NSW Driver Licence and preparedness to drive a vehicle while performing the role
• Ability and willingness to work across various trades as required
• Ability to work away from home at short notice and for long periods. Weekdays only. Living away from home allowances (LAFHA) apply.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

We do work that really matters

Working for Corrective Services NSW provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

• Attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the key accountabilities and focus capabilities of this role as specified in the role description (please refer to the Role Description so that you can address the highlighted capabilities)
• A copy of your trade qualifications MUST be attached to be considered for this role

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply, you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best, please contact Jessica Genovese via Jessica.Saliba@dcj.nsw.gov.au.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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