About the Role

*This is a Fixed Term Position until 31 December 2025*

Join our line marking and spray sealing teams as a Road Worker - Surfacing Delivery and take on a variety of road maintenance tasks using specialised equipment under general supervision. This physically demanding role requires adherence to safety, environmental, and quality standards.

Key requirements include availability for overtime and working away from home when needed. Reimbursement for living away and overtime is at or above award rates, with bed and breakfast provided when working over an hour from the Benalla-based Samaria Road Depot.

While primarily based in Benalla, occasional work across Victoria may be required. Standard hours are 6:00 am to 6:00 pm, with some out-of-hours work as necessary.

To access the Position Description, please click here.

Position Outcomes / Accountabilities

As a vital member of the SRS Surfacing Delivery team, your responsibilities include:

• Promoting a safety-focused and inclusive workplace culture.
• Supporting efficient, timely, and quality delivery of spray sealing and line marking services.
• Adhering to the VPS code of conduct and modelling positive behaviours.
• Being available for after-hours emergency responses across Victoria.
• Assisting SRS teams state-wide and contributing to continuous improvement and innovation.

Key Selection Criteria

As part of the SRS Surfacing Delivery team, you’ll promote a safety-focused and inclusive culture, ensure quality delivery of spray sealing and line marking services, and model positive behaviours in line with the VPS code of conduct. You’ll also support state-wide teams, be available for after-hours emergency responses, and drive continuous improvement and innovation.

Personal Attributes 

On a personal level, the candidate will be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities, self-aware of their emotional responses and impact on others, and collaborative, working effectively with teams to achieve shared goals.

Qualifications and Experience

Mandatory

• Current Victorian Drivers licence
• Current Medium Rigid truck licence
• Civil Construction Safety Induction Card, Traffic Management Ticket, 1st Aid certificate and HR licence.
• Construction Induction White Card
• Working knowledge of computer tablets / mobile devices.

Desirable

• Certificate III in Civil Construction
• Understanding of Asset Maintenance Management Systems

What we offer

• Meaningful work making Victorian communities more accessible and liveable
• Professional growth and development opportunities across the department and the wider Victorian Public Services
• A hybrid working model focused on collaboration and teamwork
• Optimal work-life balance initiatives including flexible working arrangements
• Opportunity to work across multiple urban and suburban hubs
• We prioritise the development of a safe and inclusive culture

Culture Value

We are an equal opportunity employer, embracing a diverse range of applicants such as veterans, and people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQIA community members, individuals with disabilities and/or health conditions, as well as those from varied faith and cultural backgrounds. At our department, we prioritize the development of a safe, inclusive, and high-performance culture through shared actions and behaviours that align with our strategy and direction. This empowers our employees to effectively contribute to our goals.

How to Apply

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Applications close 11.59pm on Sunday, 19th of January 2025. 

Please include a resume and cover letter. All applications must be submitted through the online portal. We’re unable to consider email or manual applications at this time.

For further information about the role please contact Colin Croxford - Team Leader, Line  Marking via Colin.Croxford@transport.vic.gov.au or 0419 302 905.

Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Transport and Planning will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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