Coordinator Parks And Open Spaces (3770)

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Are you a skilled and motivated Mechanic who takes pride in keeping machines running at their best?

Do you have additional post trade qualifications and looking to apply your expertise on the job?

At Livingstone Shire Council, we’re looking for a dedicated Mechanic to join our Procurement and Fleet Team, where you will work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. The successful candidate will possess strong diagnostic and fault-finding across a variety of systems and will play a vital role in maintaining and repairing Council’s diverse fleet of vehicles, plant, and machinery. This is your opportunity to work in a dynamic environment where your expertise contributes directly to the delivery of essential services.

This is more than just a workshop role — it’s an opportunity to use your technical skills, initiative, and problem-solving ability in a supportive environment where teamwork, safety and quality workmanship are at the heart of everything we do.

Key Responsibilities

• Service and repair a wide range of equipment including light vehicles, heavy machinery, and small plant.
• Diagnose and maintain hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical control systems.
• Perform fabrication of minor non-engineered items.
• Maintain accurate records of work completed for asset management.
• Uphold Council’s values, safety standards, and code of conduct.

Please refer to the position description for a greater understanding of the positions’ responsibilities and requirements.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will have :

Closing Date

Applications close Monday, 10 November 2025 at midnight (AEST).

Disaster Management and Community Resilience (permanent)

Help Keep Our Community Safe. Support the Team That Responds When It Matters Most.

The role

Council is seeking a proactive and organised Support Services Officer to join our Disaster Management and Community Resilience team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, values community safety, and enjoys working closely with an effective team who lead and support disaster preparedness, response and recovery.

The Support Services Officer serves as the Secretariat for the Local Disaster Management Group, provides high level administrative support, maintains accurate records and office systems to support transparency, good governance and supports community engagement initiatives.

You will play a key role in assisting with seamless coordination and communication during critical times. You’ll provide essential support that enables effective planning, coordination, and response during times of disaster. From actioning correspondence and meeting logistics to supporting community engagement activities, your work will help ensure our region is ready and resilient.

If this sounds like you, apply today and join a progressive local government organisation.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Please refer to the position description for a greater understanding of the position requirements.

Closing Date

Applications close Monday, 10 November 2025 at midnight (AEST).

Coordinator Parks and Open Spaces (3770)

Permanent Full Time

Grow Your Career Where Nature Meets Community

The Role

Are you a leader with a passion for creating vibrant, sustainable public spaces? Council is looking for an experienced leader who is forward-thinking and highly motivated to lead a multidisciplinary team and deliver high-quality open space services across our region and to help shape the natural beauty and liveability of one of the fastest-growing coastal regions in Australia.

This key role has a strong focus on team leadership and performance, and champions horticultural best-practice, community engagement, and strategic delivery, this role plays a vital part in ensuring our green spaces remain vibrant, safe, and welcoming for generations to come. You will thrive on delivering continuous improvement through operational planning, stakeholder engagement, and asset management.

You will lead and manage dedicated crews who work collaboratively to maintain safe, high-quality outdoor spaces—knowing that every park, path, and garden plays a vital role in connecting our communities.

Key Responsibilities

Please refer to the position description for a greater understanding of the positions’ responsibilities and requirements.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will have :

Closing Date

Applications close Monday, 3 November 2025 at midnight (AEST).

Permanent Full Time

Lead Facilities Management in a Coastal Paradise

The Role

Are you an experienced hands-on leader ready to make a meaningful impact in local government? We are seeking a dynamic leader to oversee critical projects, lead high-performing teams, and drive service excellence across our organisation. This key leadership position is responsible for managing people, budget, facilities operations, minor capital works, and contractor relationships and collaborate with internal teams to achieve great outcomes for our growing coastal community.

You will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our built environment, ensuring compliance, efficiency, and quality outcomes and lead the coordination and delivery of strategic asset management initiatives—making a real and visible difference to the everyday lives of residents, businesses, and visitors alike.

What You’ll Be Doing

Please refer to the position description for a greater understanding of the positions’ responsibilities and requirements.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will have :

Closing Date

Applications close Monday, 3 November 2025 at midnight (AEST).

Infrastructure Project Engineer / Project Manager (1485)

Permanent Full Time

The Role

Join our dynamic Council team and play a key role in delivering vital infrastructure projects that support the growth and wellbeing of our community.

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Project Engineer / Project Manager to provide expert project management and contract administration for a diverse range of capital infrastructure projects. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to shaping the future of our community by overseeing the planning, design, and delivery of essential infrastructure.

As part of this dynamic role, you will :

Please refer to the full position description for a greater understanding of the positions’ responsibilities and requirements.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will have :

Closing Date

Applications close Monday, 3 November 2025 at midnight (AEST).

Expression of Interest - Casual Plant Operator / Labourer

The Role

Council is seeking to appoint qualified and experienced plant operator / labourers on an ongoing casual basis to join its Urban Operations team. Candidates will have demonstrated plant operation and labouring experience with a strong commitment to safety practices and will contribute as an effective and positive team member. Your depot is based in Yeppoon however, travel across the Livingstone region will be required as part of the role.

If you share Council’s Values – Accountability, Teamwork, Community, Potential and Positivity apply today and join our Local Government Team!

As a Plant Operator / Labourer at Council, you will be undertaking a wide range of plant operation and labouring tasks as part of a multi-disciplined team that is responsible for the construction and maintenance of Council’s infrastructure assets in accordance with recognised standards.

To be considered for this position candidates must meet the mandatory position requirements outlined in the Position Description.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will have :

To apply for this position, please complete the Job Application Form, provide a copy of your current resume and any qualifications / tickets and licences

You will not receive any updates if there are no suitable vacancies. Council will keep your expression of interest on file and active until 31 December 2025. After this date, you will be required to re-submit your expression of interest to continue to be considered in future casual positions at Council.

Expressions of Interest - Casual Gardeners

The Role

Livingstone Shire Council is recruiting experienced casual Gardeners. Gardeners work in small crews and report to a Team Leader, and travel and work throughout the Livingstone region in our parks, gardens, reserves, and road reserves. Your passion and creativity will enhance the regions streetscapes and beautify our parks for use by our residents and visitors to the region.

We are looking for candidates with 2 years or more experience, skills and knowledge in general gardening. If you have formal qualifications in horticulture that’s a bonus! Candidates must have a positive safety mindset and be situationally aware of surroundings. It doesn’t matter what job you are doing; safety is not negotiable.

Gardeners operate large ride on mowers, whippers snippers, chain saws, blowers and other plant and equipment. You will have experience performing general maintenance / labouring tasks which includes spraying irrigation, mulching, planting shrubs and trees, including the application of pesticides to treat plant disease, weed and pest control within the scope of training and product knowledge.

Pre-employment Screening

Preferred candidates will be required to participate in and complete a successful Functional Capacity Evaluation and be willing to be immunised against Hepatitis A & B and Tetanus.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

To be successful in this role, it is mandatory that you have :

To apply for this position, please complete the application form, provide a copy of your current resume and any qualifications / tickets and licences

Expressions of Interest will remain open, and applications will be shortlisted as they are submitted.

Expression of Interest - Casual Labourers

The Role

Are you an experienced Labourer or looking to gain experience as a Labourer? Are you looking for a position with excellent entitlements including a pay rate of $42.42 per hour (including casual loading and site allowance). Would you like to be considered for future casual work at Livingstone Shire Council?

If so, we welcome your expression of interest! Council is establishing a pool of casual Labourers who will undertake a wide range of labouring tasks within the Civil Works business unit of Council on an as needs basis.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

To be considered for a Casual Labourer position at Council, please submit a resume and complete the Job Application Form and return via email or mail to Email : Mail : PO Box 2292, YEPPOON QLD 4703.

You will not receive any updates if there are no suitable vacancies. Council will keep your expression of interest on file and active until 31 December 2025. After this date, you will be required to re-submit your expression of interest to continue to be considered in future casual positions at Council.

Expression of Interest - Casual Customer Support Officers

The Role

If you are an experienced Customer Support Officer and wish to be considered for future casual administration work at Livingstone Shire Council, we welcome your expression of interest!

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Council has established a pool of Casual Customer Support Officers who provide casual customer support assistance to Council in various locations when the need arise.

To be considered for a Casual Customer Support Officer position at Council, please submit a resume and covering letter (maximum of 2 pages in length) which addresses the three below points :

Experience as first point of contact from customers including :

The Human Resources team may contact you to discuss any opportunities that match your qualifications and experience.

You will not receive any updates if there are no suitable vacancies. Council will keep your expression of interest on file and active until 31 December 2025. After this date, you will be required to re-submit your expression of interest to continue to be considered in future casual positions at Council. Please ensure that you apply for any specific position that is advertised on Council’s website that you are interested in being considered for.

Expression of Interest - Weekend Amenities Cleaner

The Role

Council is looking for experienced amenities cleaners to work weekend shifts. You will be engaged on a casual basis and will join a dedicated Facilities Services team who take pride in their community and the work they do, keeping public amenities clean and presentable for use by members of the community and visitors. There may be opportunities to work additional days / hours during the week to cover periods of leave.

This position is responsible for carrying out a broad range of cleaning duties and no two days are the same. Cleaning public amenities includes but not limited to, sanitising toilet facilities and sick bays, taps, sinks, door knobs, drinking fountains, windows, and cleaning various elements of vandalism including special cleans and sanitising resulting from acts of vandalism, as well as cobwebbing and mildew control.

Candidate must have a safety mindset and think safety with all tasks, be customer centric, reliable, have attention to detail, be well presented and physically fit as this role requires manual lifting and the safe operation of high pressure cleaners, extendable equipment, vacuum cleaners and safely use chemicals.

Cleaners have access to a job van and the van must be maintained in a clean and tidy condition to allow for safe transport of people, products and materials to job sites. You will have the ability to work independently and at various locations within the Livingstone region as required.

Lagoon : 12.00 pm - 4.00 pm

Pre-Employment Screening

Candidates must be willing to participate and successfully complete a functional capacity evaluation and be immunised against Hepatitis A & B and Tetanus.

Expression of Interest - Casual Administration Officers

The Role

If you are an experienced administration officer and wish to be considered for future casual administration work at Livingstone Shire Council, we welcome your expression of interest!

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Council has established a pool of Casual Administration Officers who provide casual administrative assistance to the various Business Units in Council when the need arises.

To be considered for a Casual Administration position at Council, please submit a resume and covering letter via email or mail, outlining your experience and interest in the position.

Email :

Mail : PO Box 2292, YEPPOON QLD 4703

The Human Resources team may contact you to discuss any opportunities that match your qualifications and experience.

You will not receive any updates if there are no suitable vacancies. Council will keep your expression of interest on file and active until 31 December 2025. After this date, you will be required to re-submit your expression of interest to continue to be considered in future casual positions at Council.

Please ensure that you apply for any specific position that is advertised on Council’s website that you are interested in being considered for.

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