FIELD LEADER (CIVIL)

We are transforming from a regional centre to a regional city, offering job stability and career development as we tackle some of our biggest projects
Permanent Full-time
Closes in 2 weeks
Closes Sun 24 August 2025
Closes
Sun 24 August 2025
Category
Civil Construction
Location
Sunshine Coast
Type
Permanent Full-time

At Council, we’re proud of our region. We collaborate with community to achieve truly sustainable outcomes, enhance our enviable lifestyle, and create award-winning spaces and places that are uniquely Sunshine Coast . So, if you love it here as much as we do, and you want to shape our region for the future – you’ll want to join our team!
The Transport Network Operations branch provides high level maintenance, construction and asset management services for all road and related infrastructure assets (pavements, bridges, drainage, pathways and street furniture). Continuous performance improvement through leadership and employee engagement is a critical focus of the group.
As a Field leader, you are responsible for coordinating and delivering day-to-day activities involved in the construction and maintenance programs including leading staff safety, fostering a work culture reflective of council’s values and assisting with the formulation and monitoring of capital works asset rehabilitation and maintenance programs.
We are looking for candidates that have performed and supervised designated tasks through construction and maintenance phases, including roads, concrete and timber structures, drainage infrastructure and, disaster related events.

Primarily, you will:

• Assist with ordering of plant and materials as required for allocated projects.
• Exercising precision skills in areas involving advanced and specialised processes or technology. Having skills that you enable you to detect and rectify of problems requiring detailed knowledge (beyond that applicable at the trade or equivalent level) of a specialised area.
• Exercise a significant level of discretion in relation to the organisation of work, the application of appropriate skills and timeframes for completion under remote supervision