Response Operator

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Green by Nature is seeking a versatile Response Operator to join their Wanaka team, full-time and onsite, delivering daily callouts to repair council assets and undertake building, landscaping, and park maintenance, with a focus on the Queenstown Lakes District region, New Zealand and Australia. You’ll need practical outdoors experience, the ability to read plans, carpentry, concreting, and machinery operation, plus a current class 1 manual licence, capacity for heavy lifting, and comfort working solo when needed. The role offers a performance-based salary, a wellness benefit, a work phone, and strong prospects for development. To apply, show how you’ve delivered a high standard of work, readiness for weekend callouts, and submit your application online; pre-employment drug testing applies.

Green by Nature is a facilities management company that operates across New Zealand and Australia with over 30 years of industry experience! We provide full facility parks maintenance services. As part of our commitment to upkeeping the Queenstown Lakes District region, we are looking for a Response Operator (also known as a handy-person) to join our team!

What does a Response Operator do you ask? 

Our Response Operators are like jack-of-all-trades superstars. They've got the skills and know-how to handle any job that comes their way, drawing from their experience in building and practical handy work. As a Response Operator, you'll attend daily callouts to repair council assets, from setting up bollards to fixing broken picnic tables, fences, or installing park signs. Additionally, you may be involved in minor building works, landscaping, and garden maintenance. Some weekend work may be required to attend urgent call outs.

Skills and Experience 

• You’ll be using your practical skills which you may have gained from working in an outdoors role, involved in building, or related industries
• Be able to interpret building plans, hard and soft landscaping skills, carpentry, concreting, and machinery operations
• A current, full class 1 driver's licence with the ability to drive a manual vehicle is essential 
• Have experience and confidence to manage projects, including planning of work and ongoing communication with our clients  
• You’ll need to be self-motivated with a great work ethic and be able to work alone at times - for the big jobs, you’ve got the support of our team to help out!
• Physically fit and be able to manage some heavy lifting at times
• A desire to complete all jobs to a high standard of work - there’s a lot of people depending on us to keep things in working order!

Here's what we can offer you:

Along with working within a company that has been an industry leader for more than 30 years, you will receive: 

• A performance-based salary that is reviewed annually 
• Annual $300 wellness benefit (after qualifying period) and work phone permitted for personal use
• The opportunity to work in a role that gives back to the community 
• Internal and external learning and development opportunities with the ability to progress your career
• Guaranteed hours with the opportunity to increase based on operational demands

Green by Nature is a business which specialises in Sports Turf Management and have diversified into a professional full facility parks maintenance company, operating across New Zealand and Australia. We have over 2000+ employees and are committed to a culture of health and safety, excellence, and continuous improvement, whilst caring for our people, clients, and communities. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a passionate and enthusiastic team, so if your skills and experience match, then we want to hear from you. To apply for this role, click 'apply'.

In accordance with the Company's Drug & Alcohol Policy, the successful candidate will be required to undergo and pass a pre-employment drug test.