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Haulage Truck Driver East

Dubbo Regional Council

Date posted: November 20, 2024

Closes: Dec 04, 2024


At the heart of community. At the start of the future.

That’s where you’ll find Dubbo Regional Council and this opportunity to shape our region as our new Haulage Truck Driver.

Our people care deeply about serving and strengthening our community. We work for 55,000 residents and 1.65 million people who visit our region each year - and when you join us, you’ll be part of that impact every single day. We’re at the centre of huge and important environmental, economic and societal change that will ensure a more sustainable future – for the Dubbo region, New South Wales, and beyond. It doesn’t get much bigger than that.

Join us as a Haulage Truck Driver in our Infrastructure Delivery Wellington branch and develop your skills and future career.


Find people you can count on, and a lifestyle you love

As a Haulage Truck Driver, you'll be an integral part of a supportive team, working closely with excavators and loaders to meet bulk haulage needs for civil construction projects throughout your local community. You'll have the chance to engage in a variety of exciting projects, contributing to a team that prioritises your career growth and values a healthy work-life balance. Make a tangible difference in the region where you live and work.

You'll work with a great team to:

  • Provide skillful operation of specialised equipment
  • Day to day coordination of plant, labour, materials and resources
  • Undertake a variety of civil works duties including road construction/maintenance, pot hole and heavy patching, footpath work, pipelaying, linemarking, pipe laying and minor sealing works
  • Obtain and respond to client and public requests for information and
    assistance with works matters


What you'll bring

To thrive in this role, you will need:

  • Class HC Drivers Licence and plant operator competence in Haulage Truck operation including mechanicalaptitude
  • Appropriate work related (civil assets) experience
  • Basic clerical capabilities, literacy and numeracy
  • Good customer service and verbal communication skills
  • Construction Work ticket and RTA Traffic control tickets (Traffic Controller & Implement traffic Control Plans)

We would also love you to have:

  • Previous Local Government experience.
  • TAFE Certificate III – Civil Construction/Maintenance and proficiency in the use of GPS field Technology


Ready to find more from work and life?

Join us, and help strengthen our community and your career.

This position offers an attractive annual salary ranging from $65,812 to $76,484.

To find out more about this role, explore the Position Description and feel free to reach out to our Operations Coordinator East on 02 6840 6410 to make an enquiry.

If this role sounds like you, we would love to hear from you, simply click Apply Now!

This position requires a pre-employment health assessment. Please refer to the Job Demands document for the physcial requirements of the position.

Applications close 9:00am, Tuesday 3 December 2024.

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Why Dubbo Regional Council?

At Dubbo Regional Council, you’ll find a great combination. Here’s what you can expect in your career with us:

  • Find purpose and impact

Everything you do at Dubbo Regional Council makes a difference for so many people, in so many ways. It’ll always be that way. But right here, right now, we’re at the heart of some big change - and this is your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help us shape the future for communities here and beyond.

  • Find personal and professional growth

You’ll find so much variety here. We’re doing diverse, high-impact work at scale. For you, that means plenty of opportunity to develop your skills and future career.

  • Find people you can count on and a lifestyle you love

Your career matters, but so does your life outside of work. You don’t have to sacrifice one for the other. Here, you’ll achieve and grow in a great place to live and work, with people who truly care.

You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits:

  • Find a better balance - enjoy a 38-hour work week with a 9-day fortnight, plus generous leave allowances.
  • Make your pay go further with a variety of salary-packaging options, including Rainbow Cottage Childcare, novated vehicle leasing, self-education expenses, disability/income protection insurance, and so much more.
  • Be rewarded for your impact with our annual Staff Excellence Awards and find real connection with our supportive team environment and active social club.
  • Prioritise your health and wellbeing with our Fitness Passport, comprehensive Wellbeing Program, annual flu vaccination, and Employee Assistance Program for you and your family.


Dubbo Regional Council is part of Wiradjuri Country and we acknowledge all clan groups that reside within the Dubbo and Wellington Wiradjuri Nation. We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion, and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.

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