Painter

Are you a skilled Painter with experience in maintenance and minor building works? Join our team and make a visible impact everyday by helping us keep our community spaces looking their best

• Full time role 
• Tool of Trade with Home overnight Garaging offered
• Work/Life balance with a 9 day fortnight
• Enjoy a role with variety where no 2 days are the same

About the role

Our Painters are responsible for delivering efficient, cost‑effective painting and minor building maintenance across Council facilities and public spaces. As part of the Facilities and Asset Management team, our painters deliver proactive and reactive maintenance programs across Council facilities, supporting safe, welcoming and well‑maintained spaces for the Central Coast community - work you can see, be proud of, and that makes a real difference every day.

 This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

Key activities of this role include: 

• Deliver routine and programmed maintenance painting to agreed standards, timeframes and budgets.
• Respond to urgent repair work, including graffiti removal and rectifying paint damage across Council premises and public spaces.
• Prepare accurate costings and estimates to support well‑planned, value‑for‑money project delivery.
• Plan and coordinate materials and resources to achieve quality finishes and efficient outcomes.
• Complete minor tasks associated with other trades (where trained/qualified) to minimise costs and downtime.
• Support preventative maintenance planning and scheduling.
• Work safely and comply with relevant legislation, industry standards and Council policies and procedures.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Certificate III in Painting and Decorating (or a related field), or solid contemporary experience in a similar role with ongoing professional development
• Valid Construction General Induction card (White Card) – SafeWork NSW or equivalent
• Current Class C Driver’s Licence
• A customer‑focused approach and pride in delivering a high standard of finish
• Strong safety mindset, reliability, and the ability to plan your work and meet deadlines

Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other important information

• The commencing salary for this position is up to $70.7K. Central Coast Council also provides progression opportunities for employees to progress up to the maximum salary of $81.9K on completion of assessment of skills and performance plus 12% superannuation and Level 1 Adverse Working Conditions allowance.
• We have a permanent full-time role available 
• This role will be able to access a 9 day fortnight
• This role is located at the Long Jetty Depot but will be required to work from multiple locations as business needs require

Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra benefits 

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships. 

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia. 

How to apply

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
2. Attach your resume 
3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail. For further instructions please click here. 

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.  

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.

We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.