Team Leader Maintenance | Kaihautū Tira Tiaki

Porirua is a growing and vibrant city where there’s always something happening. We want everyone to feel welcome – whether they’re visiting, living or working here. Our people are friendly and inclusive, and make Porirua City a strong vibrant community that reflects our rich diversity and one of the best places in Aotearoa to live, work and raise a family. We’re looking for people to join our team.

About the role

In this busy and diverse role, your leadership skills and passion for having great spaces for our community will be a real asset.

You will:

• Led and  inspire a team to provide exceptional maintenance and community service
• Design and manage maintenance schedules of playgrounds and outdoor furniture
• Ensure rapid response repairs and graffiiti removal are carried out promptly
• Work alongside, collaborate and site supervise any operational work with community groups, volunteers, school groups and Resident Associations
• Champion Health and Safety ensuring it remains top priority  all team members
• Ensure all work carried out is digitally logged and documented accurately, and carried out in compliance with policies and legislation.

About you

You’ll need to be a hardworking, motivated leader and passionate about Porirua City. This is a busy role, and will keep you on your toes.  

You’ll need to show us that you:

• Can supervise staff to ensure programmed maintenance schedules are delivered on time
• Are customer focussed, and will deliver exceptional customer service to our residents and visitors
• Have trade or handyman skills,  experience in fabrication, building and workshop maintenance
• Are computer literate using computers and mobile tech for tasks and reporting
• Hold an unrestricted class 1 drivers license
• Are able to meet the physical demands of the role
• Have a good understanding and commitment to health and safety in the workplace,

What you need to do now

Come and join our team and be part of our welcoming and engaging environment. Please contact Charmain Berkland on 027 530 3366 for more information.

Porirua City embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications by people from all backgrounds and are a member of Te Uru Tāngata Diversity NZ. If you have any support or access requirements during our recruitment process, please let us know when you apply, and we’ll do our best to get you sorted.

You will need to apply via our careers centre: www.poriruacity.govt.nz/careers.

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