The Details:

As a Supervisor in our Roads and Drains team, you’ll play a key role in planning, coordinating and overseeing the daily operations of maintenance crews. You’ll lead a team of 10–15 Labourers, Leading Hands and Operators, ensuring smooth workflow, safe practices and efficient service delivery across our roads and drainage civil infrastructure assets.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and supervise daily operations, fostering a strong culture of safety, teamwork, development and quality maintenance outcomes.
• Manage work programs and resources, overseeing scheduled and reactive maintenance to ensure timely, cost‑effective outcomes aligned with Council standards.
• Respond to customer requests, providing clear communication, timely updates and practical advice to internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide technical guidance, supporting crews and contractors in identifying, troubleshooting and resolving maintenance issues.
• Oversee procurement and contractor performance, ensuring works are delivered within budget, scope and agreed quality expectations.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, including WHS, environmental and heritage requirements, as well as Council policies and safe work procedures.
• Support strategic planning, contributing to budget preparation, equipment and resource planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.

This role offers the chance to strengthen your leadership capability, broaden your technical expertise and make a meaningful contribution to the maintenance and improvement of community infrastructure. If you’re ready to take on new challenges and help drive a committed operational team, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note: This role requires the participation in Council's After Hours On-Call and Programmed Overtime Roster service.

 Click here for Position Description - this position is internally titled "Supervisor Operations - Roads & Drains"

About you

Ideally you’ll bring proven experience in a similar supervisory or operational role, with a solid background in delivering maintenance or construction activities across transport or civil infrastructure. Strong leadership capability is essential, particularly in guiding and supporting operational teams.

We’re looking for someone with well‑developed numeracy skills, clear written and verbal communication, and confidence using technology and a range of software applications.

Safety is one of our core organisational priorities. We’re seeking a person who not only has the knowledge and physical capacity to safely perform tasks but also demonstrates a genuine commitment to promoting and maintaining a positive safety culture within their team.

Minimum Requirements: 

• A current driver licence (minimum C Class)
• A Construction Induction Card
• A Certificate III in Civil Construction or a similar qualification

Why City of Moreton Bay?

What you do with your life matters. It’s the same with your career.

We’re the third-largest council in Australia and one of the fastest-growing areas. As Australia’s newest city, we’re building something that’s never been done before: a new kind of city, inspired and empowered by a new kind of council.

This is your opportunity to develop skills and experience in a truly unique place, at a truly unique point in time.

At City of Moreton Bay, we’re focused on the vital work we do today. But we’re also focused on the future. On what can be – for our city, our Council and your career.

Here’s what you’ll love about a career with us:

• See it. To build a city of the future, first, you have to see it. The polycentric city we’re building will bring greater prosperity, sustainability and affordability to our city. This is your chance to contribute to something that’s never been done before.
• Shape it. You’ll get hands-on in a rewarding career, serving and strengthening our communities for today and tomorrow. Our work is diverse, interesting and it matters – and it’s yours to shape and own.
• Live it. Contribute to the city you and your family want to live in and enjoy the lifestyle you deserve. And if you don’t live here, you’ll still find pride and connection in so many ways with our successful, resilient team.

You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits:

• Find a better work-life balance with a nine-day fortnight.
• Negotiated salary increases locked in through our EBA - 4% in July 2026 and a further 4% in July 2027 (or CPI capped at 4.5%, whichever is greater).
• Advance your skills and career through our Study, Training And Research Scheme (STARS).
• Make your pay go further with salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation payments, smartphones and devices.
• Prioritise your health and wellbeing with discounted health insurance, free annual flu vaccinations and our Fitness Passport Program.
• Get support when you and your family need it most with our 24/7 confidential counselling service, leader support hotline and Mates in Construction program.
• Our Depots have free local parking on site making for an easy commute.

Ready for a career that matters?

Join City of Moreton Bay, and help shape our city of the future.

Click on the 'Apply Now' button below to complete your online application. Please upload a current resume that demonstrates how you meet the requirements for this role.  You will also have the option to add a cover letter should you wish.

As part of the recruitment process, applicants may be required to undergo a National Criminal History Check.

To obtain further details please contact our Careers team at careers@moretonbay.qld.gov.au. 

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Your Future City.
See it. Shape it. Live It.

City of Moreton Bay extends across the traditional lands of the Jinibara, Kabi Kabi, and Turrbal peoples, and we acknowledge and pay respects to Traditional Custodians. We believe diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our people and communities, and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all ages, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.