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Treatment Plant Operator QLD

Downer is a diversified engineering and services business. With over 19,000 employees they build strong relationships of trust with customers, truly understanding and predicting their needs and bringing them world leading insights and solutions.

Position summary

Infrastructure Services division operates three business units: Road Services; Infrastructure Projects and Utilities. As they continue their evolution of growth and innovation, the best people are critical to the success in supporting there customers and catering to market demands.

Downer’s Utility business is managing the Operations and Maintenance contract for Cannonvale and Proserpine Recycled Water Treatment facilities. Due to an internal transfer, they have an excellent opportunity for experienced Treatment Plant Operator to join the team in Cannonvale.

About the role

The Treatment Plant Operator will manage and coordinate the onsite day to day contractual outcomes of the Cannonvale Wastewater Treatment Plant. The primary responsibilities of this position will be to operate and maintain waste water treatment infrastructure under the direction & guidance of the plant manager to ensure compliance with regulatory, statutory and contractual requirements.

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In detail, they include:

Ensuring and maintaining compliance with license and contractual requirements
Ensuring and maintaining timely intervention and adjustment of process critical control points to prevent license excursions
Assist with timely intervention and adjustment of process critical control points to prevent license excursions.
Undertake laboratory analysis in accordance with contract and license requirements
Assist with the management and coordination of day to day activities of treatment plant operational activities to ensure compliance with license and contractual requirements inclusive on on-call activities.

Candidates must have the following:

Trade background with or Cert III Water operations
Min 2 Yrs. in site operations role
Experience in operating and maintaining MBR plants with good process analysis skills and practical laboratory procedure
Experience with sampling and laboratory analysis.
Be accountable for own actions, high level of discipline, self-motivation, organizational and time management skills;
Good verbal and written communication skills

What they can Offer

An opportunity to work for a major ASX listed company.
The ability to build your professional career in a multi-disciplined business environment.
A supportive and dynamic team environment.
A workplace that takes responsibility and accountability for the care and protection of peers, the business, the communities in which we operate, and the environment.
Great employee benefits

How to apply

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For more information, about the role please contact: Sanjay Kumar – Talent & Sourcing Business Partner E: [email protected] (Please note that applications will not be accepted via email. Please submit your application via the advertisement).

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Dump Truck Operator Salaries

How much do dump truck production operators earn in the mines?

Depending on where you live, or which state the mine is located in, as you can see from the information below, the salaries are very different. In Queensland and New South Wales, mining wages are pretty much the same for Dump Truck Operators. Working at a Western Australian mine you can expect to earn about 20% more than if you worked in QLD or NSW.

Dump truck operator jobs are advertised on SEEK and other mining jobs boards regularly.

According to online jobs website Indeed (au.indeed.com), the average salary for a Dump Truck Production Operator in Australia is $41.98 per hour. Salary estimates are based on 326 salaries submitted anonymously to Indeed by Dump Truck Drivers. The data was collected from past and present job ads on Indeed over the last 36 months.

Payscale.com Dump Truck Driver Pay Estimates

Looking at the salary of an entry-level Dump Truck Driver with less than 1 year experience, you can expect to earn an average hourly wage (includes bonus, and overtime pay) of AU$42 based on 24 pay reviews.

With so many different and conflicting articles about salaries, it's difficult to know what the exact take home pay is for a Dump Truck Operator.

Blackwater, Queensland Dump Truck Salaries +40%

According to Payscale.com, Dump Truck Operators in the Queensland Bowen Basin area of Blackwater, earn an average of 39.7% more than the national average. Dump Truck Operators also get more money in Western Australia (26.6% more) and Kalgoorlie (17.0% more). The lowest salaries can be found in Melbourne, Victoria (19.6% less), Brisbane, Queensland (16.2% less) and Sydney, New South Wales (14.3% less).